French Expresses, Complete Journeys, Including Stoppages, 1899. Num- Time Speed, Inclusive of Stops. Booked ber Stop- Miles Distance, Railway. From To Miles. H. M. pages Stops. (Minutes). Hour. per Midi. 2 57.7 Nord.. .Paris. ..Calais Pier. Midi..... 2 55.8 do Orleans .Bayonne.. Paris.. Bordeaux. .Jeumont (Frontier). 148 2 45 53.8 SHOWING BOOKED SPEEDS, 1899, INCLUDING ALL STOPS AND SLACKS. "The Atlantic City Flyer," Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Speed (booked), 551⁄2 miles in 50 minutes. Start to stop, 66.6 miles per hour. Loco. No. 1028. (From an Official Return to Theo. Voorhees, First Vice-President.) *This train has no fewer than 28 booked slacks, many of them for miles through crowded streets, and in addition it is constantly checked at level crossings and drawbridges, and yet it is always on time at terminal. (December, 1899.) +Stopped by signal. "This signal was improperly thrown against the train either by accident or design."Official Report. Electric Street Railways in Europe January 1, 1896 and 1897. The number of lines in operation has increased from 111 in 1896 to 150 in 1897. The Railroads of the World, 1898. Capital Cost and Annual Receipts Per Mile of Railways in Various Countries. England and Wales.. United Kingdom. 226,119 19,656 Canada.. 54,910 3,107 Scotland.. 196,492 United States.. 61,409 7,050 France.. 133,833 .11.042 Australia 49,183 4,029 Belgium.. 108,921 12,420 India... 35,089 4,220 British Dominions 99,236 Tasmania. 40,554 1,761 The coffee production of the world in 1893-99 and 1899-1900 is estimated in the Pester Lloyd (in bags of 60 kilos or 132 lbs.) as follows: 1894-95. 6,689,000 4,947,000 11,636,000 94 90 61 39 Germany consumes about 136,390 tons yearly; France, 77,310 tons; England, 12,420 tons, and Italy, 12,500 tons. Alcoholic Beverages. THE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. The World's Production and Consumption of Beer and Hops. (From the Economiste Européen.) --Consumption of- Hops. Production Quintals. 1,514,900 1,606,450 57,450 1,664,000 1,588,600 173,486,089 1,698,026 171,363,649 1,615,910 1,514,266 -101,634 241,095 The World's Production of Lead, Tin, Quicksilver, Nickel, and Aluminum During the Years 1897, 1898, and 1899. a Represents the lead obtained in the United States from Canadian ores, plus the exports of silver lead from Canada. PRODUCTION OF TIN. Country. Straits Settlements (exports to Europe and America). 1897. Gross Tons. 41,700 8,900 5,506 4,464 Great Britain 4,753 4,400 Australia, exports to Europe and America 3,466 NOTE. This table does not include the production of the European continent, Mexico, Japan, and China, nor the exports of the Straits Settlements, Siam, and the Dutch East Indies to British India, China, Korea, and Japan; neither the domestic consumption of the Straits Settlements, Siam, the Dutch East Indies, and Australia, the data being defective. According to Professor Louis, the annual tin production of China is from 10,000 to 20,000 tons, all absorbed by domestic consumption. |