The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-23


ports from which the folio sing ltAtsasnts MALE
The length cf rairoAds .........2, 1913 milss
The capital stock, rs per charter $50 T4s SOC 90
" I" subteribed. ........... 30, 1917 2oS %
!" g. paid in............... Al $50 sos a
The amount of fusded debs is....... AZ 84s ISL a.
:" " fcstipg debt is............ 7iil $40 81
Amount expended la grazing art bridging 30 t57 ecS IS
Amount expended in snperstruet'os..... 16Slos7 10
An ouat eIperded In station buildings. 32l+ 424 IS
Amount esyeneed Ii engine houses. Ca
Amount sspend,d oi land damage; and
,ssnsi-. . ....,.................... s,ab4soi a
Amo expended for locomotives and eoeo $40 II
Total AsouDt expended in Construction
sup,rrsraoture Observation-Disclosures. IS 1929 50
Amo. Mt expended On do during tbs year. 49, loo All A.
Whole lsl 9Th OF road lsio, Is alss.... 1908
Whole length OF tsco nd track laid on the
above is miles ...................... tb4
Numssr OF lccsuotivss. ................. 400
Muster Of passenger and spigrsot cars. 59t
Number OF bsgssgS ard freight o,rs..... t,SeS
irsiw for the y.r....... ............. 1894, 1858
NSntU Of psssessers carried on the oars
mss.n ........................ so7 q7a 2ss
Nun Dor Of lies run by irsiyht trains 3564 s07
Number Of rib Of movement the freight 1884 4as
The cost Of ms intesancs OF way a. roads
- mii.s csIy rspor,eg This ts-mi... si,447,s1e IS
Charged D, rAs~4uSef busiresa SSI4 s9S 30
Ch1Esd 70 nesb,......... o0osSj W
The cost Of rspsirs OF
....................... ll4os, ls4 81
Charged 70 passenger butiAess 1880 81
Charged TO fIsighs........,. 664 30
Tn. sost OF opsr.tios Oh 10
rcsd,rsvortiDsis. ..............- 41ss.slo 81
ch.rsss to r~sesgsr business Ass SCI %
rhs receipts en- 10 reads reporting ,r-:-
From passengers. 80 7oa 95S 81
Ft m freight. ............ oso oss "
From other ssurcss COZ 29s 40
The nens other than for construction on aiEeteen
uAda
For rspsportation. .................s6 1877 II
For interest On debts. 1e4i 1bx %
Ths avsgs cost OF construction and 90 aipm-s. per
mile of read OF thss railroads which have thess
ite~s. hiss been a. follows
For evacuation maSonsry and bridges for q, 0e6
For .upsr.sruetuis including iron, for atGs
Fer static. building. for oss m:. Of road 1856 81
For engine houses and machine shops for 2c6o
For Isnd s.s .:eins Tor c;c mile. Of road. 50
rotsl expsess Of constr cton and equipment
II. .unssr Of locomotives ae7s miles, oss to
ieur snd ons-ihird psiles OF road.
The number o. passenger oars ON 2,o76 miles, one to
four and cns-thifd miles Of road.
The number Of freight on 076 miles, ID one TO
60. 100 miles OF road.
fhs aver,gs mileage the passengers for zach ils
The a,.rsge sistsn7s travelled BY each passenger Is
nsn,ly forty sight and . hall niles
TIE speed OF the expTsfs tAtns when Ia notion
IL forty miles per bou
Ths sysrsgs number Of tons Of freight for each mile
|
TAs average distance each ten Of train moved,
Mtes.
rAs average speed Of the freight trains whsn in motion
10 l6 miiss per hour.
The average weight OF the freight trans excIssvs Of
ths fraSht carried, II 100 tons.
Tie foacs rsportg the OF freight carried aho
aggregate 3S6 tons passing the roads, but
tbs freight carried over tso or morc
OF conneessg roads each Of which reported the
footing M thsss several amounts does not show the true
aggregate Of the to&nsge carried As b
sSrsansd, about one and half millions OF tons Of freight
vera carried on ell the railroads Of the State
TIE IeperA furnish the number OF toss Of each clafd
cation o. fright carried, but the Aggregate return
must ssArly contain tho errors above msatoned
these aferxat only useful 10 phow the proportions
each description Of freight shipped which nearly
folows-
tonnage Of the procac Of the forest IL psr cant
Of this whole to sDaxs
The toarsgs Of animals is 20 per cent Of he whole ton
mage
fhs tonnage Of vegetable food is q pu cont OF the
whole tosnsgs
The toDDsss Of other agricultural products per cent
OF the whole tonnage.
The tossars OF naau'aevurss Is II per cent Of the
whole tonnage.
me ionrsSe Of merchandise Is II per cent Of the whole
tospege.
TIE tos,Ags Of uneAnsd articles ia IT Per esat OF the
whole Tonnage.
rAs average cost Of maintenance Of way per mile Of road
10 Is follows