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Caption: Book - First Years of Engineering Experiment Station (1906)
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ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION THOUSANDS OF MILES 19 4' ILLINOIS TEXAS •.. PENNSYLVANIA IOWA OHIO KANSAS 6 S T E A M R A I L R O A D M I L E A G E I N S E V E R A L STATES—1904. The magnitude of the railroad industry in Illinois is evidenced by t h e car construction and repair bill. T h u s in t h e statistics' for manufactures for 1900, the items for cars and general shop construction, and repairs by steam and street railroad companies aggregate nearly $18,000,000. I n the mileage of street and electric railroads, Illinois is as yet somewhat behind some of the eastern states. In 1903 the mileage of street and electric railroads in several leading states was as follows: Massachusetts 2037 Pennsylvania 2001 Ohio 1858 New York 1822 Illinois 993 I t is significant, however, t h a t t h e wave of development in electric railroads is sweeping westwards. In t h e last two or three years, great progress, h a s been made in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Illinois has only fairly started in the building of interurban railroads, and the next ten years will doubtless witness a development along this line that will place it well towards t h e first rank. Manufacturing.—In the value of manufactured product, Illinois at present ranks third among t h e states of the nation. The accompanying diagram shows the relative position for several decades of the five foremost states in manufacturing. T h e rapid rate of increase in t h e case of Illinois is worthy of attention. Statistics for 1900 showed a total value of manufactured product of $1,260,000,000, an increase of nearly 40 per cent over t h e figures for 1890. The following table gives data selected from these statistics relating to leading industries somewhat allied in character to engineering:
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