Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 503, 22 Ianuali 1902 — Untitled [ARTICLE]
The railroads in operation in the United States at the end of 1900 were approximately 200.000 miles. This does not include railways operated by electricity, of which the mileage, exclusive of street and suburban roads, is now considerable and rapidly increasing. For the entire world, the London Daily Mail Year Book for 1902 estimates the total miles opm for traffic at 484.348. of which 220.857 miles were in North America: 188 805 in Europe; 35.580 miles in Asia; 28.364 in South America: 15.880 in Africa, and 15.282 miles in Australasia. Thus the United States has two fifths of the railway mileage of the world, and a larger mileage than any other single country.