CONTENTS . Figure 1 Lengths of the Seven Longest Rail Networks, 1845-1940 Table 1 World Trade and Industrial Production, 1820-1948 Table 2 Comparative Railways Lengths, 1845-1940 (in kilometers) Table 3 Comparative Railroad Densities in 1935 (in kilometers of track per 1000 square kilometers) Table 4 Number of Passengers, 1871-1939 (in millions) Table 5 Number of Passenger-kilometers, 1882-1939 (in millions) Table 6 Net Tons of Goods Carried, 1871-1939 (in thousands) Table 7 Net Ton-Kilometers of Goods Carried, 1882-1939 (in millions) Table 8 Submarine Cables, British and Non-British, 1887-1908
Figure 1. Lengths of the Seven Longest Rail Networks, 1845-1940
Table 1.1 World Trade and Industrial Production, 1820-1948
World World Industrial Period Trade Production 1820-1840 +2.81% +2.9% 1840-1860 +4.84 +3.5 1860-1870 +5.53 +2.9 1870-1900 +3.24 +3.7 1900-1913 +3.75 +4.2 1913-1929 + .72 +2.7 1929-1938 -1.15 +2.0 1938-1948 0 +4.1
Table 3.1 Comparative Railways Lengths, 1845-1940 (in kilometers)
Year USA Russia Canada India Germany France Britain 1845 7,456 144 26 - 2,143 875 3,931 1850 14,517 501 106 - 5,856 2,915 9,797 1855 29,569 1,049a 1,411 325 7,826 5,035 11,744 1860 49,286 1,626 3,323 1,542 11,089 9,167 14,603 1865 56,462 3,842 3,605 5,655 13,900 13,227 18,439 1870 85,167 10,731 4,212 8,637 18,876 15,544 21,000 1875 119,243 19,029 7,768 11,751 27,970 19,357 23,365 1880 186,111 22,865 11,635 15,764 33,838 23,089 25,060 1885 258,302 26,024 17,337 20,662 37,571 29,839 26,720 1890 334,979 30,596 22,537 27,227 42,869 33,280 27,827 1895 375,416 37,058 25,895 32,007 46,500 36,240 28,986 1900 416,461 53,234 28,684 40,396 51,678 38,109 30,079 1905 493,728 61,085 33,153 46,084 56,739 39,607 31,456 1910 566,099 66,581 50,579 52,767 61,209 40,484 32,184 1915 629,466 65,100 73,759 59,585b 62,091 36,400 32,650c 1920 654,309 71,600 82,354 61,957 57,545 38,200 32,707 1925 672,613 74,500 86,902 64,707 57,716 42,100 32,849 1930 691,811 77,900 91,062 70,565 58,176 42,400 32,632 1935 674,664 84,400 92,005 72,126 58,841 42,600 32,450 1940 653,356 86,400d 90,979 72,144 61,940d 40,600 32,094
Notes: (a) 1853; (b) 1915-16 and every five years thereafter; (c)
approximately; (d) 1939.
Sources: For India Morris D. Morris and Clyde B. Dudley, "Selected
Railway Statistics for the Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh), 1853-1946-47" in Artha Vijnana 17, no. 3 (September 1975):
193-96. For Canada: M. C. Urquhart and K. A. H. Buckley, eds., Historical
Statistics of Canada (Cambridge and Toronto, 1965), pp. 528-32. For the
United States: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the
United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, D.C., 1975), pp.728 and
731. For Europe: B. R. Mitchell, European Historical Statistics, 1750-1970
(New York, 1975), pp. 581-88.
Table 3.2 Comparative Railroad Densities in 1935 (in kilometers of track per 1000 square kilometers)
Germany 157 Britain 133 France 77.6 US 72.1 India 16.1 Canada 9.2 Africa 2.4 USSR 3.8
Table 3.3 Number of Passengers, 1871-1939 (in millions)
Russia/ Years India France Germany Britain USSR 1871-74 22.0 111.2 416.6 24.0a 1875-79 35.1 142.1 526.6 28.5b 1880-84 58.6 191.8 636.2 37.3c 1885-89 92.1 223.6 358.5d 715.2 39.4 1890-94 123.0 287.8 453.3e 839.6 49.8 1895-99 147.0 374.9 699.0 995.5 76.6 1900-04 188.0 415.8 922.2 1,151.3 116.6 1905-09 276.6 454.6 1,290.4 1,219.1 148.8 1910-14 392.2 475.8 1,681.5f 1,315.1f 214.4 1915-19 443.1 345.2 310.8 1920-24 545.6 684.0 2,441.3g 1,295.0 116.0 1925-29 609.0 762.6 2,032.0 1,042.9 277.0 1930-34 515.4 710.0 1,516.0 809.0 630.8 1935-39 536.4 558.8 1,783.0h 866.6 1,098.8
Notes: (a) 1871-73; (b) 1875-76; (c) 1872-74; (d) 1888-89; (e) 1890-92; (f)
1910-13; (g) 1922-24; (h) 1936-38.
Sources: Morris and Dudley, pp. 206-10; Mitchell, pp. 601-12.
Table 3.4 Number of Passenger-kilometers, 1882-1939 (in millions)
Years India France Germany Russia/USSR 1882-84 4,879 6,895 7,400 1885-89 6,475 7,469 8,700 1890-94 8,281 9,162 12,120 1895-99 9,425 11,482 16,400 10,200a 1900-04 12,275 13,360 21,740 14,600 1905-09 17,591 15,220 29,720 20,200 1910-14 23,497 17,080 38,875b 1915-19 27,781 12,200 1920-24 30,713 26,560 12,600 1925-29 33,353 27,860 47,520 24,200 1930-34 28,482 26,360 35,940 68,800 1935-39 29,473 23,100 48,200c 82,900
Notes: (a) 1897-99; (b) 1910-13; (c) 1935-38.
Sources: Morris and Dudley, pp. 206-10; Mitchell, pp. 601-12.
Table 3.5 Net Tons of Goods Carried, 1871-1939 (in thousands)
Russia/ Years India France Germany Britain USSR 1871-74 4,231 51,593 181,851 21,418a 1875-79 7,755 62,890 207,003 1880-84 14,460 84,718 252,664 45,818b 1885-89 20,601 79,052 272,506 55,150 1890-94 26,996 96,180 218,965c 308,474 76,181 1895-99 34,525 109,600 301,589 372,368 106,027d 1900-04 45,351 83,200 378,816 435,869 166,000 1905-09 58,011 99,600 492,261 493,496 200,000 1910-14 73,972 117,800 613,064 533,418e 163,000f 1915-19 84,644 75,300 364,350 91,000 1920-24 92,768 154,000 358,700 318,292 49,000 1925-29 111,723 205,600 499,540 302,588 136,000 1930-34 101,529 175,800 368,760 272,984 270,000 1935-39 120,299 143,600 516,800g 284,767 491,000
Notes: (a) 1872-76; (b) 1882-84; (c) 1888-92; (d) 1895-98; (e) 1910-13; (f)
1910 and 1913-14; (g) 1935-38.
Sources: Morris and Dudley, pp. 214-18; Mitchell, pp. 589-600.
Table 3.6 Net Ton-Kilometers of Goods Carried, 1882-1939 (in millions)
Russia/ Years India France Germany USSR 1882-84 4,443 10,797 16,300 1885-89 5,561 10,096 19,000 1890-94 6,901 12,184 23,800 1895-99 8,491 13,700 30,600 30,600a 1900-04 11,964 16,000 38,000 42,200 1905-09 15,566 19,100 49,400 52,100 1910-14 22,939 22,300 63,100b 64,800c 1915-19 32,133 19,300 52,300 1920-24 30,515 30,200 53,llld 20,700 1925-29 33,302 39,000 70,000 60,500 1930-34 30,079 34,100 52,800 166,200 1935-39 35,687 28,800 76,300e 339,800
Notes: (a) 1897-99; (b) 1910-13; (c) 1910 and 1913-14; (d) 1922-24; (e)
1935-38.
Sources: Morris and Dudley, pp. 214-18; Mitchell, pp. 589-600.
Table 4.1 Submarine Cables, British and Non-British, 1887-1908
British Non-British Year Kilometers % Kilometers % Total 1887 149,269 70 64,948 30 214,217 1894 172,465 63 100,137 37 272,602 1901 225,795 63 132,342 37 358,137 1904 248,265 60 163,766 40 412,031 1908 265,971 56 207,137 44 473,108
Sources: Maxíme de Margerie, Le réseau auglais des câbles sous-marins (Paris, n.d. [1909?]), p. 36. Pierre Jouhannaud, Les cables sous-marins, leur protection en temps de paix et en temps de guerre (Paris, 1904), pp. 31-32.
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