Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-10-20
BALTIMORE & OHIO Rail, ROAD

Kan Road Company is published in the Raj,
'imore American. We make the following
extracts
Sin the ninth annual report, the board an.
nounced The completion of the main stem 10
Harper's Ferry, and of the branch road W
" ashington. Since then, the Wincbes,er
and Potomac Rail Road, which is vir,ualIv n
proiongalion Of The Baltimore and Ohm Rail
ROAD up the valley Of the Shenandoah has
zee" opened Tor general use. AT present
some delay and difficulty lake place in trans
porting goods and passengers from one road
W tue o'her. This, however, will he obvi
aled, when the viaduct across the Potomac
IS finished. The stone piers of this structure
nave been completed for some time. and tho
wood work will be ready or the passage of
cars during the present year. The passen.
ger ana burden trains of he two COMPANIES
VIII lhen stop, side 10y siie, in the same de.
POI, ana The transit from one TO the other
VIII be effected promptly and with grea,
convenience.
Surveys are now in progress for the ex>
tension OF a rail road from Winches,er IN
Staunton, and there is reason To believe tba,
This work will he undertaken. uisor gre,,
importance 10 Baltimore, and when comnle,.
eu' VIII furnish d continuous rail road of two
INJURED ana niteen miles in length, from this
cry into the heart Of Virginia"
In reference Ia The extension of the Road
" Inc point oil lis original destination, the
report says-ihe surveys SO far as thew have
gone, have been very satisfactory, and G,llv
corroborate the fact stated IN the last ANNA,
report upon the reconnaissance of the cb;ef
engineer, That the mountains between
Cumberland and the Western waters can I've
passed without the use of stationary power.
oy locomotive engines and their trains -
The gross receipts from the main stem of
the road during the year ending the Ist inst.
have been 1921 ,966 81, which exceed the
receipts OF the preceding year by Sl9, 500
II. The expenses of transportation DURING
the same period have been Sl2S, III al. ex.
ceeding those of the preceding ear by Sl4.-
2l0 %. The repairs TO the road for the wear
Just ended cost $50, lOl 80, while the re.
pairs for the year ending Oct. l 1885. a.
mounted TO hut $25, 63, making diff.
terence OF S27 ,937 60. The repairs of ma
chinery and cars have also exceeded those of
the preceding year by S9,3SO. All these
however, are satisfactorily accounted for nv
inc report. The frequent falls of snow dur
ing the last winter, very Otter prevented the
use oil steam IN transportation, I'D sometimes
required the employment Of laborers TO clear
The road. The increased expense of rena;rs
has been owing 10 The decay Of the wooden
string pieces upon which the iron rail has
been laid on considerable part of the road
anc which now generally require replacing
and the increase in the repairs of machinery,
C. is slated In I've nw;N.r tr. the inorno.-A
NUMBER oil locomotive engines now in use on
the road
The amount of capital expended in the
road is 3,476 600 Os-exclusiye of the
branch to Washington, which is not taken
into any Of the above estimates.
with regard TO the ultimate profit of the
Road 10 The Stock holders, the Board Of Di-
rec'ors reIterate the favorable opinion which
they have so often expressed. They saw
10 doubt its making a return on the OUT.
'"y, "heh IL shall be completed 10 the west
err waters, is impossible, when the probable
considered There is hardly rail road in
The country, that has been completed, thai is
mol now realizing handsome return on The
cost OF It's construction and the chief reason
why this IS not done by the Baltimore and
Onio ROAD, is, that 1t is not completed. Ifl
1t were, a this day, proposed to make a rail
ROAD 10 frederlckiown or Harper's Ferry
&suPposlng the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
ROAD 10 The west rot 10 be projected even \
no one would be willing to undertake such
work through 80 difficult reqion-Gor
every one would, at once, doubt its affordinc
oati@ofe and 0R fEnRRf Rail Road Road
which now, is not road 10 The west but
road 10 trederick!own and Harpers' Ferry
only, should make the dividends declared nv
The hnlShed rail roads Of the country, we're
val" indeed' HE full extent OF its profit
can only be realized on lis completion
IL IS 10 be remarked here also, that when
I ,h Charter oil The Baltimore and Ohio Rail
ROAD was granted in 1926, by the Legislature
Of maryland, II vas the first rail road for
general purposes That had been projected in
Inc country-and so sanguine of profit were
us hIenns, mat The charge for passengers
was deemed ample at three cents per mile
anu lot merchandise and produce, four cents
eastward and SIX cents westward, making
an average, as experience shows of abonI |
TOUR and an half cents EXperience baso;roo
SHOWN, That, upon a costly road. throuoh a |
difficult country, these rates are too low ,,,,
on the limited amount of business thai h.
heretofore been done by this cemoanv ard
mere are but few rail roads in the union nm
WHICH the charges are not higher Corn
DIned with the low rate Of CHARGE In which |
this Company is limited ma, LS