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Texas Railroads-Railroad Traffic
There were 15,559.27 miles of first main-line
track in the railroad system of Texas, Jan. 1,
1950, according to the report of the Railroad
Commission of Texas. (This was the mileage
of single track between stations, the official
length of a railroad.) There had been a de-
crease of 10.98 miles during 1949, the com-
mission reported.
The length of all tracks, inclusive of switch-
ing and other auxiliary tracks, on Jan. 1,
1950, was 21,604.08 miles. The latest complete
statistics compiled by the Railroad Commis-
sion of Texas are as of Dec. 31, 1949. These
show 58,436 employees, who were paid $210,-
952,538 during the year, or an average of
$3,609.90 each. Freight tonnage was 147,892-
251, yielding $334,068,631 revenue; passengers
carried 5,967,150, yielding $22,706,930; total
railway operating revenue, $389,948,675.
Texas ranks first among the states in rail-
road mileage, with 9.61 per cent of the na-
tion's 225,149 miles of first main-line track.
The peak year in Texas mileage was 1932 and
the subsequent decline has been 1,519.02 miles
or 8.89 per cent. The nation's decline during
the same period was 9.07 per cent. However,
the nation s peak was in 1916, and its decline
since has been 11.45 per cent.
There is little prospect of future increases
except locally for industrial plant facilities.
Declines may occur in short feeder lines that
have strong competition from highway trans-
portation.
RAILROAD SYSTEMS IN TEXAS
Reports are made to the Railroad Commission
by fifty-three companies which own the seventy-
three. steam- railroad and terminal-wharf properties
n s.Of -these,z five are con by
Tire lrtywfaur opeatig and fourteen- nen-
operating (lessor) railroad companies, and nine
operating and six nonoperating ( lessor) terminal
wharf companies. First-main mileage and all other
mileage Dec. 31, 1949, was as follows:System-
Burlington ................
Frisco ............ .....
Kansas City Southern.....
Katy .....................
Missouri Pacific...........
*Texas & Pacific..........
Rock Island ...............
Santa Fe ..................
Southern Pacific...........
tCotton Belt ..............
tUnaffiliated companies....
Total ..................
RAILROADS, B---Mileage----
First-Main Total All
Tracks. Tracks.
S1,116.59 1,418.00
215.40 302.83
263.05 377.95
. 1,211.73 1,778.81
S2,395.21 3,336.39
S1,177.05 1,759.01
747.78 985.88
3,616.92 5,050.53
3,620.90 4,967.93
608.64 859.91
S586.00 766.84
.15,559.27 21,604.08
Y CLASSESReports made to the Railroad Commission by
Texas steam railroad, terminal-wharf and express
companies for the year ended Dec. 31, 1949, were
in the following classes:
Annual operating revenues of-
Class- No.
I-41,000,000 or more..................... 17
II--$100,000 to $1,000,000 ................... 14
III-Less than $100,000 ...................... 13
Lessors-Have no operating accounts.......... 14
Terminal-wharf (9 operators, 6 lessors)....... 15
Total railroad and terminal-wharf companies 73
Express companies ........................... 2
Total reporting.......................... 75
*Affiliated with the Missouri Pacific but classed
as a separate system.
tAffiliated with the Southern Pacific but classed
as a separate system.
ssOf the unaffiliaatedm companies, the two largest
were the Wichita Falls & Southern with 164.78
sma-lina. track and& 1h-Texas-Mexiean
E1ffTI4- bh& leaiias' 1. unaffliated -om-
pssiet had, a. total of 26I:65' milles of maim-line
track. "RAILROAD MILEAGE, BY TYPES
The total mileage of steam railroad and termi-
nal-wharf properties in Texas is divided as fol-
lows, according to the Railroad Commission report
for Dec. 31, 1949:
Type of Tracks--- Miles.
First main-line ..................... 15,559.27
Other main-line ..... .................. 205.06
Passing, crossovers, etc ................. 1,659.07
Switching track, way.................... 1,679.60
Switching track, yard.......... .......2,136.34
Terminal tracks ....................... 364.74
Total ...............................21,604.08
OPERATING REVENUE, EXPENSE, NET
INCOME
Railway operating revenues for 1949 were $389,-
948,675, and net income, after paying interest on
funded debt (bonds) was $18,640,827, as shown
in detail below:
Income Statement- Amounts.
Freight revenue.....................$334,068,631
Passenger revenue ................... 33,706,930
Other operating revenues............ .22,173,114
Total railway operating revenues... $389,948,675
Railway operating expenses.......... 298,378,438
Net revenue from railway operations..$91,570,236
Railway tax accruals................ 34,354,970
Other deductions (net) .............. 13,164,586
Available for fixed charges....... $44,050,680
Rents for leased property............ 3,595,300
Interest on funded debt, etc......... 21,814,553
Net income after interest.......... $18,640,827
The last prewar year to show a net income was
1930, when the amount was $441,216. From 1931
through 1940 there was constantly, year after
year, a net deficit. In 1941 the account shifted
baclm w'hred'1 ta."blae ' with a net inemaof -
$ou , t' t hFlaa r oreve expense and
revenue after opeating- -expenses, 1891 through
1949, will be found on page 280.
EMPLOYEES AND COMPENSATION
The table below shows average number of em-
loyees, total compensation and average compen-
sation per person for 1949 and the preceding years
beginning with 1915 (just prior to entry of this
country into the First World War) for Texas
railroads, as reported by the Railroad Commission
of Texas:
Average Total Annual
Year- Number of Compensa- Average
Employees. tion Paid. Per Person.
1949........58,436 $210,952,535 $3,610
1948........56,833 197,594,053 3,477
1947........ 56,429 176,696,356 3,131
1946........58,937 171,200,938 2,905
1945........ 59,984 155,024,239 2,584
1944........58,731 152,113,963 2,590
1943........55,757 128,209,224 2,299
1942........50,936 110,944,382 2,178
-1941........ 43,571 83,137,932 1,908
1940........ 40,386 71,433,776 1,769
1939........ 40,122 70,083,307 1,747
1938........ 39,642 69,183,766 1,745
1937.......44,018 73,140,920 1,662
1936 ......47,069 ' 74,173,076 1,576
1935........44,478 67,941,811 1,526
1934........ 45,173 63,363,421 1,403
1933.......44,383 60,465,411 1,366
1932........ 46,809 65.213,625 1,393
1931........57,114 89,518,049 1,567
1930........71,059 110447,260 1,557
1929.......82,949 12675,657 1,527
1928.......80706 - ,35,546- 1,513
1927.. 83,472 123,763,274 1,483
1926........76,323 113,024,725 1,486
1925.......76,442 109,309,453 1.430
1924........76,138 109,557,484 1,439
1923..... 74,273 108,820,269 1,465
1922...69,434 103,550,851 1,492
1921....... 114,054,213 1,580
1920. 8,742 141,842,933 1,598
1919. 76,408 104,777,071 1,371
- 98 6928 86,376,512 1,248
-1917 .......67;348 59,476,340 883
196.:......66,219 53,845,974 813
1915........61,251 49,298,257 805
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