The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-25
The Baltimore aud Ohio RaI Roa,I...
Annual Reports.

INC baltimore aud Ohio Rail ROa,I,..
Annual Reports.
The annual reports of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company for several
years past have been delayed, as has
been stated, by reason of dificultv of
getting up the unsettled accounts ao-
cumulRted during the war and since.
The company has now, however. nut
forth the report for the fiscal wear end.
ing September s0th, 1866, with the COM
parative figures also for the preceding
years 1853 and 1854. In view of the de-
struction during the war of much val
uable property and costly structures.
which represented in part the capital of
the company, 1t was deemed proper-to
place all the expenditures for the main
tenance and increase of machinery, the
construction of buildings, tracks. 60.
FOR the year 1865. as expenses. The fol!
lowing Is the result in the comparative
earnings and working expenses on me
main stem for the three years:
Earnings, 1868, $6,509, 045 O6, working
expenses, do, 81 1856, S47 Al; earnings.
!soAt fS.011,6S2 ., working expenses
do, SS,21O, 500 O5i earnings, 1855, SIC, O98, ).
~ -. S'1O'0'-
Thus the earnings in 1866, in compar-
lson with the fiscal year, 1854. in
creased Sl,5l9,Ol3 81, whist the working
expenses Increased sass ,2lS q, ma.
KING thus 81 comparative decrease of
net prOhts of the main stem of SS6o.
1893 SS Compared with the fiscal VI ~
1868, the increase of earnings being
| % 0s6, I61 ID, and the increase Of work.
ing expenses 50. go, s74 81, the Glecreas e
Oh r mel profits amounted to S1Q8. 1l3 IS.
Inc balance of cash in the treasury
on September S0lh, 1885. was 81 8O1 |.
SOS IS, after deductInR SIS .e1s AZ fnr
payment of interest on the CITY loan
and on the bonds of the compafl =. which
matured October 1st, 1855.
1 OF the Washington Branch the earn.
ings ioT the year were Sole, 2e8 81, show
ing an increase of $51, sos So. comnaral
with the previous year, The expendj-
lures charged amount to $365 ,294 i9. De.
ing for the completion of the second
track and other Improvements, for the
reconstruction OF bridges, the repairs
OF Runway 1epots, bridges and water
stations, and for pumping water.
of the Northwestern VIrEiniR-yhich he
came the Petersburg Branch Railroad com.
pslny-the earnings Tor the three months
And OF the Petersburg Bnancn - %
Rallroau Company for the nine
months endinB september %, 1855,
WeEe'''''..'. 6Si 46S %
MalSinE, $50 50
Inc expenses OF the former companV fIST
the three months stated were, stlS IA a
ana OF the latter company, for the
nine months stated, Were..-.... 497 $50 al
wh,.,, Maling 0O5 o.
| Which shows the asgFeEnte net anSonnt
" 50 S77 50
The earnings were S62, l7o 81 NOR,
than for the preceding year, whilst The
expenses Increased SIZE, 1857 u, shov,inS
n comparative net decrease ofSS4, l57 ST
The aggregate earnings of the main
stem and all the branches of lie 1Ss1S
in 1865 were 81, III $50 q, and the eE.
penses 50 T4O. O2l IS, leaving net earn
ings amounting 10 s., OSI, S5l IL, an 40.
| greg0ta net decrease, compared with
the preoeqiDg year, OF S669, $50 IS.
The halance-sheet of the treasuFer
shows most important and prosperous
results the profit and loss is Si6,O
928 50, while the cost OF road, rolling
stock and real estate has been SIS. OT9.s
406 IL, the whole assets amounting
,1S3 l23 %
Capital stock. ,lSl 1000
State OF MRFyland
Preferred stock SO00,OOO %
SlGY loan.....---..s-5s...... h,QQQiO00 %
1oatley accounts &c. 5,l6S0Sl -
Warrington branch. 50S OlS %
pOtAl,..-.---..--....----- So sps lat a
Exessof assetts. % as q