The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-23

sSaz 500 The total weight carried the ROAD hauled
one mile 80 Tssslf tons Of which II 7co sl
In he passenger department. and 20 o2S 96e tons
in eght department. thereby shozisg the average
cost per ton per mi was 664 CENTS aad which Won
make the total Of the passenger department
ISL el6 and the total expenses Of the freight depart
mspt S3i2, 40
road 10 1856 % $50 49, at cost of sSl 9i6. which
would be 06o6 per mile the NJ NO cents
mile seuld amount to s547 1898.
1t will therefore be perceived that passe gers be
carried epon cheApy constructed sno honestly managed
road with sufficient traffic, At cents PSF mte: ano
thereby deay its expenses afford per cent ts stock
holders and handsome surplus for snnual de-
precistien ara contin gencies.
The receipts rrom merchandise traffic upon that road 10
The expenses Of ii. iresht department. $40 $50
Ioes in freight departm. Mt ........... 500 ole
This deficiency must necessarily be borne BY the pas
sspger department and the charge for passenger fare
BUTT should be roted-that the Boston and Maine Is
mcst fortunately endowed road. It Is he lowest cost
s,s as In
most convenient depot accommodations OF Any OF the
lines which radate from the metropolis; AM moreover.
has always been aged by Efficient and honest men.
Ii will therefore b perceived from the above acts that
the following have operated to enhance the pas
L. The low rates of chsndise transportation. and
the predomnaucs of that traffic passenger transpor
tstion, which has consequently thrown burden upon
the passenger department
.. The oessary multiplication and consequent
prohtahleness of branches.
4. Inef6ciency and defal:a lions Of officers.
The last annual report Of the North Of France Railroad
Company gives pretty good idea Of the producveness
OF French railways generally The railroads Of France
ncncpolies. The government does not permit tho
construction of competition lines and those In operation
have Therefore, rivalry to oopend with. Notwith-
standing this the rates Of fare nearly quito low
the average, in this country In the hrst class
the charge Is three cents per mile In the second
class two cents and In the third Glass; and al half
cents per mile Most Of the travel in France and the
Continent generally Is In the second cass osrs, paying
Tut two cents per mile With these facts in view the
following extracts from the report above alluded to win
be read with interest,"
the t Of January 1885, the company possessed $40
locome yes 2l9 passenger carriages and 1877
tor slow at present there In construc Ion liz
loo noves and 822 wagons 70 be delivered In 1856 and
1857 The exper for this item in 1855 had
TO OCT S12f all of which hsd been paid from the
ctpts OF the working The report then enters ~ great
length into the cal situation Of the company and
tie 31st Of December 1855 342 leo $751; and the
expended in 1885 A 363 119f The passengsrs'
ceips during that year had increased u cont the
OF goods by quick trains IL cent and that
by slow trains % per cent. The or OF Goals from
Belgium had increased considerably, the whole amount
carried durirg the being tons at the rate of
confines per per kiiometre. With respest to the
total results OF the years working, the receipseduc
ton made Of the duty of cDe.tenth on the pAssen
gers fares ncemnties subvenons to correspondences
&:-amourfed to- Al 966 168 I.
And the expenses TO ,053, 9Z7
which sum when eli the various charges Of interest
sinking fund, renewal Of the iron &s deduct
ed gave dividend for the year 1855 Of 45fr and
core Of the 4O0r fharo for the year was s1r 15k
per cent The increase In the Ia 1855 amounted
to o7sfr and the FIRST seventeen weeks Of 1856,
compared with the corresponding period of 1865
augmentation of I ,216, 3c3fr., IL per cent