The New York herald., 1872-11-06


ars:-
The amount OF capital us by charter.
mhe amount Of stock subscribed
The funded debt by last report
The total amount now OF funded debt.
The The a.ani Sa Sss' SsM 81 81 sya,ss sy ss ss,
The total amount now Of funded and floating debt.
average rate I per annum Of Interest on funded debt
THE THE total NOV x for the same
The total amount now expended for the same.
The amount for supersructnre, including iron by last
Total f amount now expended for the same.
For passenger and freight stations building and fix
lures by last report
For engine and car houses, machine shops and
chnery snr and fixtures 81 by last report r -
For passenger and baggage freight ears, engineer
ing and agencies.
Total equipment OF the road.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROAD
must be described as 10 the .length OF road, road
laid, double track, including sidings, branches
owned by company laid, Weight OF rail by yard or
main track, the number Of engine houses and
shops, OF engines and cars and their character,
THE DoINGs THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION
and total miles run by passenger and freight cars
rates of fare for passengers per mile number OF
tons (of 1000 bs OF freight carried rates OF speed
by all trains, &c &c." Then there must he emu
merated
THE EXPENSE W MAINTAINING THE ROAD
by stating for depreciation Of way length in feet OF
iron and In renewals, with weight and cost repairs
OF buildings fences and gates taxes on real estate
expense OF machinery or personal property Of the
corporation. repairs OF engines and tenders,
depreciation Of same repairs Of passenger,
baggage and freight cars and their deprecia-
ton IN valne repairs or tools and machinery
in shops. Incidental expenses, including fuel, OIL
clerks, watchmen about shops, total expense OF
repairs Of machinery, agents, clerks, labor, hand
ling freight loading and unloading porters, watch
and switchmen, wood and water station attend
ance, conductors, baggage and brakemen, engine
men and fremen fuel, oil and waste for baggage
and passenger cars, loss and damage OF goods and
baggage, damages for injuries of persons damages
to property, including fire. general superintend-
ence contingencies and total expenses OF operating
roads,
All these items must he set forth succnctly and
in detail. At the same time the receipts and earn
ngs must be described, equally as plain, and with
full particulars.
Our object in going infinitely into every little
detail concerning the expenditures on rail-
roads is to show the thousand and one chan
nels OF expense that have to be bridged over
by railway corporations IN the course Of their daily
operations. The above extensive items fully show
what 1t requires to run a railroad. IL Is not only
bed with rails on, and locomotives passenger
and freight cars. which constitute railroad. After
the road is built and fully equipped, then the run
ming expenses begin to count, which may be said
to constitute the major portion Of the company's
outlays.
or all the railroads in this country, OF the most
extensively operated is the Erie railway and an
exhibit OF that road is fair criterion to Judge
others by.
Throu9h Tho kindness nj Mr. / u Uodgetins tbo
Treasurer OF the Erie Company we have been en-
abed to obtain an abstract OF the transportation
expenses for six years past, which at glance viii
show the difference in the running expenses OF each