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Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners: January, 1875 Dead weight hauled one mile, statistics of, 212. Debt of railroads in Massachusetts, 5, 168. Per mile owned, 200. Of street railroads, 12, 220. Per mile of track, 230. Derailment, accidents by, 28, 30, 104, 106. Development of railroad system, how paid for, 21. Digest of Special railroad laws, completion of, 45 - 6. Discrimination in rates by railroads, laws against in Illinois, 51 - 4. Discussion of general railroad questions, 47-62. Dividends of railroads, 5, 178, 196. Of street railways, 13, 226. Double track, miles of, 162-167. Earnings of railroads, 7, 172. Of street railways, 13, 232 (see Income). Eastern Railroad, system of keeping accounts of, 19. Cost per train mile on, 19. Cheap early and late trains on, 22 - 5. Exam nation of, 86. Complaint of selectmen of Everett against, 128. Employes, number of, on railroads, 14, 192. On street railways, 14, 228. Injuries to, statistics of, 100-3. Equipment of railroads, 10, 170, 190. Cost of, 170, 220. Per mile of road owned, 202. Of street railways, 14, 228. Cost of, 220. Per mile of track operated, 230. Everett, complaint, of selectmen of, against the Eastern Railroad, 128. Examination of railroads by Commissioners, 65-97. Expenses, statistics of railroad, 6, 7, 174 - 7. Per train mile, 8, 198, 204 - 9. Per mile of road operated, 202. Percentage of, to income, 216. Street railways, 14, 232-234. Of office of commission, 153. Experiment in railroad supervision in Illinois, 50-8. Expresses, statistics of receipts from, 172. Fares, average, on railroads, 9, 210. On street railways, 14. Regulation of, a favorite subject of legislation, 50. By law, futility of, 50. Fitchburg Railroad, examination of, 87. France, principle of railroad system of, imitated in Illinois, 57. Freight, amount of, moved during year, 9, 184. 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.
