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Railway Earnings in the United States

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 8.

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Railway Earnings in the United States

The annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that during the past year there were in operation in the United States 192,193 miles of railway. The passenger earnings of these railroads amounted to $426,909,210, and the freight earnings $1,114,740,770. The total earnings amounted to $1,578,164,205. The net earnings of these roads over their expenses amounted to $555,007,924, or $35,577,000 more than the net earnings for the preceding year.