The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-11
Texas mud Pacific Railroad.

Texas nnd Pacific Railroad.
The following facts are derived from
the late annual report Of the Texas and
Pacific Railroad Company:
At ihe close of the last fiscal, May 81,
1878, this company worked the follow
ing lines:
Miles
shreveport Louisiana, west to Eagle
rnrG ~ ] 20, ~ lo'-V
arkan0..,,".,.,.,, 'i.2d
sherman, Texas, east to BroVkston.... 5OlS
Total ,...", G25.39
Daring the year eight miles, from
Dallas to Eagle Ford, were constructed.
There are 96 miles, nom BroOhstOn to
reXarkana, and u miles from Eagle
Ford West to Fort Worth, which are
graded, tied and bridged, and section
OF ~ miles eastward from san Diego,
California, is also graded aud bridBed.
The equipment consists OF twenty
nine locomotives, of which two are in
use as stationary engines in shops, and
two are not in use, beng Of five feet
six inches gauge five first and ten
second-class passenger three c0mhlna-
ton, seven baggage, mali ana express
ears rs box, 81 stock, 226 Hat and
cabO0Be cars one directors, three
boarding, one WrecIiing and one Pile
driver ear.
The work done during the year was
ns follows:
Train mileage ....,,.....o.. S@i,lyO
Passengers carried. ..........,,....,. l29,UjJ
Passenger rlDs,ilu
li,,G tlai,T hI HlI IN
Tonnage mlleage..'","'' ''ll'V-p'''l
OF the passenger mileage 57.7 per
cent, and of the tonnage mileage 66,G
per cent, was west-bound traffic. Lo-
cal business furnished 66,7 per cent. Of
the passenger and 1914 per cent OF the
tonnage mileage. The cost of engine
service was PA cents per mile. The
number of bales OF cotton carried was
1872, Il4, of which 81, 992 Went to the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain aud Southern
road at TeXarkana, 2o,2I6 to The h0us'
ton and Texas Central ut Sherman ANA
Dallas, ! ] ,73l to the international ana
Great Northern at LoHgvieN and MINI
cola, and 10, 1919 to the Red River boats
ut Shreveport The remaining l0,2l0
bales was local cotton not consigned to
any point beyond the road, tie largest
amount going to any one point being |
IL, 4l5 bales TO Shreveport.
The earnings for the year were AZ fol-
lows:
From passengers )27.62 per cent of ,o, .,, u,
Total wv 90" "
Freight l.BS per cent .......,...... hoDO -
Express, mail, telegraph, eJc. llIo ,o,,,,., |
pUr cent i'uli ~
Rental Is 80 Der cent ................ 1853 "
Total receipts S3d95 per mile)~."" 81 ,iSS,3l3 a3
The expenses were:
cent Of t0Iai s2}lO57 CO |
Motive power (16.l per cent. ."..." No,l}l 10 |
Maintenance OF way ESQ pc cenp 22l,N'0 ~ |
Maintenance OF cars (lO.l per cent $3.50 II |
General expenses Cl5 per ccnQ"','.' 4d'jo' % |
Total exnenses (Cd.7O per cenD..... s5s9,SO3 S5 |
Net earnings 6 229 per mile).....". S30j,jOJ 40
From the net earnings, however,
there are the following items to be
deducted:
Interest and exchange ".,......,.... III 10! "
Legal i''sl, n
General Office eXpensts.,.'.....'''''' @S'SS ~
County taNoS,...'''''...''.''' ''u0' -
Total sO4,lJl Is
These reduce the net earnings TO
1881 JOY Y, and increase the proper
ton of expenses to earnings to 72.O2
per cent.
The average earnings per mile OF
road were So, 695 y; expenses, s., 5GG 81;
net earnings 81 ,223 "a. The average
receipt per passenger per mile, ass
cents; per ton per mile 90.
This average Of mileage earnings in
cludes fitty-six miles of line between
Sherman and BrOOkston, the earnings
of which We're 81 ,G5S GO aud the eX-
penses 1892 "a per mile. These earn
ing5 will hardly be Increased ulltll the
me Is hnlsheu 10 1eAai hop"' ~
NuSt4llS WV ~ rs - s,tr,,,,, |
me receipts o. lhe lines lIOll plllC'S
mort tD Dallas nnd Marshall to IeNar- |
kama were 81 100 IL per mile; expenses, |
90 -Rl AZ. uat earnings 81 800 "A.
Under itB land grant from the stare
of Texas the company has earned OOtf
onrtifnn4 ps of $40 acres each OF these |
=, w -. ~, ,on.i,,od oo5R ,trrrp- !
the company lus lecelI GU ~, "So'
gutiug ,443, $40 acres oesloes @oo Ger
tifirDtps for | So OiU acres on account Oh
j L,,tI, L,, .ba Snuthnrn Pacific |
Iui'u ouiV ~ AZ ,;.oa.o, va
t,tf Inno 80 I,oa,, nl,ce6 i'm ps-
w. ~, az. .,,rroa,nnnt made with
ITO ponoivar of the Memphis, lei Paso
and Pacific company, To- t NV" ueen