1 Average not computed, as all the companies do not report passengers carried. * Loss. Revenues and Expenses per Car Mile Run and per Passenger Carried, YEARS. Net Operating Operating Net (Cents). (Cents). (Cents). 3 Average not computed, as all the companies do not report passengers carried. The following table gives the number of passengers carried per passenger car mile and per passenger car hour, and the car miles operated per car hour: VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. Owing to the fact that certain companies in the state have adopted the zone system of collecting fares, they are unable to furnish data relative to the number of passengers carried, therefore no comparison can be made this year. The total number of miles run by street cars during the year was 119,862,374,- a decrease of 17,635,016 miles over the previous year. The following table gives the total volume of traffic, itemized as above, for each of the last nine years and for the nine months ended June 30, 1910: The number of persons employed by the street railway companies, and also the number of passenger cars, other cars and plows and electric motors owned, are given in the following table for each of the last nine years and for the nine months ended June 30, 1910: The total number of persons injured, in connection with street railway operation, as returned by the companies for the year ended December 31, 1918, was 10,378, of whom 121 received fatal injuries and 10,257 injuries not fatal. The number of passengers injured was 6,731, of whom 24 were injured fatally. The injuries to employees were 1,582 in all, 27 of which were fatal. The number of injuries to travellers and others on the street was 2,065, of which 70 were fatal. These figures include a very large number of injuries of a trivial character that have been returned by the companies. In the following table the accidents of the last year as returned are classified as above, and are compared with those of the previous year: Summary of Accidents Reported December 31, 1917 and 1918. The following is a summary of all accidents reported by the street railway companies for the year ended December 31, 1918, whether personal injury or property damage resulted or not, showing the manner in which said accidents occurred: Classification of Accidents. 1. Collision with vehicles, 2. Collision with persons, 3. Collision with cars, 4. Derailment of cars, 5. Split switch, no derailment, 6. Boarding cars: (a) Open cars, (b) Box cars, (c) Semi cars, 7. Alighting from cars: (a) Open cars, (b) Box cars, (c) Semi cars, 8. Fell in or on car, 9. Injured on running board of open car, 10. Electrical troubles (controller or fuse blowout, etc.), 11. Injured on account of condition of highway (track construc tion or repairs), 12. Injured by falling trolley or span wire, 13. Injured by falling side bar, 14. Injured by falling window, register, light bulbs, etc., 15. Caught in closing doors, 16. Stealing ride, 17. Broken glass, 18. Equipment, 19. Miscellaneous, 20. Injuries to employees, Grand total,. 8,903 930 1,168 3,471 629 258 1,309 443 1,040 2,218 809 1,544 104 1,310 86 532 36 116 1,514 93 1,255 909 4,266 3,112 36,055 |