Journal of Mining and Railroads [pp. 526-530]

LENGTH, FARES, &C. ON ROADS IN U. S. 527
Length Present ac- Price Last
Names of Railway R'lway tual cost. per share Div.
London and South Western - - 189 6,264,164 49 8
Londonderry and Enniskillen - - 14 160,013 16 -
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 46 2,336,624 80 5
Maryport and Carlisle - - - 28 424,417 39 3
Midland Company - - - 40214 8,658,604 104 7
Midland Great Western (Irish) - - 36 /2 583,776 101
Newcastle and Carlisle - - - 6614 1,184,080 10113 6
Norfolk - - - 8134 1,375,633 65 6
North British- - - - 78 2,514,150 23 5
Shrewsbury and Chester - - - 17 591,158 17 -
South Devon - - - - - 29 1,339,860 20 -
South Eastern - - -. 1651/2 6,398,218 27 6
Taff Vale -..38 785,607 - 51/3
Ulster - -.. 25 646,211 52 6
Whitehaven Junction - - - 12 147,095 - 6
York, Newcastle and Berwick - - 2362 3,685,102 30 9
York and North Midland - - - 23012 3,196,869 67 10
CONTINENTAL RAILWAY.
Amiens and Boulogne - - 68/ 573,388 851 4
Antwerp to Ghent (monthly) - - 31 - -
Belgian - - - ditto - - -—.
Dutch Rhenish - - - - - 5714 - 1 -
Northern of France - - - - 211 2,000,000 4Y4 4
Orleans to Bourgeis (Central) - - 1071 / -.
Orleans to Tours - - - - 72 600,000 32 4
Paris and Orleans -. 82 2,011,720 4712 1234
Paris and Rouen - - - 85 2,082,916 24 113
Rouen and Havre - - - 5912 1012 4
Strasburgh and Basle (monthly) - 88 - 6 17/
West Flanders - - ditto. - - 14 -
NO. II. COMPARATIVE FARES OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.
As the comparative rates of fare on railroads is a subject of some interest, we
avail ourselves of the labors of Mr. Minor, the industrious editor of the American
Railroad Journal, as exhibited in the following tabular statement of the principal
railroads in the United States, giving their length, through fare, and rate, per mile,
from which it will be seen that the New York and Erie Railroad charges the lowest rate, namely, 1.72 cents per mile; the Harlem next, and then the Long Island
Railroad. The New England roads all range below three cents, except the New
Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, which is one-tenth over. And the next lowest,
after the New England roads, is the Weldon and Wilmington, N. C., which is a
fraction less than 2i cents-quite too low for a country so thinly populated,
though high enough for many of the more northern lines.
From this statement, it will be seen that the railroads in the State of NewYork,
diverging from the city of New York, charge lower rates than any other roads in
the country; and we presume the managers of these roads have been influenced
by the belief that, where there is a dense, and to a certain extent, confined popu lation, the true plan is to put the rates of fare low, and thus induce the masses to
use the road. This, we are fully convince%d, is the true policy, and we believe it
will ultimately prevail.
Name, Commencement and Termination. Length. Thro' fare. cents Miles. $ cts. per mile
Eastern Railroads-Boston to Portland - - - 105 3 00 2.85
Boston and Maine-Boston to Portland, - - - 110 3 00 2.72
' Lowell-Boston to Lowell, - - - 26 0 65 2-50
" Worcester-Boston to Worcester, - - 44 1 25 2.80
" Providence-Boston to Providence, - - 42 1 25 2.97
Fitchburgh-Boston to Baldwinsville, - - - 71 1 75 2'46