Proportion of gross earnings | 40.40| 39.80 Proportion of operating expenses | 60.46| 61.02 | | Taxes | $27,590,394| $46,337,632 Per mile of line | 180| 247 Proportion of gross earnings | 2.86| 3.53 ------------------------------------+------------+------------ {table continued} ====================================+==============+================= | |Increase|Increase Item | 1909 | over | over | | 1889 | 1899 | | % | % ------------------------------------+--------------+--------+-------- Miles of line | 234,182| 52.7 | 24.9 Miles of all track | 340,000| 73.5 | 35.5 | | | Net capitalization (m) | $13,508,711| 83.3 | 43.2 Net capitalization per mile of line | 57,962| 20.7 | 11.9 Net capitalization per mile of track| 39,730| 5.6 | 3.1 | | | Gross earnings from operation (m) | 2,443,312| 153.2 | 86.0 Gross earnings per mile of line | 10,486| 66.7 | 49.7 Expenses of operation (m) | 1,615,497| 150.5 | 88.4 Expenses of operation per mile of | | | line | 6,933| 64.9 | 51.7 Net earnings from operation (m) | 827,814| 157.9 | 81.2 Net earnings per mile of line (m) | 3,552| 70.2 | 45.8 Ratio of expenses to earnings | 66.12| d 2.3 | 1.0 | | | Receipts from passengers (m) | $564,302| 122.1 | 93.8 Receipts from freight (m) | 1,682,919| 161.8 | 84.1 Receipts from mail (m) | 50,935| 132.6 | 41.5 Receipts from express (m) | 63,669| 221.9 | 137.9 | | | Passengers carried (m) | 880,764| 86.5 | 68.3 Passengers carried one mile (m) | 29,452,000| 154.8 | 101.8 Receipts per passenger per mile | | | (cents) | 1.916| d 11.5 | d 3.1 | | | Freight tons carried (m) | 1,486,000| 175.3 | 54.8 Freight tons carried one mile (m) | 222,900,000| 224.3 | 80.2 Receipts per ton per mile (mills) | 7.55| d 17.0 | 4.2 | | |