Download or read book Twenty-Second Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, for the Year Ending June 30, 1909 (Classic Reprint) written by U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Second Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, for the Year Ending June 30, 1909 The figures shown for 1908 in the foregoing Summary have been slightly changed from those published in the statistical report for that year, in order to make them comparable, in certain respects, with the corresponding returns for 1909. The figures in the column showing increase in Single-track mileage on June 30, 1909, as compared with the corresponding date of the previous year, are significant on account Of the fact that California, Montana, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Show a decided increase in railway construction during the year covered by this report. These are the States primarily concerned in the ao - called Pacific Rate Cases, which have lately claimed so large a Share of the attention Of the Commission. It will be Observed that quite a number of States Show a decrease rather than an increase in mileage as compared With the previous year. The final figure entered in the summary for each State is the net result of new construction, abandonment, and reclassification, as well as additions to the list of railways. Thus, the Wisconsin Central Railway Company, during the year covered by this report, made a reclassification Of its mileage, which resulted in the transfer of a considerable amount of single-track mileage to yard track and sidings; as a result of new construction and reclassification miles were taken out of the mileage for Wisconsin. During the year, also, the Milwaukee State Line Railway Company was merged in the Chicago Northwestern Railway Company, which partly accounts for a reduction in mileage for the States of Wisconsin and Illinois. In this case the mileage now appears as third and fourth track of the Chicago Northwestern Railway Company. With these exceptions, and a few minor adjustments of the same sort, the decreases in mileage shown indicate actual abandonments of line in the States where such decreases occur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.