Tonnage of Through Freight, East and Westbound, for the Nine Months Ending September 30, 1888 (in pounds). NOTE. Freight westbound to Colton is not kept separately, but is included for that of Los Angeles. TABLE No. 6. CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND CALIFORNIA CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY. Tonnage of Through Freight, East and Westbound (in pounds), for the Year Ending December 31, 1888. EQUIPMENT. The rolling stock in use by reporting companies for the year 1887 was generally sufficient to meet traffic requirements, and in good repair. The following table, No. 7, furnishes a list of equipment and number of employés, as furnished to this Commission, for the year 1887: TABLE No. 7. Statement of Equipment and Number of Employés. Southern Pacific Company Los Angeles and San Diego Monterey R.R. Co... Pajaro and Santa Cruz R.R. Co. San José and Almaden R.R. San Joaquin Valley and Yo- San Pablo and Tulare R.R. Co. Stockton and Copperopolis R. San Joaquin and Sierra Ne- South Pacific Coast R.R. Co..... Atlantic and Pacific R.R. Co. Northern California R.R. Co.... San Francisco and North Pa- 6 236 31 27 4334 25 14 45 None. None. 488 *Statistics not furnished to this Board. Sonoma Valley R.R. Co... Visalia R.R. Co. The foregoing table shows one locomotive to a fraction over each five miles of track operated, and one passenger car to a fraction over each four miles of track operated, and two and one half freight cars to each mile of track operated. EMPLOYÉS. The total number of employés reported for the entire lines operated in 1887 was seventeen thousand and eighty-five. The number in each class cannot be given, from the fact that the list of employés is not classified in the returns made by the railroad companies. WAGES. An exhibit is made in Tables Nos. 8 and 9 of the wages paid during the year 1887 to the various classes of employés by the Southern Pacific Company, Northern Division, and a comparison of wages paid on our roads with wages paid on roads out of Chicago; the month of October is taken as the basis of comparison. TABLE No. 8. Comparison of Amounts Paid for Some Classes of Labor by Northern Division, with Amounts Computed at Chicago & Northwestern Rates, for the Same Classes of Labor for an Equal Length of Time. Basis: the month of October, 1887. Total Amount For Same Period, Computed at C. & N. W. Rates. Had wages on the California line been the same as on the C. & N. W., on only the classes of labor given above, and had the price of fuel been the same, it would have reduced operating expenses $16,495 56 on the Northern Division. TABLE No. 9. Comparison of Amounts Paid for Some Classes of Labor by Northern Division, with Amounts Computed at Detroit, Lansing & Northern Rates for the Same Classes of Labor, for an Equal Length of Time. Basis: the month of October, 1887. Had wages on the California line been the same as on the Detroit, Lansing & Northern on only the classes of labor given above, and had the price of fuel been the same, it would have reduced operating expense $15,902 20 on Northern Division. ACCIDENTS. Attention is called to Table No. 10 for a detailed statement of accidents upon roads reporting to this Commission. The total number resulting fatally was one hundred and twenty-three; the total number injured only was five hundred and sixty-nine, making a total number of casualties of six hundred and ninety-two. |