The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-11
The South Carolina Railroad.
ANNUAL REPORT,
1857.

past year from passengers, freight, mails and
incidental sources, amount to 81, SIC, ,OO65O, be-
ing an increase over 1856 Of $S, ,267.98. The ex-
penses Of operating have been $7O2, ,229.S4, an
increase over 1866 Of so, ,772.Ss. 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, ,222 tons, against rs, ,4S6 tons
for 1856. The increase in operating expenses
ia due to the fact that greater number OF
miles of road were operated in 1857 than In
1866, whom the entire main line was not open
for the whole year; also to the greater number
OF tons carried, this latter requiring additional
TRANSPORTATION and causing an increase In the
expense for rolling stock and maintenance
OF way.
TRANSPORTATION DEPOT.
The General Superintendent states that the
number Of passenger trains run in 1857 was
twice as great as in 1856, and, in the case OF
freight trains, the number was three times az
great. This accounts for the increased ex
penditure, great part Of which was owing to
the action Of the company in putting on addi-
tioual trains for the public accommodation,
which additional trains did not pay their ex-
penses as is shown by the statement that the
number Of passengers carried in 1867 was Ill.,
O4S, while in 1866 the number was 1O9, ,7l1-a
difference Of only 1882. Although there is
large increase in the number OF tons OF freight
carried, this increase has had but little effect
upon the gross receipts. Rates we're lowered
to meet competition, this competition and the
additional tonnage involved the putting on OF
additional trains, and, more than all, there YVES
far larger quantity of freight coming to
Charleston than was going from Charleston.
NEW BUILDINGS.
The local depot at Columbia has been COM
pleted and opened at cost of s26,0soo2' ana
the Joint depot of the South Carolina Railroad
and the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, ut
the same plsoe, has been finished at cost of
1921 90 The General Superint endent repeats
his recommendation made in 1865, that joint
depot for all the railroads centering in Columbia
should be erected. The enlargement of the
local depot st Augusta is also advised, as well
as a Joint depot with the Georgia RAILROAD at
the same place. The rebuilding Of the Cam
den depot has cost s7010.57.
MACHINERY.
The operations Of this de- oartment have been
restricted mainly to the repairs and preservation
of the rolling stock Of the company. Of she
stock of locomotives, forty-seven In number
reported OH b, nd December 81, 1866, four have
been condemned, twenty-three are classeo as
old stock effective, and twenty are awaiting re-
pairs.
The total number of cars, effective and re-
pairing, at date oflast report was three hundred
and seventy-seven. OF this number fifty
seven have been condemned. Sixty-two new
cars have been built in the company's shops,
viz two frst-olass passenger cars, five second
class passenger and mail cars, forty-four box
cars, three stock cars and eight platform cars;
making an effective total of three hundred
and eighty-two cars Of all classes.
ROAD.
The expenditure in this department for the
year3ending December 81, 1867, was s152, ,S5l.06,
an increase OF nineteen per cent. upon the pre-
vious year. Besides the general causes OF IN
creased outlay already given, there was the
circumstance that both the Charleston and
Columbia divisions required an unusual
amount of labor and cost to keep them in
working order. The Charleston division, in
particular, bears the heaviest traffic, and the
iron upon it had not been renewed for num-
ber of wears. On the Columbia division four
teen miles rebuilt in 1865 were laid with old OF
Strengthened, and fifteen miles immediately
below Columbia were laid with rails seventeen
wears old taken up from the Camden branch
This led to the additional cost of maintaining
these divisions.
CoNaAREE BRIDGE.
This bridge was commenced Oh March 2S
1867. and the trains passed over it on July II
of the same year. rs dimensions are: Ex-
treme length 439 feet G inches, clear width Il
feet inches, outside width 10 feet inches
two spans covered, each 14O feet. Total cos
$2S, ,049.66.
CAMDEN BRANCH.
The work of restoration on this branch wal
commenced at Sanders, February 1S, 1867, ant
the fourteen miles to Camden we're completed
on Nav 25th. The cost Of restoration wal
slS2, s69.ss. 1t required 11O2 tons of rails ane
20 600 cross ties. Trains have been run three
times week, and the stations haye beon sup
piled, where necessary, with platforms, tanks
and sectionhouses
| RELIEF FOB THE POOR.
The General Superintendent mentions IN nl
report that during the year 1867 no less thai
1926 tons, or 3,252, 600 lbs, of grain were car
ried free of charge over the South Carohn
Railroad for the poor Of this State and the ad
joining States.
AUDITORS REPORT.
The tables supplied by the Auditor contai
a mass of valuable statistics, careful study
which will give just idea of the presen
financial condition and general prospects
the company. :,
The current expenses Of the year have a
ready been mentioned, bat it may be notice
that the Bureau expenses for 1857 are sl5
s5472 against SIG, ,s1s.9s for 1856, notwlthstand
ing the increased business before referred TO-
RESTORATION OF PROPERTY.
During the year ending December 81 1861
there WAS expendsd for restoration OF Propere.