Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-01-12
sALyirssE And onio RAILROAD

We have been obliginRiy furnished tssys
the NafsssL fsfsllsssner,) With q copy Of
ths report Of WI. prescott Smith. leo,
msstsr Of Traaspostsiion Of the Bsisiuo,.
and Ohio Railrssa, Coz the fsssl year 1855
1889. This visilaas and sReisss olsesr pre-
SCENTS more minute ssa eesssQusNtly fuller
report thia year ihas hes hsfsssfors bsss
the ease, Hem more ,sssrsseis9 SastissIsss.
Tue entire road consists Of three parts, viz
the Main Stem, the Northvsstern virTinis
brAneh, ssd the wssbingsoe BnIseh The
total reesipts Of the entire road Tor the yesr
amounted 70 e<,s0I .009, Of which ei .065,.
.si secreed from the Passengers and eS,-
2sS22s from freight tonnage. This total 10
t212,9o3 lsss than ,hss Of las, year, ali Of
which, save about ~ 500, 10 du. TO the fall.
ing OF In tooage The total Of passengers
Tor the YEA, "a. 81 ,523, Of whom, I, SOS -er.
snigrspts, or sssood-elass pas.spgsrs IL
appears that the local travel on the road has
increased more than forty thousand within
the year, and it will be poliey II the eonps-
ny 10 extend IL still more On the road, sx
elusive OF the Wsshingtop Branch, the
through freight amounted 20 20I .S97 tons,
the frsgh. OF coal vas 343 729, aud niseel-
lsneous local tonnage 26s s23 tons, making .
grand total Of s09, $50 tons. On the Wash.
iugton Branch there passed ssstvArdly rs {.
03s tons, aud ve.tusrdly so <56 ton. in oil
Is,ts9 tons. The nett tonnage on the Wash
ington branch, between the Relay House
aud Washington, was 6,2&& tons. Of the
coal carried on the nsin stem 90 Baltimore
265, i7c toss were shipped Al Loeost Point,
aud appears there usts consumed in Balu
more So Tvs tops-tbe company itself using
So, 1917 toa-. OF Sour transport on the road
there we're Ts4 STA barrels, which vas .
falling of Of 40 900 barrels from the year
before. The total expenses Of working the
road vas 81 I6s4, so5, giving nett prof, Of
si,93S,62l. the expenses being about 46i
per cent Of the r.vsaas
On the subjse, Of accidents the repor,
sPesis In Terms Of graduation. During the
year there we're only sixteen casualties 10
all. attended BY eight deaths, but 10 not q
single case wa there al injury to . pa,seni
ger.
The people Of Jefferson have witnessed
and felt tho advantages Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail Road. In the late excite
ment the Company have furnished, ., {
moments warning, facilities for the trans
P0r'a'iOn OF troops Il 10 in f.ot, VirSh.l
Irp'o'ement, and the prejudiess, 10 some
instances, sought. TO be made against il, IA
not only unjust bat ssIash To the B,lhI
more aud Ohio Rail Road the STATE Of Viz,
GINA has not contributed q dollar, whilst ii,
lands through which the road ps,ses havs
enhanced in value ten fold.
An snort is nov being made TO prevent
the eO-.tIiOa Of the W. chester Road With
the Manassas Road. More money has been
contributed BY the State Of Virginia h the
Manassas Gap road, with one exception, than
that Of any other road in the State, aud yet
this company (which only asked, 10 the drs,
place, fora naked chArter,) iDterpO,s, to pre-.
vent the extension OF an older improvement
because, forsoOth, the interests Of Alexandria
may be affected thereby, without consider
Ing the interests Of the people OF the Val.
ley. We are not the advocates Of auy par.
ticulsr improvement, but we desire to 90.
justice doss 10 ana IL Alexandria cauuo,
hold out Sufficient inducements TO draw trade
70 her, the people Of the Valley should not
Be held responsible for seeking Q better
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