The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-02-13
rho South CarolIna Ra.lroad.

tuesday. The following IS an ex-
tract from the report of the General
Superintendent published in the
Charleston Neus-which shows fully
and clearly what has been done dur
ing the year in the practical working
OF the road:
Tho gross earnings during the past
year from passengers, freight, mails
and incidental sources, amount to
$1.316, O06. 80. being an increase over
1866 of So, 267.99. The expenses of
operating have been $7O2, 229. 81, an
increase over 1866 of $22, ,772 80.
The smallness of increase in the
gross earnings is stated to be due to
reduction of rates and the general
depression of business. The tonnage
for 1867, however, was 126, 1922 tons,
against 73,4S6 tons for 1861 The
increase in operating expenses is
due to the fact that greater number
of miles of road were operated in
1867 than in 1866, when the entire
main line was not open for the whole
year; also to the greater number of
tons carried, this latter requiring ad-
ditional transportation and causing
an increase in the expense for rolling
stock and maintenance Of way.
The number of passenger trains
run in 1867, was twice as great as III
1866, and, in the case of freight
trains, the number was three times
rs great. This accounts for the in
creased expenditure, great part of
which was owing to the action of the
company in putting on additional
trains for the public accommodation,
which additional trains did not pay
their expenses, rs is shown by the
statement that the number of passen-
gers carried in 1867. was 112, DAB,
while in 1866 the number was 109, :
lila difference of only 1882. AL
though there is n large increase in
the number of tons of freight car
ried, this increase has had but little
effect upon the gross receipts. Rates
were lowered to meet competition,
this competition and the additional
tonnage involved the putting on of
additional trains, and, more than all.
there was far larger quantity of
freight coming to Charleston than
was going from Charleston.
The local depot at Columbia has
been completed and opened alta cost
of $26, O95 52, and the joint depot of
the South Carolina Railroad and the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
at the same place, has been finished
at n cost of So, 721.20. The General
Superintendent repeats his recon-
mendation made in 1865, that joint
depot for all the railroads centering
in Columbia, should be erected. The
rebuilding of the Camden depot has
cost 81, ,01O.57.
OF the stock of locomotives, forty
seven in number, reported on hand
December 81, 1866, four have been
condemned. % are classed as old
stock effective, and 90 are awaiting
repairs. The total number of cars,
effective and repairing, at date If
last report, was 377. Of this num-
ber, 81 have been condemned. 81
now cars have been built in the COM
pany's shops, viz: two first class
passenger cars, five second class pas
senger and mail cars, Al box cars,
three stock cars and eight platform
cars-making an effective total of
382 cars of all classes.
The Congaree Bridge was COM
menced on March %, 1867, and the
trains passed over it on July II of
the same year. Total cost, $2S, 049. Sc.
The General Superintendent men
tions in his report, that during the
year 1867, no less than 1926 tons, or
3, 252, 600 lbs, of grain were carried
free of charge over the South Caro-
lima Railroad, for the poor of this
State and the adjoining States.
During the year ending December
81, 1867, there was expended for re-
storation of property $3.50, 626 50.
Of this amount, $158,49727 was
spent for new iron rails, $33, 776. 30
for renovating locomotives. From