19,170,610 2,552,868 8,808,710
1861 28,586 140,139 8,349,296 13,606,759 2,514,157 5,309,454
1862 28,875 134,013 8,299,821 11,125,364 2,340,767 5,853,834
1863 29,047 139,598 11,163,790 11,314,207 2,876,983 5,740,576
1864 28,878 139,171 12,438,254 12,644,786 3,174,326 5,818,469
1865 20,550 142,340 14,556,159 13,694,728 3,383,382 6,246,884
1866 23,828 180,921 14,386,986 15,352,079 3,454,677 7,630,474
1867 25,163 203,245 15,237,027 19,235,483 4,033,728 9,336,286
1868 26,481 216,928 16,292,601 22,730,593 4,255,311 10,266,056
1869 27,106 223,731 18,344,511 23,698,131 4,546,958 10,406,501
1870 28,492 231,232 19,772,221 23,998,837 4,673,466 10,884,653
1871 30,045 238,350 20,037,045 24,390,104 5,028,382 11,529,395
1872 31,863 251,398 21,915,426 26,658,192 5,121,665 15,547,821
1873 33,244 256,210 22,996,742 29,084,946 5,725,468 16,161,034
1874 34,294 269,097 26,447,072 32,126,415 5,818,472 18,881,319
1875 35,547 277,873 26,791,360 33,611,309 7,049,936 18,777,201
1876 36,383 281,708 27,895,908 33,263,488 7,397,397 18,361,048
1877 37,345 292,820 27,468,323 33,486,322 7,295,251 18,529,238
1878 39,258 301,966 29,277,517 34,165,084 7,977,852 19,262,421
1879 40,855 316,711 30,041,983 33,449,899 7,185,540 20,012,872
1880 42,989 343,888 33,315,479 36,542,804 7,701,418 22,255,984
1881 44,512 344,006 36,785,398 39,251,736 8,298,743 23,196,032
1882 46,231 343,618 41,876,410 40,039,635 8,964,677 22,846,112
1883 47,863 353,166 45,508,692 42,816,700 10,315,394 23,870,666

APPENDIX J.

The following table exhibits the number of miles of railroad in
operation, and the number of miles constructed each year, in the United
States, from 1830 to 1883 inclusive. It will be observed that nearly
three-fourths of the total mileage have been constructed since 1869.

Year. Miles in Operation the the End of each Year.
| Miles Constructed each Year.
1830 23 |
1831 95 72
1832 229 134
1833 380 151
1834 633 253
1835 1,098 465
1836 1,273 175
1837 1,497 224
1838 1,913 416
1839 2,302 389
1840 2,818 516
1841 3,535 717
1842 4,026 491
1843 4,185 159
1844 4,377 192
1845 4,633 256
1846 4,930 297
1847 5,598 668
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