ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight received at stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

Stations.

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight forwarded from stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

Stations.

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight received at stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

3

5

2

8

53

24

5

1

9

1

4

1

1

1

1

52

15

1

1

THE KANSAS CITY, MEXICO AND ORIENT RAILWAY.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight forwarded from and received at stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight forwarded, etc.—Continued.

FORT SMITH AND WESTERN RAILWAY.

Statement showing number of tons of freight forwarded from stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

Statement showing number of tons of freight received at stations on its line in ́ Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

Statement showing number of carloads of freight forwarded from stations on its line in Oklahoma during the year ending June 30, 1904.

The increase in railroad mileage over that reported last year shows 689.44 miles built during the year. Much of this was the actual completion of several short lines which were unfinished at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Several new lines are projected, work is now in progress on two of them, and considerable work will be accomplished during the coming

year.

The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient have 282 miles of completed grade on which they are now laying steel.

It is interesting to compare the railroad mileage of Oklahoma, the youngest Territory, with that of some of the older States.

According to the statistics of railways of the United States, prepared by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the 20 States having fewer miles than Oklahoma are Connecticut, Rhode Island,

Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Oklahoma has a larger total mileage than four of the States-Nevada, Delaware, Vermont, and Rhode Island-combind, according to the same authorities.

Of the total mileage in Oklahoma, 3,222.75, the 'Frisco. Rock Island and Choctaw, all conceded to be Rock Island lines, have a total of 1,739 miles of railroad, or more than the total mileage in 10 of the different States, or the combined mileage of the States of Rhode Island, Delaware, and Nevada. The Santa Fe, with its 713 miles, has more than the States of Rhode Island and Delaware combined, while the "Katy," with its 255 miles, or the Orient, two of Oklahoma's new lines, will, either one, surpass Rhode Island, one of the original thirteen States, in mileage.

A list of the improvements, additions, and extensions made by the various lines during the past year has been furnished me by the superintendents or other officials in charge.

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE.

Mr. H. A. Tice, superintendent, states as follows:

I inclose a list of improvements made during the past year and of those in prospect for the coming year, this list showing approximate cost of such work. In addition to the attached list, there have been erected station buildings at all new stations on the line from Newkirk to Pauls Valley. The three gaps in the line, between Fairfax and Kaw City, 19 miles; between Truesdale and Tecumseh, 17 miles, and between Quay and Maramec, 8 miles, have all been closed up, and the line is now complete from Newkirk to Pauls Valley as it was originally planned.

All the stations on the line from Newkirk to Pauls Valley have been furnished with the usual station buildings, with the exception of Kaw, Fairfax, Skedee, Avery, and Sparks, where we have steel water tanks, and at Maramec, where we have steel water tank and gravity coal chute in addition to the usual station buildings. On the line from Arkansas City to Walker we have constructed 17,000 feet of side track during the last year.

List of work done during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904.