Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

EFFECTS ON COMMUNICATIONS

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due to military transportation at home, but also to the fact
that much of the rolling-stock was sent for the use of the field
railway. The rolling-stock transferred for this purpose from
the national and private railways (to the end of March, I905)
comprised the following:
ROLLING-STOCK TRANSFERRED FOR USE OF FIELD RAILWAY
Railway CompLoco- Passenger Freight Total
Railway Compan i es cars cars
Government Railway Traffic Bureau 64 17 726 807
Japan Railway Co............... 23.. 360 383
Sanyo Railway Co............... 4 42 146
Kobu Railway Co................. 5 5 Io
Kansai Railway Co.............. 4. 92 96
Sobu Railway Co................. 50 50
Boso Railway Co......... 5 5
Narita Railway Co................ 25 25
Kyoto Railway Co............... I
Hankaku Railway Co............... Io 10
Hokuetsu Railway Co........... I.. I II
Tokykawa Railway Co.......... 9 24 33
Nankai Railway Co............ I9 19
Nishibari Railway Co............ Io
Chugoku Railway Co.............. 5 5
Tokushima Railway Co............ 20 20
Kyushu Railway Co............ 312 312
Hakatawan Railway Co.............. 10 I
Hokkaido Tanko Railway Co I.... I
Gan-etsu Railway Co.............. 5
Total................. 97 36 1,835 1,968
The statistics of all the railways in the country also point
to the same fact:
Mileage of lines Rolling- Increase of Decrease of
open to traffic stock mileage rolling-stock
1903........ 4,495,47 29,380....
904....... 4,693,93 29,I54 I98,69 226

Seeing that most of the rolling-stock commandeered belonged to the Government Railway Traffic Bureau, the Japan
Railway Co. and the Sanyo Railway Co., whose railway lines
formed the main arteries of communication in this country,