438 The National Geographic Magazine 



THE COMMERCIAL VALUATION OF 

 RAILWAY OPERATING PROPERTY 

 IN THE UNITED STATES 



THE United States Bureau of the 

 Census lias just published Bul- 

 letin 21, presenting the results of an 



extended inquiry in regard to the com- 

 mercial value of railway operating prop- 

 erty in the United States. This in- 

 quiry was conducted by the Bureau of 

 the Census, with the cooperation of 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission, 



STATE, TERRITORY, OR DISTRICT. 



United States.. 



Alabama 



Alaska 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California , 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 

 Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indian Territory 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina 



North Dakota 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin.: 



Wyoming 



Commercial 

 value of railway 

 operating prop- 

 erty as of June 

 30, 1904. 



* $11,244,852,000 



150,211,000 

 100,000 

 68,356,000 

 124,626,000 

 350,694,000 



198 261,000 

 105,369,000 



17,285,000 

 5,578,000 



80,467,000 



156,603,000 

 91,877,000 



805,057,000 

 79,405,000 



375,541,000 



344,847.000 

 356,356,ooo 

 *55-77 2 ,ooo 

 123,401.000 

 80,146,000 



132,342,000 

 250,052,000 

 277,597.ooo 

 466,734,000 

 107,884,000 



309,768,000 

 196, tog, 000 

 263,170,000 

 43,745,000 

 79,786,000 



* 33^,56S,ooo 



86,400,000 



* 898,222,000 

 113,146,000 

 123.390,000 



689,797,000 

 78,668,000 

 75,661,000 

 1,420,608,000 



25,719,000 

 75,500,000 

 49,646,000 

 131,166,000 



237,718,000 

 90,325,000 

 37,311,000 



211,315,000 



182.837,000 

 201,799,000 

 284,510,000 

 100,307,000 



Per cent 

 of total 



for 

 United 

 States. 



1-336 

 0.001 

 0.608 

 1. 109 

 3- 119 



1.764 

 o.937 

 0.154 

 0.049 

 0.716 



1.392 

 0.817 

 7.159 

 0.706 

 3-34° 



3.067 



3- 159 

 1.385 

 1.097 

 0-713 



1. 177 



2 2?4 



2.469 



4- 151 

 0.959 



2.755 

 1.745 

 2.340 



0- 389 

 0.709 



2.966 

 0.768 

 7.988 

 1.006 

 1.097 



6.134 

 0.700 

 0.673 

 12.633 



0.229 

 0.671 

 0.441 

 1. 167 



2. 1 14 

 0.803 

 0332 

 1.879 



1.626 



1- 795 

 2.530 

 0.892 



Rank 



of 

 state. 



LATEST REPORTFD VALUE 

 AS ASSESSED FOR PUR- 

 POSES OF TAXATION. 



I905 



1904 

 I904 

 1904 



Dec. 31, 1903 

 Sept. 30, 1904 



June 30, 1904 

 1904 



1903 

 1904 

 1904 



Jan. 



1904 



1904 

 IQ04 

 1904 

 1904 



June 30, 1904 



June 



1902 



1903 

 1904 

 1904 

 1904 

 1904 



1904 

 1904 

 1903 

 1904 

 1904 



1901 

 1905 



1904 

 1903 

 1904 

 1903 



1904 

 1904 



Dec, 1902 

 June 30, 1904 



1904 

 1904 

 1904 

 1904 



$53,926,026 



6,667,349 

 34,709,023 

 92,378,550 



49,492,135 

 120,493,648 



2,486,024 

 21,817,478 



63,105,8:0 

 10,115,378 

 425,709,055 



165,^63,367 



57,535,i6o 

 60,093,534 

 77,658,040 

 29,044,195 



196,795,000 



29,847,640 



97,916,869 

 36,7^9,827 

 46,082,853 

 13,778,049- 

 22,625,000 



231,655,525 

 8,511,538 



229,582,064 

 69,480,974 

 22,160,304 



133,858,945 

 11,936,317 



15,832,003 

 29,467.716 

 i4,.^54.93o 

 58,536,566 



95,209,785 

 20,682,461 

 27,344,020 

 63,269,623 



26,066,949 

 28,771,358 

 218,024,900 

 7,498,232 



* Exclusive of Jersey City ferries of the Periwsylvauia Railroad system. The value of this ferry property is 



5,698,000. 



