The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-08
PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAILROAD.
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the Philadelphia and Erie haiirORd


The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
was held at the office CT the company, No. 230
Walnut street. at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Annual Report of the President of the
company. from which the following hgures are
taken, was submitted;-
GROSS RECEIPTS DURING THE PAST YEAR.
From S65i d5I on
From frelg lOl ,ol0 %
From mail and miscellaneous......... II, ,l9S 79
Total. ..................s2 sO4 25O'86
Receipts In 1857. R3S 1924
Increase in $40 49O42
80 per cent. of the gross earnings due
this company amounts to............., 800, ,42S s5
OF which there has been paid on ac-
count of interest aud Organization. 1877 9O2 II
Leaving balance in favor of com.
pany .,.... s92.52l "a
Total amount OF tonnage in iS68...... 1890 sl5
1861, 7,".... 79200S
Increase e...........,....,,,,...,,. 29s,887
In 62OS2O
In 635542
Decrease........ .................................. 699s
This decrease, however is wholly due to the
local or way business, as the number of through
passengers carried In 1868 excesde ed the number
carried in 1867 by IL, SOB
The following gentlemen were elected man
ayers Of the company 20 serve for the ensuing
year: = Mes;rs Edward +. Gay, j.: Edgar
Jacob p. Jones, Josiah Bacon, Samuel T. Bo!
dine, John Kennedy, Washington Butcher,
and Henry ID. Moore. The foregoing together
with the following gentlemen, elected man.
gers by our City Con unoils constitute the full
board:-Charles +. Norton, Joseph w. GaskilI
and j. Alexander simpson.
THE GREAT FIRE at the corner of Ninth and
Chesnut streets is practically still as great a
mystery as at the first. Every thing that per
severance and ingenuity could devise has been
done by the authorities TO get at the cause Of
the explosion and its consequences, but thus
far nothing but vague and unsatisfactory
theories have been advanced, none of which
have been sufficiently explicit OF practical as to
satisfactorily account for all the phenomena
presented. In the absence of anything definite
as the result OF the Investigations which have
been instituted, q great many of our citizens
have become habituated 10 q sensation of fear
whenever the conhagIation Ia brought TO their
minis. II the explosion was caused by some
new-fangled distillation of nitro. glycerlne, o,
thrown into the building by evil.
,Ss:S;s dsDSsGs their wit DsaERs Rander boS
house is safe from their attacks2 fthe explo-
sion was caused by an accumulation OF gas
flowing from hidden leaks, who may not be
self eny eloped in liEe disaster? With view
OF ascer aiming all that is possible concerning
the Occurrences, for the sake OF unravellin2 the
mystery, as well as To afford to the immunity
a Safeguard against similar occurrences Ia the
future, Fire Marshal Blackburn has suggested
10 the Messrs. Caldwell The appointment OF a
scientific commission. whose duty IL shall be
70 give the affair O searching investigation,
shIowlng upon their examination All tne APP
pllances and principles oi modern science. The
Messrs Caldwell have accepted this we'll timed
suggesuon and will aoL upon IL Immediately.
Tney VIII at once appoint commission, 10
90 "a IN po.t q, SIX members. teklng care 70
embrace IN ~ the ablest and most experienced
gentlemen In the city. When this commission
gets lnto Worklng order, we may anticipate
some light upon the subject,