Meaning of abbreviations-B. S., battleship; A. C., armored cruiser; P. C., protected cruiser; U. P. C., unprotected cruiser; A., armored; S. T., single turret; D. Notes.-(*) Fitted as a flagship. (1) Steel hull. (t) Hull steel, wood sheathed. (§) Iron hull. (1) wooden hull. (**) Harbor defence. (a) Twin screw. (b) FOREIGN NAVAL PROGRESS. According to the United States reports on naval progress, issued by the Government in July, 1902, there has been unusual activity in building of war ships during the past two years, especially by foreign nations. New estimates show either an adherence to a well defined programme for a steady increase, or a desire to make such additions as the present financial conditions of the various countries warrant. While there has been no marked change in the design of ships, the tendency has been toward greater displacement in battleships and armored cruisers, better protection, massing of gans of the second calibre in a central citadel instead of separating them in casements. Italy has authorized three more ships of the Vittorio Emanuele type, which, with a displacement of 12,625 tons, will carry a main battery of two 12-inch guns and twelve 8-inch guns, and have a speed of 22 knots. France continues to lead in the number of submarine and submersible torpedo boats laid down, and experiments are going on with those already launched. England has launched five submarines recently authorized, and experiments are now going on to determine the value of the design. Austria, Italy, Russia, Sweden and some of the South American States are experimenting with different types of submarines. The vessels that are now unfit for service are put to other uses. Wooden steam vessels-Fern, naval militia service; Franklin,, receiving ship; Iroquois, marine hospital service; Marion, naval militia service; Minnesota, naval militia service: Nipsic, receiving ship; Omaha, marine hospital service; Pensacola, naval training ship; Richmond, receiving ship; Wabash, receiving ship, and Yantic, naval militia service. Wooden sailing vessels-Constitution, built in 1797, preserved as a relic at the Boston Navy Yard; Dale, naval militia service; Independence, receiving ship; New Hampshire, naval militia service; St. Louis, naval militia service, and Vermont, receiving ship. STEEL, IRON AND WOODEN STEAM TUGS. The thirty-nine tugs in the United States Navy are-Accomac, Active, Alice, Apache, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Fortune, Hercules, Iroquois, Iwana, Leyden, Massasoit, Modoc, Mohawk, Narkeeta, Nezinscot, Nina, Osceola, Pawnee, Pawtucket, Penacook, Piscataqua, Pontiac, Potomac, Powhatan, Rapido, Samoset, Sebago, Sioux, Standish, Tecumseh, Traffic, Triton, Unadilla, Uncas, Vigilant, Waban, Wahneta and Wompatuck. The standard boats in use in the regular navy of the United States are: The Naval Militia bodies of the various States and of the District of Columbia are composed as follows: The following table shows the allotment to each State, in conformity with the regulations of the Department. National and State Railroad Commissions. The Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, D. C.-Martin A. Knapp, of New York, Chairman: St. Paul, Minn.-Ira B. Mills, Chairman, St. Paul, Judson C. Clements, of Georgia; James D. Yeomans, Minn.; Jos. G. Miller, St. Paul, Minn.; C. F. Staples, of Iowa; Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont; Joseph W. St. Paul, Minn.; A. C. Clausen, Secretary, St. Paul, Fifer, of Illinois; Edward A. Moseley, Secretary; Mar- Minn. tin S. Decker, Assistant Secretary. Mississippi Railroad Commission, Jackson, Miss.State Railroad Commissons.-This list also includes J. D. McInnis, President, Meridian, Miss.; J. C. Kinthe State boards and officers to whom railroad com- cannon, Tupelo, Miss.; A. Q. May, Jackson, Miss.; panies are required to make annual reports. Jno. A. Webb, Secretary, Jackson, Miss. Missouri Railroad and Warehouse Commission, JefAlabama Railroad Commission, Montgomery, Ala.John V. Smith, President, Montgomery, Ala.; A. E. ferson City, Mo.-T. J. Hennessey, Chairman, JefferCaffee, Birmingham, Ala.; W. C. Tunstall. Greens- son City, Mo.; Wm. E. McCully, Jefferson City, Mo.; Jos. P. Rice, Jefferson City, Mo.; T. M. Bradbury, boro, Ala.; Virgil C. Griffin, Secretary, Montgom- Secretary, Jefferson City, Mo. ery, Ala. Montana.-J. H. Calderhead, State Auditor, Helena, Railroad Commission of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. Mont. Connecticut Board of Railroad Commissioners. Hart-ton, N. J. Colorado. State Board of Equalization.—A. Gray, Secretary, Denver, Colo. Delaware. No reports required. retary; E. C. McEntee, Assistant Secretary. Sec B. North Carolina Corporation Commission, Raleigh, N. C.-Franklin McNeill, Chairman, Raleigh, N. C.; Sam. L. Rogers, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. D. H. Abbott, Raleigh, N. C.; H. C. Brown, Secretary, Raleigh, N. Railroad Commissioners for the State of Florida, C.; E. G. Riddick, Stenographer, Raleigh, N. C. Tallahassee, Fla.-Henry E. Day, Chairman, Gaines- North Dakota Commissioners of Railroads, Bisville, Fla.; John M. Bryan, Kissimmee, Fla.; John L. Morgan, White Springs, Fla.; Royal C. Dunn, Secre- marck, N. D.-C. J. Lord, President, Cando, N. D.; J. J. Youngblood, Fessenden, N. D.; J. F. Shea, Wahtary, Tallahassee, Fla. peton, N. D.; C. C. Hammond, Secretary, Ashley, N. D. Railroad Commission of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.- Indiana. Board of Tax Commissioners.-Winfield risburg, Pa.-Isaac B. Brown, Superintendent Bureau Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners, Des Moines, Ia.-E. A. Dawson, Chairman, Waverly Ia.: D. J. Palmer, Washington, Ia.: Ed. C. Brown, Sheldon, Ia.: Dwight N. Lewis, Secretary, Des Moines, Ia. Rhode Island Railroad Commission, Room 121, State House, Providence, R. I.-E. L. Freeman, Commissioner, Providence, R. I.; J. W. Freeman, Deputy, Central Falls, R. I. S. C.-J. C. Wilborn, Chairman, Old Point, S. C.; C. South Carolina Railroad Commissioners, Columbia, W. Garris, Bamburg, S. C.; J. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C.; D. P. Duncan, Secretary, Columbia, S. C. Kansas Railroad Commission, Topeka, Kan.-A. D. Walker, Chairman; J. C. O. Morse, J. N. Fike, W. HS. D.-W. G. Smith, Chairman, Sturgis, S. D.; Alex. South Dakota Railroad Commissioners, Sioux Falls. Smith, Secretary. Kentucky Railroad Commission, Frankfort, Ky.-C. Kirkpatrick, Wessington, S. D.; Frank Le Cocq, Jr., C. McChord, Chairman, Springfield, Ky.; John C. Harrison, S. D.; Wm. H. Stanley, Secretary, Sioux Wood, Mt. Sterling, Ky.: J. F. Dempsey, Madison-Falls, S. D.; D. C. Ricker, Scale and Warehouse Inville, Ky.; Murray R. Hubbard, Secretary, Frank-spector, Sioux Falls, S. D.; T. B. McMartin, Legal Counsel, Sioux Falls, S. D. fort, Ky. Railroad Commission of Louisiana, Baton Rouge.-N. W. Baptist, Chairman; J. N. McKenzie, Thos. Tennessee Railroad Commissioners, Nashville, Tenn. La.-C. L. de Fuentes. Chairman, New Orleans, La.: L. Williams, Frank Avent, Secretary. Overton Cade, Youngsville, La.; W. L. Foster, Shreveport, La.; W. M. Barrow, Secretary, Baton Rogue, La H. Reagan, Chairman, Austin, Tex.; L. J. Storey, Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, Tex. John Railroad Commissioners of Maine, Augusta, Me.-Joseph B. Peaks, Chairman, Dover, Me.; B. F. Chad- Austin, Tex.; Allison Mayfield, Austin, Tex.; E. R. McLean, Secretary, Austin, Tex. bourne, Biddeford, Me.: Parker Spofford, Bucksport. Vermont State Railroad Commissioners, Montpelier, Me.; E. C. Farrington, Clerk, Augusta, Me. Maryland.-Buchanan Schley, State Tax Commis- James M. Boutwell, Montpelier, Vt.; Henry S. BingVt.-Jonathan Ross, Chairman, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; sioner, Annapolis, Md. ham, Bennington, Vt.; E. M. Harvey, Clerk, MontMassachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners, 20 pelier, Vt. Beacon Street, Boston. Mass.- James F. Jackson, Chairman, Fall River, Mass.: George W. Bishop, New-James C. Hill, Chairman, Richmond, Va.; E. G. Virginia Railroad Commission, Richmond, Va.tonville, Mass.; Clinton White, Melrose, Mass.; Will-Akers, Secretary, Richmond, Va. iam A. Crafts, Clerk, Boston, Mass.: Fred E. Jones, Washington. No reports required. Accountant, Brookline, Mass.; George F. Swain. West Virginia.-Arnold C. Scherr, State Auditor, Bridge Engineer, Boston, Mass.; William J. McCul- Charleston, W. Va. lough, Assistant Clerk, Boston, Mass. Railroad In- Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner, Madison, Wis.spectors-Daniel M. Wheeler, Worcester, Mass.; Graf Graham L. Rice, Commissioner, Madison, Wis.; James ton Upton. Everett, Mass.: John Q. Hennigan, East S. Stack, Deputy Commissioner, Madison, Wis. Milton, Mass.; Lewellyn H. McLain, Melrose, Mass. Wyoming Board of Equalization.-George E. AbMichigan Commissioner of Railroads, Lansing, bott, State Treasurer, President, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Le Mich. Chase S. Osborn, Commissioner of Railroads. Roy Grant, State Auditor. Secretary, Cheyenne, Lansing, Mich.; Charles H. Chapman, Deputy Commis- Wyo.: Fenimore Chatterton, Secretary of State, Memsioner of Railroads, Lansing, Mich.; James Bice, Me- her. Cheyenne, Wyo.; F. J. Niswander, Clerk, Chey. chanical Engineer, Lansing, Mich. jenne, Wyo. Statistics of Railroads. RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. The railway mileage of the United States, according to the Railway Age, of Chicago, has at last passed the 200,000 mile mark. The figures at the close of 1901 were approximately 199,525 miles, and the construction for the first six months of 1902 brought the total up to 201.839 miles, the track laid during the first half of this year on 155 lines aggregating 2,314 miles. This is nearly 500 miles in excess of the new mileage for the first six months of 1901, when 1,817 miles were built. The total for the twelve months of 1901 was 5,222 miles, and if the same ratio is maintained this year it is believed that the construction for the year 1902 will easily exceed 6,000 miles. The following table of railroad mileage in the United States is from the latest report of the Interstate Commerce Commission: The following tables show the capitalization of the country's principal railroad systems and give also the operating expenses per year. A large proportion of this capital is obtained from small investors, whose money is invested in these enterprises. The prosperity of the railroads is thus a matter of vital interest to a large proportion of the country's population, who have invested their savings in their working capital: *Up to October 1, 1902. Galeton, Pa. Rochester, N. Y. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. .04 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Savannah, Ga. New York. 120 Broadway, N. Y. .07% Chicago, Ill. Chicago, III. St. Paul, Minn. 1After 7 per cent has been paid common stock is entitled to same per cent; after that preferred is entitled to additional dividend of 3 per cent; common then entitled to same; both share alike in any dividend. 3,518,000 1,000,000 3,640.000 .03 .04 .06 16,358,000 .06 65,000,000 31,171,000 65,009,088 .02/2 .04 3,150,000 375,500 7,900,000 48,646,000 46,684,100 .06 12,000,000 60,529,500 25,000,000 69,894,354 19,542.800 19,544,000 22,000,000| .03 .07 7,197,800 6,830,700 23,919,000] 39,114,678 22,395,120 137,579,500 .033 .06 061 145,479,300 .04 |