The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29
Official Reports of Thirteen-Some
Paying Well and Some
-8 a Only So So.
InterestiDg Statistics Of Profit and Loss
and Wear and Tear.



railroads of the State shall send in annually to the
Legislature at Albany concerning their progress
and condition as compared with the year preced-
ing, and all statistics of q character respecting
their cost and maintenance, are now In the hands
of the printers and viii soon be ready for ISSUE
/ send you In advance the reports rom thirteen
street railroads in the city and county OF New
York, Dy which you win see that while some are
paying handsomely others are losing. The aggre-
gate receipts and the vast number Of passengers
these roads exhibit as having carried in the course
Of year are worth p0ndering especially now that
the rapid transit scheme receiving 80 much pub
lie attention. All goes to show that any plan OF
rapid transit which win bring the upper and lower
parts Of the island into quick and convenient
munication must Pay. The straight lines all pay,
az the tables show, but the public know they are
inadequate to the wants Of the city. In any case
the carefully compiled information here offered is
deserving OF attention, II only rom the curious.
These reports in the printers hands are arranged
in tabular form, and require little exercise ofinte
neence to comprehend. They begin with
full statement Of the stock debts, and then pro-
coed to give In tables the cost Of road and equip
ment, the characteristics Of the road expenses of
maintaining 1t, the real estate of the corpora
ten then the expenses Of operating ana for repair
and, finally, the cash receipts and payments Two
blank pages are left on which to record such acct
cents as may have happened through the year;
but, singular to say, l ina that out Of thirteen
street car railroads OF New York in tho whole
round of q year but solitary passenger Is re-
ported as having lost his Lie, and that
unfortunate traveller came to his END
on the Second Avenue Railroad. There
must be some mistake here, and perhaps that
arises from the form of the table, which is headed
'Passengers,s "Employes," '-0thers," ''Yotai"
Each has its own separate record, and the loss OF
the unknown quantity. ''others," Is not carried
over to the credit of 'total.n but "totalD what
ever family that is, enjoys its own special bill of
mortality to the extent Of % killed and A wounded
The railroad companies like to avoid that column
Of passengers" and put down as few kiled
under that head as possible
BLEBCKHR STREET AND FULTON PERRY RAILROAD.
The capital stock, 500, 600. subscribed ana now
paid In; amount Of funded debt $osAooo; floating
debt 900; average rate OF interest on funded
400 Sorses and and t e1s 81
cost OF road and equipments up to the present is
81. 500, 600 The number OF passengers carried for
total cost Of maintaining and repairing the road
bed was $41N. The expense OF operating the road
xns Tss sss Ssre
Killed and / wounded IN the year on this line.
AVENUE RAILROAD.
Capital stock subscribed for and PAID in $500 000
average rate Of interest per annum on iUnded
Length Of 0s road mics
on this road, asa The length Of the main line,
street. to WEE Chambers street, SX maies. At the
rate Of 60 for way ana cents for through
IS doxa
ing over the fosd hour. Cost of keeping the
&C.. sa6sa Expense or operating the road, $751; ga
Receipts, $2so,ooo; payments, s2soooo No diyi-
bends. Three killed and injured.
SECOND AVENUE RAILROAD.
Capital stock subscribed and nov paid in,
1lso, 500; funded debt: s., 22o 600; noatng debt
seven per cent The total cost Of the road mas
been, up to thus, $2sl1, 1Ee. It's length Of double
track sdr is eleven miles and y
mules. The length Of the main line Of road, from
Peck slip 70 Harlem River, is eight miles. The
$2e,o07. The number Of passengers earned was
13,57Qo56. at i've cents for way and six cents for
sd
$8s7 Isl, including q dividend OF eight per cent
One passenger was killed and three wounded.
THIRD AVENUE RAILROAD
This is the leading line Of the thirteen, and its
capital stock subscribed for and paid IN,
funded rsfs nS ssGss Ss
seven per cent Cost OF road and equipment, In.
Guiding purchases OF various depot sites aud
grantees for track from Sixty-nrst street to Har.
lem River, &C., IS, 1896. Length Of road, miles
length OF double track, including sidings 10 miles
number OF passenger cars, 251; freight cars, IL !;
horses and mules, 1,s41. The enormous number OF
"a $50 600 passengers were carried over this road
GENTS and the way ones s cents. Time consumed
by cars In passing over the road, hour and 20
minutes Repairs, including improvements In de-
pot at Sixty-fith street. repairs TO feed room on
account OF fire, real estate on Third avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, buildings new stables and
depot taxes real estate, &c, $377, 1885. The ex
peflse OF operating the road amounted to
Sl21413l and a. TINS Is the chief road OF the city
the full table OF expenses which in the case OF all
the other roads is only given In the gross is here
EXPENSES OF OPERATING THE Road AND FOR RE-
FAIRS.
General expenses NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $685.
Ofhcers and clerks. S83l9
Conductors and drivers. SAIL lie
Watchmen starters switchmen. roadmen, &C.,. IA 9S3
Repairs of cars and and wheels. 1858
Repairs OF harness including material and labor 2S8s
Horse shoeng, including material and Labor. 6O76S
aorses. l3l.6S
Stable expenses. aAS