INDEX. Communication, Liabilities of Steam Railway Corporations, Table showing "Total Railway Capital" on the lines of ten leading corporations for years 1902 to 1906 inclusive, Assets of Steam Railway Corporations, Steam Railway Mileage, Steam Railway Equipment, Table showing total number of employes on lines of the ten corpora- Compensation of Steam Railroad employes, Train mileage, Passengers carried, Average distance passengers are carried, Passenger revenue and average amount received from each pas- Page. i iii vi vii ix xi xii xii xiv xiv XV A glance at the average receipts per passenger per mile etc., etc., Table showing the average receipts per ton per mile from 1902 to 1906 XXX Freight earnings per mile of road, also earnings and income, XXX Table showing total earnings and income from all sources from roads Table showing total expenditures, etc., of the ten leading railroad xxxiii Table showing percentage of operating expenses to earnings, and aver- Table showing accidents on the lines of ten leading railroad corpora- xli Deductions from reports of ten leading railroad corporations for 1906, xlii lxiii Government ownership and government control of railroads, lx lxvi Affairs of railroads in 1897 compared with 1906, lxxi A glimpse at the change in cost of transportation as a result of the com- lxxxii The passing of the objectionable rebate mileage book, advent of new lxxxv (943) Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, Baltimore and Cumberland Valley, Extension Railroad Company, Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Company (Eastern Extension), 13 14 15 16 17 ..... 18 Brookville Railway Company, Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad Company, Bradford and Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Brock Railroad Company, Brockport and Shawmut Railroad Company, Brownstone and Middletown Railroad Company, 37 38 39 40 41 ....... 42 43 44 Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad Company, 72 73 74 75 Cumberland Valley and Waynesooro Railroad Company, 76 77 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, 79 80 81 82 83 Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg Railroad Company, 87 88 Page. Kersey Railroad Company, Junction Railroad Company, Kane and Elk Railroad Company, Keating and Smethport Railway Company, Ketner and Kay Fork Railway Company, Kinzua Hemlock Railroad Company, Kinzua Valley Railroad Company, Hicks Run Railroad Company, Hooverhurst and Southwestern Railroad Company, ...... 100 102 103 104 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad Company, 105 106 107 108 109 110 Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company, 111 112 113 114 Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company, 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company, |