TABLE II.-Mileage, cost of construction and equipment, business done, earnings, and profits, in 1874, of the railroads of the United States.*

STATES.

Per cent. of receipts to

total capital and debt.

Receipts to mile of railroad.

Receipts to an inhabi

tant.

TABLE III.-Showing per cent. of receipts to total capital and debt, to one mile of railroad and to one inhabitant; also the operating expenses, net earnings, &c., of the railroads of

the several States, and the dividends paid.

Operating expenses.

Per cent. of

operating expenses to receipts.

ings to receipts.

Per cent. of net earnings to total capital and debt.

Dividends paid.

Per cent. of dividends to capital stock.