--The length and cost of the railroads in the
State of New York compare with those of some of the other States as follows:
States. | Miles of Road. | Cost of Roads and Equipments. |
New York | 3,455 | $145,259,792 |
Six New England States | 4,185 | 14,014,238 |
Pennsylvania | 3,972 | 151,529,629 |
Virginia | 2,723 | 69,680,696 |
Alabama | 1,438 | 17,261,487 |
Missouri | 1,430 | 35,398,093 |
Ohio | 4,133 | 117,353,116 |
Illinois | 3,551 | 106,975,581 |
Total in all the U. S. | 43,100 | $1,177,993,808 |
The aggregate banking capital of the
United States does not exceed $450,000,000; while the capital invested in railroads amounts to the almost incredible sum of Eleven hundred Millions of dollars, or nearly three times as much as the banks.