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Download or read book Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, for the Year Ending December 1, 1887 (Classic Reprint) written by Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, for the Year Ending December 1, 1887 Up to November 1, 1886, there had been built during the preceding part of the year, 950 miles of new railroads within the State. During the same period the present year, there were miles built. It may be interest ing to trace the progress of railroad building in Kansas the past four years. The total mileage reported to this office for the year ending June including narrow-guage track, and exclusive of side tracks, was miles; including side tracks, For the year ending June 30, 1884, the mileage of' main line in Kansas reported was miles. Increase of main tracks for the year, 153 miles. Total mileage, including side tracks counted as single track, miles. Increase for the year, 225 miles. It should be noted that fractions of a mile are excluded in these statements. The total mileage reported for the year ending June 30, 1885, main line, miles. Increase for the year, 130 miles. Total mileage, including side tracks, miles. Increase, 176 miles. Total mileage reported for the year ending June 30, 1886, miles. Increase for the year, 535 miles. Total mileage, including side tracks, miles. Increase, 607 miles. Total mileage main line reported for the year ending June 30, 1887, miles. Increase for the year, miles. Length of track. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.