2242 



COMMEECIAL JAPAN. 



[December, 



(a) rail^vay equipmext. 



The carrying capacity of railroads is partly indicated by the total number of locomotives and cars. This table shows the condition 

 on March 31, 1899: 



• 32 every 100 miles. ^ 112 every 100 miles. ' 413 everj- 100 miles. 



The total capacity is suflBcient to accommodate 145,139 passengers and 94,350 tons of freight. 



(b) railway traffic for the general and public service. 



FISCAL YEARS. 



1898 

 1897 

 1896 

 1895 

 1894 

 1893 



Number of 

 passengers. 



98,582,117 

 84,4.^3,362 

 0.5, 107, 898 

 48,271,809 

 30, .584, 269 

 32, 404, 772 



Tons of 

 freight. 



10, 018, 542 

 8,088,388 

 6, 097, 671 

 5,293,840 

 4, 170, 153 

 3, 355, 594 



Compared with other countries: 



COUNTRIES. 



England (1897) 



United States (1900) 



France (1890) 



Germany (1891) 



Austria 



Russia (1890) 



Italy (1SS7) 



Canada (1897) 



Argentina (1895) — 



Number of pas- 

 sengers. 



1,031,700,709 

 337, 977, 301 

 363, 009, 000 

 464,012,850 

 205, 200, 000 

 49, 342, 000 

 45, 342, 000 

 16,171,338 

 14, 551, 257 



Tons of freight. 



374, 382, 266 

 975, 789, 9-17 

 104,046,000 

 228, 906, 758 



100, 000, 305 



90,11.5,000 



26, 300, 331 



9,614,041 



Compared with the United States in 1897: 



Passengers 



PassiMiffcrs carried 1 mile 



Passengers carried 1 mile per mile of line .. 



Tons carried 



T(ins carried 1 mile t 



Tons carried 1 mile per mile of line 



Average number of i)Hssengcrs in train 



Average journey per passenger (miles) 



Average number of tons in train 



Average iiaul per ton (miles) 



Total train mileage 



Average passengers nor mile per day 



Average tons per mile per day 



Japan. 



84,453,362 



1,443,317,956 



2, 426 



8,688,388 



896,798,680 



249.5 



• 39. 5 



10.09 



45.67 



18, 788, 437 



1,596.6 



395.9 



United States. 



489,445,193 



12,256,939,647 



66,874 



741,705,946 



95, 139, 022, 225 



519, 079 



37 



2,5.04 



204.02 



12.S. 27 



799,980,817 



f! 



« 28 per cent. •> 40 per cent. 



■ Train mileage of passengers and freight is not taken separately. 



The following shows the movement of cars in 1897: 



Total ni i leaj^e of the year 



7\veraRe trii» to tcrllliIlal.>^ 



Avera}j;e miiiiber of cars por trip 



AvcraKe wei(j;ht of engine ( tons) 



Average use of engine ( i)er cent) 



(c) KMl'LOVKF-S. 



Total 

 mileage. 



22,977,400 

 18,788,437 

 14,748,368 

 12,902,970 

 11,201,117 

 9,904,300 



27,009 

 5'. 8 



13.6 



38.6 



92 



]\I;urh .'51, 1899, of eleven loading companies and the Governmcut railroad the following were employed: 



Station nu'mfcrs 039 



Aasintant station ninster.s 5S8 



Ex ( ra.s 48 



Coridiictor.s 1, 253 



A.«i^istant condtirtoi-s 93 



Foroiiien of cii^inos 28 



Engineinen ], 1()5 



Assistant enginemen 73 



Firemen 



Ast^istunt firemen 



Yardmen 



Signalmen 



Switchmen 



Siirnal and switch men. 



1,.^21 

 ia3 

 477 



S7 



;v>9 



1.218 



Total 7, G55 



