New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-15

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Tb.Ge wa: also received be ,an Of iss s p IN T...uy
notes which will be accounted for in the present quarter
We have received circular giving full statement
Of the condition. traffic and projects Of the Tere
Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company The
statements although not stte ing, are certainly
coursgng for the future, and show that when relieved
from its pressing embanassments, it can under
economical nansg and in years Of fair business
prosperity pay the interest lis whole indebtedness.
TIE earnings compare fsyOisby with those Of the
other Western roads OF equal length. The gross re-
csip.s of 1853 $50 AS H. against sS23767 IL in
1857. Tie whoe decrease took plsoe in June July
and August when the great freshe nterfered seriously
with the business Of all the roads in that section of
country. The report says:
The gross earnings of the road from jan l. 1857, to
May l. ls5S at 81 O79, 81 30, upon an average
so, ig2 % = month; snd the operating expenses
Exclusive Of expenditures for construction during the
same period, at $50 $50 -, equal 10 $4s75l 81 l.
month upon the average-sbout 12.2j q cent of tue
gross earnings. The present Superintendent of the
road reports It's earnings and expenses, for the six
months ending with the 3lst December as follows:
Gross earnings, 500 O65 81, being an average of
0,0lO % = month; aud the operating expenses for
the time exclusive of construction expenditures
$3.50 Col 20, equal 10 Si2 100 q Z month, or about ~
Z cent of the gross earnings. This diinution in the
3 ceptsge Of expenses 70 earnings, when considered
IL connection with the which have reduced the
gross receipts Of the past six months encouraging
feature ard 10 doubt entertained that by iudci-
Gus expenditure which hes now become quite neces
sary upon the road bed very large reductions in the
operating department may yet be made. The net
profits of the road If will be SEEN have been as fol-
lows:
Gross earnings from Ian l. 1884, TO Nay Is O7sss7 20
Les, operating expenses for TIE Perod.. 10000 "a
Bsips, for sixteen s2gs ss .
Or an average OF sls74l 20 e non;h-equal 10
s.2iSS. Z y Annum.
From July 1855 Dec ST. ls5s sross earning 5
Less operating e1pers Tor the same P-nod.. 26ol a.
BEING for six siS7 4s4 81
&Ss4 913 81 =
The earnings have been, 20 a considerable extent
expended in necessary constructions upon the road
During the sixteen months extending from lst Jsuu-
airy, 1857, to lst May, 1888, there was expended in
construction and paid for from the earnings of the
read, the sum Of $l23 9gS IL and from the lst July
10 3lst December 1855 there has been expended IN
construction and paid FOR from the earnings of the
road the sum Of $lt2 Dol 80.
Tue fetal earnings, from lat January, 1857 10 is
Nay lss :. .lOsn 81 Mr. Ais. IsPon e, 30
Construction expenditures, paid from
earnings ....'''.''..'.'.....'. 1850 Hsi C2s IS
Leaving sl75s6s $
As the actual each receipts from the road appc able
10 the payment Of its interest ard other liabilities
during g. al PERIOD.
The ,;ss. H..nt the presep. Superintendent, show,
from Is, July 20 Ss Dec ls5s 49, 81
Less operating exTarses ~ iu4ow,:
Ordinary .1P-nsss on -
Extraordinary expenses
caused BY tf- Hood...... 1881 -
S0ppsiss cksrpc TO ssofe-
t.ep.n ................ H,ss1 J7-sa52eG %
Cacstrpefiob p-ocitUr.<
p.-s from ssrIiDss...... rasi - sss ss2 -
LsssHt"..-''''.'''..'''.'.' %