The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-18
Western Maryland Railroad.

The annual meeting of the Western Mary,
land Railroad Company was held Wednesday
at Hillen Station. Major b. W. Bennett, Of
Carroll county, was appointed chairman, with
John B. Harden, secretary. Tho annual re.
port was presented and read This gives tha
following figures of earnings and expenses of
the road
Gross Earnings-From passengers, $40.
IA. go; freight and express, $3.50, 995. 30; milk
and marketing, SIS, 29G.44; mails, Sc, Ill. SO;
miscellaneous sou rces, 81 ,79427; total, S347,.
442.66. Expenses-loperating and extraor
binary, including construction, equipment and
6etterments) = transportation department.
S}21,I96.fl; machinery department, S4s,.
$3.50; road department, Ss5. 4dI'SI gsnaral
expenses, Sl5,Sil. 33; total, S274,3I7. as; nat
earnings, S73, 095.0S. Earnings, as compared
with lSIS-Decrease from passengers, Sgsi.
10; increase from freight and express, S222.
20; from milk and marketing, SS6l So; from
mails, SlS.2i; from miscellaneous sources.
S3l9.4s; total increase of earnings, S24l. 03.
Expenses, as compared with lSTS-Increase
- expenses transportation department, 81.
ood.lz decrease In expenses fnaehinery de-
pertinent, S3,9tS,4l; decrease in expenses
road department, Sl7, S75. IL; increase in gen
eral expenses, S472.42 total decrease of ex.
penses, $l5, 79s,0lj increase in net earnings.
Sl6,036.0I.
Among the additions and betterments made
during the last year was the laying of nearly
500 tons Of steel and reheated iron rails; the
eogslrpptinn of s,Tl0 feet OF new sidings; the
building OF 2e' feet firQn plgte alFdeF bridges,
and III ieet OF wood and iron truss bridges;
= new abutments and pisrsl several hundred
feet Of platforms; water tank; turn. table,
sand house, with dryer; coal bins, &c. There
were 1885 cubic yards OF new ballast put in,
while aS, 20i now ties we're laid. Twenty five
new freight cara, one new baggage car and
one new caboose we're built, and foar passen.
ger locomotives we're fitted with smoke box
extensions for catching cinders; 362, 1863 pas.
sengers aud 1856, 900 tons Of freight were
moved, which shows an increase over 1878
Of 1901 passengers, and $685. tons Of
freight carried one mile; 43l, $50 was the
mileage for the year, an increase Of l2.Ol9
over 1878. The excursion business during
the summer was larger, and would have made
a marked improvement in the earnings had il
not been required to Offset falling OF in the
regular passenger business during the winter
aud spring. The freight business showed a
material increase up TO the lst OF March. 40
that compared with the previous year there
Was TO that tine an increase in revenue Of
S5,155.Ss, but for the several months follow.
ing there was large falling of.
The report mentions that the finance eom.
missioners OF the city have funded Sis. 47b
first mortgage and $il2, 1855 second preferred
mortgage bonds, and that the old funding Ger.
pheates for Si7I, 500 Of iirsl and preferred
second mortgage coupons, issued in 1870, and
bearing per cent. interest, fall due 5uly Isl,
1880. A number Of the principal holders ol
these have been consulted, and all seem vii.
ling 70 renew at maturity at 6 per cent. The
one coupon IN arrears on 100000 first mort.
gage bonds, unindorsed, amounting 10 so.
OOO, will be paid at an early day; also. The
prrearage Of interest due the city on the SO. .
w nrst mortgage coupons, purchased IN
1871, viii be provided for by iasialmeuts AZ
eaEy a. practicable.
The. Baltimore and Hanover Road Il ex.
pected TO be in operation within he ,,e,,
thirty days, and In using twenty miles ~ M
Western Maryland Railroad, between F,,,orv
Grove and Baltimore, will, Il Il exneeted
largely increase the revenue Of this eo1nnarr
The Baltimore and Cumberland VaIlsv
Rellroad was expected g b. in operation By
.hls Hme 70 we town OF Maypesh1gn', Pa,
seven miles distant from kdgnmons. is Ter,
mlnns on the Western Maryland Railroad.
The grading, masonry and bridging upon this
section are now entirely finished TO Tie town,
There are some difficulties to overcome. amer
which the track can be completed within
cred. ''s'''
The Board of Directors was changed bv a
single member only, Mr.. Edward Worthine.
ton being elected in the place Of M WeItv
OF Washington county. american.