Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co.. Eel River and Eureka R. R. Co... Totals. Southern Pacific Co. (Pac. Sys.).. 184,557 2.92 672,533 10.63 85,328 1.36 201,492 3.18 870,452 13.76 1,391,937 22.01 6,325,326 100 Visalia Railroad Co.. Eel River and Eureka R. R. Co... Central Pacific Railroad Co.* 30,759 27.80 7,418 6.70 1,161 130 413 3,365 9,998 100 TABLE No. 18. STATEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND NUMBER OF EMPLOYÉS-1889. California Central Railway Company California Southern Railroad Company. Los Angeles and Pacific Railroad Company San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company. Visalia Railroad Company Eel River and Eureka Railroad Company Northern California Railroad Company South Pacific Coast Railway Company* North Pacific Coast Railroad Company Pacific Coast Railway Company Sonoma Valley Railroad Company 524 Carson and Colorado Railroad Company Colusa and Lake Railroad Company... Arcata and Mad River Railroad Company. National City and Otay Railway Company. Nevada County Narrow Gauge Nevada and California Railroad Company. Visalia and Tulare Railroad Company. Not reported. Operated by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company, Operated by the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company of Nevada. The foregoing statement of equipment, No. 18, shows that there were operated by the several railroad companies during the year 1888, 803 locomotives, 1.039 passenger cars, 8,400 box cars, 6,786 platform and fruit cars, and 812 work cars. This shows an increase over 1887 of 187 locomo*ives, 249 passenger cars, 827 box cars, 1,873 platform and fruit cars, and 324 work cars. The railroads employ in their operation one locomotive to each 4.94 of a mile, one passenger car to each 3.81 of a mile, and 3.8 freight cars to each one mile of road operated. EMPLOYÉS. The total number of employés reported by the railroad companies in California for 1888 was twenty thousand six hundred and thirty-two (20.632). In 1887 the number employed was 17,085-an increase in 1888 of 3,547, or 17 per cent. WAGES. An exhibit is made in Table No. 19 of wages received by the different classes of railroad employés in this State. R-5 26 COMPANIES. General Station Engineers. Firemen. Conductors. Brakemen. Machinists. Carpenters. Section Telegraph Laborers. $2.12 $2.26 1 58 California Central Railway Company. Los Angeles and Pacific Railway Co.. 2222 80 1 94 264 2.00 250 Eel River and Eureka Railroad Co... Pacific Coast Railway Company. 2.05 34 4.00 National City and Otay Railroad Co.. 2 83 1 14 3.50 Nevada County Narrow Gauge... 3 33 3.87 |