The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-02
virsiuIa .pa Ten.cssss Railroad.


We have had for some days = copy Of the ''n
annual report OF the President and Directors u
tats Toad /: Ia handsomely pfiuted--very credi-
tisle TO The typography Of the Lynchbura Virgin
N job Office, y hose imprint IL bears az nte' :
essng and valuable feature Of ths report is hana
s,me map Of The counties through when the rose
passes, and prcAle Of the road. prepared oy -.
w. KLACKToRU. II isa very clear ana 'hs"se
tive drawing, accompanied By some very u.e.u'
stat tics. Itwas Hthogrsphedby Messrs k'Tehi.
& DuNSAvANT, is one Of their best loo'' anu
would do credit to any establishment.
we find the operations of the road for the past
year, very briefly and clearly set form IN 'uo
port Of Col Gill; the Supal intendens Oh 'ne 'o~o'
from which we make the following extract:
The gross receipts were. 800 ,E"15 81 81
s...,, vain siss o72 IS
Tn, ,easip,s have fallen short Of the estimates in
70 IN. length and severity of the past
vint r, by which soma tonnage and much travel
were entirely ioss to mis- route.
The syersse leusth ofroad operated, WIS 16z miles
The cost, at $4,000 per mile, sves al aggregate Of
q p80 Ma The nett gain, shown above il equal
to about thee and .a per cent on the cost of the
road. i.
The tYsueporfdtion OF material Tor CONJUNCTION IL
not included In the shove statement. The service
performed however, at regular prices, would hsve
amounted to $4,000.
The number Of miiesrun By the locomotives, were
60 follows;
To passenger trains, eeieeo
To freight traiss, N345
To material trains, 5O3lt
Making an average of, 25o,36l
The total movement OF pessep gers, number Of
passengers carried one mile was 1886 85O;
The total movement of freight, or number OF tons
carried one mile, was $50, 2jo.
The tonnage other than material, was " 80 tons,
equal to q tons per mile OF road
The number of passengers was $751;, equal to 4is
The receipts were 81 ss7 90 per mile. and expenses
1856 SO, being nett gain of sl,0is.s6 per mile of
road.
Each passenger was carried an svsas, of 49, miles,
and yielded Sl.7o.
Each ton Of freight moved an average of Sli
miles. ard yt lded St.R}.
The rate OF passen9ers OF a., classes, Wes
81 cents and the average of freight IS cents.
The receipts per mile run wefe-
For freight, 81
For mail service, ~
For express service, cZs
MAKING en- sveraa. receipt. from, all sources of
81 81. and expenses 7ai cents per mile run
sch passenger train averaged 1891 passengers,
2lT passengers moved daily Each freight train
avaraeei 1877 SOC pc uods making "a oOa pounds moved
daily.
IL comparing the operations of the last two years,
you will find that thsre has been Is per of add
uonsl road operated increase Of y per cent of
train service and increase, only Of 20 per cent OF
expeosas
The increase OF tonnage was u pc: cent. Each ten
was moved average OF miles fu,tber, yielding an
increased receipt per Of per cent also an in
crease of j per cent per mile run.
The movement of passengers shows the following
increase to wit: An addition of mile of average
travel, cents each mile run. 8 per cent IN mum
bsr. and Il per cent. additional yield, each
The mail service shows an Increased receipt OF
eighty per cent. each mile of road, and twenty
per cent. each mile run.