TABLE No. 10.

SHOWING SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY-1887 COMPARED WITH 1888.

NOTE. The South Pacific Coast Railway, 104 miles, and the Oregon and California Road (north of Ashland), 448.80 miles, were operated by the Southern Pacific Company from July 1, 1887. For the sake of comparison, however, the operations of these roads are included above for the entire year of 1887.

* Increase of mileage through consolidations, 115.36 miles; new road constructed, 240.57 miles.

STATEMENT SHOWING MOVEMENT OF REVENUE TRAINS, JANUARY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1888 AND 1889.

TRAIN MILEAGE-STATEMENT SHOWING TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES RUN.

The volume of traffic for the companies reporting to this Commission for 1888 is considerably in excess of the returns for the preceding year. The whole number of passengers carried upon the roads of the State during 1888 is reported at 18,079,724, an increase over 1887 of 2,504,301, or 13 per cent. The total tons of freight hauled in 1888 is reported at 7,661,799, an increase over 1887 of 1,878,070, or 24 per cent. The total miles run by passenger trains in 1888 is reported at 8,868,474, an increase over 1887 of 1,868,726, or 21 per cent. The total miles run by freight trains in 1888 is reported at 10,675,958, an increase over 1887 of 2,822,326, or 26 per cent.

The average passenger rate for the State, for 1888, was 2.83 cents per mile of road operated. The average freight rate for the State, for 1888, was 2 cents per mile.

TABLE No. 13.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (PACIFIC SYSTEM). STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF OVERLAND PASSENGERS, EAST AND WEST, TO AND FROM CALIFORNIA, FROM JANUARY, 1889, TO SEPTEMBER, 1889, INCLUSIVE— ESTIMATED.

The above table is an exhibit of the overland passenger business done by the Southern Pacific Company for the years 1888 and 1889, and from it we learn that in only one instance was there an increase of business in 1889 over 1888, and that was in first class passengers eastbound.

The total number eastbound for 1889, being.
The total number eastbound for 1888, being..

Difference in favor of 1889 of...

24,493

22,922

1,571

As will be observed upon inspection of the foregoing table, there were three thousand four hundred and eighty more second class passengers eastbound in 1888 than in 1889.

There were four thousand seven hundred and thirty-six more first class passengers westbound in 1888 than in 1889.

There were four thousand two hundred and fourteen more second class passengers westbound in 1888 than in 1889.

Comparative statement showing local passenger rates in effect on lines of Southern Pacific Company, with similar rates east and west of Chicago, Illinois, as follows:

Rates from San Francisco to Certain Principal Points, and the Average Rate per Mile.