Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-03

VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD.
We hive received the Ninth Report Of tho Pres
dent and Directors OF this company. handsomely
printed at the office oflbe Lynchburg Virginlan and
illustrated by fue nap aud profile Of tho road pre-
pared BY w. w. 81 oxford, Esq, and Autographed
in this city. In spite of many serious difficulties at
tending the operations vf the road, during the past
year, tho report OF the General Superintendent, Col.
E. II. Gill, exhibits very satisfactory results, as iol
Iowa:
The gross receipts .SS22,Uas on
Expenses Of operating. Ioo'9'2 90
Slowing not gain, n.,..................Sl6o, Do
The receipts have fallen short Ut rhs estimates in
rhe las: report; but hi. hs very justly attributed
20 the unprecedented length and severity OF the past
winter, by which soIns onuage aud much travel were
sntirely lost 10 Inis Route.
Tue per ceutuln of expenses was 4si Of the gross
receipts.
Tho average length Of road operated, was l62 miles
The coat at SOUuO Per mile. gives an aggregate oi
4,S6u,UVO. Tne l,elt G.n. shown above Is equal
but three and half PR cent! on the cost OF the
road.
Inc transportation of material for construction is
not ncluded in The above statement Tho sorVice
performed, however, at regular prices, would have
amounted TO S50,UDO.
The number Of miles run by the locomotives. were
as follows:
To passenger trains. ~ oJO
TO freight train. -lu3iol
To material trains. 5U 3ll
Milking an average .,3U,362
the total movement # parr-ng-rs, number uf
passengers carried one mill. wn>2, ,8S6 SSO.
The total nuvrmrnr nf freight, Or number Of tone
carried one mile, was 2, $50 2C6
The Tonnage. other ihau material, WIS S2S75 tons,
equal 10 2L3 toms per mil- Ot road.
The number OF pas nseis was 1871, equal 10
4l9 10 euch milo OF rad
Tn. receipt. werr 81 9S7 80 per mile, and expenses
s3bS g. being q melt gam ot sl,Ole 70 per mile OF
road.
Each passenger wa. carried an average OF 42i
mi!-t. nui yielded 81 70.
Each ton ut fr.ign, Was moved au average Of 81.
miles, and yielded IS Az.
This average rate p.. sergers, of NIL cla.ses was
3 95 reuls, aud Tie average ot freight vs. cens.
The receipts per tnlie run were-
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t''r ir"'8h o.
For mail to VICE. Observation-Disclosures. II
For Exptcss strSice.. Va
Making an average receipt. from al sources of
81 81, All! expsnses Isl Cents PER- mile run,
Each passenger Iram averaged llisi passengers.
2l1 pns-rpg.rs moved daily. Each freight train
a. srag.d l37,L0J pounds, makug W4,Ooo pounds
mr"eG daily.
lucnmparng the operations of the last two years,
Yea vii tud that rhere has bren Is per cent. Uf ad.
f"..: rOad Operated III MI iuC1easo Vi <S pei ce"''
at ;Gu .eryice aud increase, only, ot 20 per cent.
If ~, ,'~:ses.
ton wa, ,nuvtd an average Of Jules further, yield.
ry an Increased receipt per ION, OF oper csn' also
al increheu OF ) per cent per mile run.
The movenen: If passengers shows the following
ncreasr Ia wi: An addition of one mile ot average
travel, 9 c. ench mile run, per cent In num-
ber and ~ per cent. additional Yield. each.
The mail service shows all Increased receipt OF
eighty per cent each mile Of road, and twenty
ner cent. OF each mile run.