Number of employees, including officers, grouped according to attained age and years of service Year of entry 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 Years of service 49 48 47 46 824 1, 167 1, 272 1, 299 1, 494 2, 292 3, 144 3, 328 4, 082 5, 215 5, 026 5, 828 4, 910 4, 110 5, 239 4, 682 5, 495 34 383 5566 32 32 31 330 209 28 42 62476 52535 656200 445426 4147 27 27 26 25 226 436 396 237 310 409 343 371 340 214 243 NOTE.-Foregoing data covers 129 class I railway systems reporting a survey of employment. Some carriers included absent or furloughed employees and gave credit for all serv- Number of employees, including officers, grouped according to attained age and years of service-Continued Total. 7,577 9,651 11, 545 13, 062 16, 750 [17, 242 14,971 |20, 624 |24, 754 25, 124 16,098 23, 508 128, 302 123, 067 31,550 29,779 18,951 22, 646 1 39, 502 |