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those actually within the cities, are included in the statement ; 

 as, for instance, where cities situated close together have a com- 

 mon street-railway system, it has not been thought best by the 

 experts to attempt a separation in the tables. Therefore, Pitts- 

 burg and Allegheny, in Pennsylvania, are treated as one city, as 

 are also Newark and Elizabeth, in New Jersey. The street-rail- 

 way lines comprehended in Boston traverse also Lynn, Cam- 

 bridge, and other suburban places. 



The aggregate mileage of the fifty-six cities selected for each 

 year from 1880 to 1889, with the increase and percentage of in- 

 crease, is shown in the following table : 



It is only fair to state that in order to make the foregoing 

 statement, the statistics of some of the cities have been re-enforced 

 by information from sources other than the census returns. 



By the above table it will be seen that from 1,089*54, total mile- 

 age in the fifty-six cities selected in 1880, the growth has been to 

 3,150"93 miles in 1889. This is an increase of 1,461*39 miles, or 

 86'50 per cent. These figures show conclusively the rapidly in- 

 creasing wants of cities. 



The five leading cities of the country have a mileage assigned 

 them as follows : Philadelphia, 283-47 ; Boston, 200*86 ; Chicago, 

 184*78 ; New York, 177*10 ; Brooklyn, 164*44. These are figures 

 for 1889, and they show the total length of line ; but the total 

 length of all tracks, including sidings, for the same cities, is as 

 follows : New York, 368*02 ; Chicago, 365*50 ; Boston, 329*47 ; 

 Brooklyn, 324*03 ; Philadelphia, 324*21. From these figures we 

 find that the position of Philadelphia in the last statement is re- 

 versed, and that New York steps from the fourth place in the five 

 cities named to the first place ; and this brings out a peculiarity of 

 the Philadelphia roads and, to some extent, the roads of Boston, 

 the tracks in these cities, to a large extent, occupying different 

 streets in going to and from a terminus instead of being laid upon 

 the same street. 



