New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
NEW-YORK RAILROADS.
THEIR BUSINESS AND CONDITION.
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H- -lcuInT 80 1885, li'P"i'l '' us "'pu'|' - 4'
smaey ana submitted to the Ls...a, ti.is evening,
contains the following:
t,vcs.,d5n .rc steam airoads
reporting IN t's state Is s5o-lG'5I -, and tha r'''
portion Tor t"is 9"'' '' Io-'' ''- - ~
tAa STATE ana "'J'."Ae S''.''' Us F-''''-"'', w.
4uI7 Is an 'n''''s' III 'NI 'o''' ''-''- -
f., -,g1 1iD 3C-q decrease of ,,l357 o. TINS dc.
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DEBT
rrrc fr,dod dobt ~ sto,, roads f.. rcporfal at s.3-
80 - -, , ,,. o IT., ..t., o., -. tot ,.- a.,
a. l''-' "a anu W.. ~ '',''S ',4, - az &
total for this state Of 1867 OGGG15 A. These totals
l az, tucrease far the wear oi ~ l2I COG Os for bc
funded bt aud - l2j6-2 IL decrease for the HOai
Ing debt Tie funded debt of tn horse ROADS IS reported
at S157jGo1G 3d. an Increase of SIgJ.7G3 90 ami the
" ,.,, ~, =, 49,, o., on an i,.,... ~ .ao.i
H'auH- "t"' at F-'"'i'-"i w. d" '"N''"'o W F--''
60 81
The aerce4te Of tie stock and dclts Tor steam roads
,,,,,. f., -, 900 "a o4 of which s--- 1as j-- ~
sgG575 per mile Of road hul The aggregate for the
"o''' ''"" %
per mle The total lOf bOth steam anu morse roads -
g-y3,3lG,GSl %.
Co,r OF ROAD AND TOUIP,,FSE
The cost OF road and canipmcn, of steam roads
amounts IN the aggregate To S6GI O7SI26 3D. an IN.
crease Of 500 2O5O57 81 and the proportion for this
-tute is @l~f.03.Gig a. III, cost Il road and cou-
. a. ,,,. 60 - 10 { ,,r mil, of ,, hriIt a., me
"'"' - 'i'" ." '-''''i - '''' VI ''' ' 80 '''''
State.
For the bO roads these items amount to so 3lG,-
371 a. in the aggCcaeun IcFca-e during ttc year Of
STlO4-> 80 4 total cost all the roads IN this state
/. So i go 900 So
characteristics Op ROAD.
Inc loIh number u mes 'i ro"u o"l' IMAM hn' ana
$500 73 Of which 752 "a are m mi, STATE double
track including sldiugs amounts 10 3I- :i3 miles
There have been lO7 40 mile. Of steam AM a miles of
horse I'd lrOadS built during the veal The total miles
road ry railroad cOmpauIc~ are 1908,
and the double track aud siding, are 2.S 10 miles,
The steam railroads doing bu.p.s m ms St,t. own
. sol engines gg3 trst.rlass pa-srugcr cars 31-
s,rnud-rI9.s n,ss.uger and efufte.nt cars zaI mail
baggage and xprr.s cars and 80 10 freight cars or
r 2-S steam roads now In existence IN This STATE AZ
o.u,,,.uias o,.r,te ttnir aYd other rn.da
orrtrd by RECEIVERS and one is leased and oprfatrd bv
,rivte u.r-nu There ar. so ions formed
,,dcr t, o,vs ~ oihor state. leasing and ourratiuc
roii4 m thIs -isf,.-a total OF 90
Syty-ou. horse railroad couuaues unCrate their own
aud other roads Two steam roads the Nr-YOrk and
,,,I b, I-tica clinton .ud Vfuou,,tnr
40 ,r nt tT,Sr rn,ds as bofsr r,,'i, and ~. ar,
aosoi m Il "a y ,,rf,, t ,,.rs,ny a tot,i
Tl,r' ar. d. st.a,i r,ads ,,yIe1 and oner.ted hv
,r,rstc "ar,jcs -
Tucr. are = stear and orse r,ods lcaecd and ouor
a;cd by Other ro.I. and eur road owned by urt ife
ner,ons il onorat,d nv steam railroad crrnpaiy -
straurtud II Lnrse t1iIroads ar. nnt in ou,ratlon
nfstxrss or Irr yT,p
~ iN''' vi 'i'i- I'm
INV hummer "l passengers chIIltu ny lHc se'm Iodd'
was S.7G9OSl an increase OF 8 1856. -G3, classifying
,ne r,,is ms, oor t ID, VIII, tho ,rc..u 20
INV ', '"'' '''' ~ ''i4' 'l''" WI" ''' Pi'''" 10
~ milo ll.tl ly