New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-12
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T0ra surplus May 81, l.so. ............. S3t3l76 Il
The receipts from transportation compared With tie
previous Of S4j3.077 &c 2leo,oo
per cent.
In transportation expenscs-which include taxes IN
suranc. legal and interest Iporary loans
and current baances--here was decrease Of
S47,709 81 or 3soo per cent
Tie net earnings from transportation compared with
the previous year show Of 5JO0.7.7 63
9I9oloo per cent.
The rece pts per mile OF road operated - s3l 50
against 81 I'll 10 the previous year gain Of sI12O As
per nile, or 2lel!oo per cent
The expenses per mile " road operated
s3476 81 against S35s3 81 the previous year. a
crease OF sl07 10 per mie or 2selco per cent.
The net earnings per mule Of road operated
1880 20 against Sl227 30 he previous year.
crease OF SI,127 81 per mile or 9I9oloo per cent.
The perceniage OF operating expenses JJsIoo per
cent, last year 7l53loo per o,
147sioo per cent
In tns statement. operating expenses include
ance taxes legal and genera expense accounts, inter
est on temporary oaas and current balances and all
replacement and betterment expenditures.
The transportation receipts Of tue Southern Division
main line from Shreveport via Marshall 20 Fort Worth
aud from Texarkana t) Marshall 3sS7,oo miles,
Slssi2 2s2 -, which S6.3s- 10 per mile 4 oer.
atod, against aggregate OF SL6j47s9 -. or.
S5.609,45 per mile the previous year. a gam OF
e2-9 i92 "a for the year S779 % Per mile of road
operated which IS 13s7oo per cent increase over the
TcevI.u year.
Tn transportation receipts on tic rr.as,ontiren,al
Division between Txarkana ami sl,rm N. l55l2l5o
miles, P7Ji939 81, which Is Si73 l3 per mile of
road operated; last year they wer. @4~l.3Jl 80,
-, ,230 56 per mile, showing; as- gain
year Of 223,5oJ or $1,000 81 per c ot road oper-
ted which 4645oo cent In rease over the p.evi-
ous year
The revenue from passenger traffic was si56Ojt -.
against S456j76 81 last year, showinI slight lcs OF
1921 49, or Hoo OF per the previous year
The total nun Der ot passengers carried one du ing
The year II 43S .607 last year iJ ll6jl.Oii;
showing decrease Of 2l2 1877, 1920 per ;or
the year.
Tie revcnu' from frci-h, traffic was S-,o53oIs 3j.
against TlJs2,925 90 year. a gam OF Si70O02 45
" 29e9!o pec cent over the previous year.
Tie al number Of TONS OF freight hauled one mile
was 66 1862 against 50.723.sIs las, yelr showing
gain 10 722 56f TONS 3O9sloo per ceat for tho
year.
The total tonnage moved during the year 525Oe3
ons. against 379l2j the previous year. gain of
45,96s tons, or 3s5ol0o per cent Oi tais 'onnsge.
10 SIS 792)io per cent from local business
md 100 2is tons. 20soioo per cent from through
n competitive business
There we're $50 8jI bales OF cotton shipped during the
ear agans 247.972 bales the previous veal gan OF
O2.979 bales with increase revenue of
'lsj 800 p, or 4992loo per cent
The gram shipments show an Increase IN revenue OF
~ O6S 80; shipments OF meal and -four Of
46,O72 81; live stock shipments increase OF
1908 62; manufactures an increase OF S39I77 SO;
General merchandise an increase or S7l75O 32 misceI
AneOus shipments increase OF s62.3di - the
preceding year
TIE lumber business shows slight falling or OF
$4,000 per cent in tonnage. and O7ooo per cent in
ue compared with the previous year.
MAINTENANCE.
The following etterment expenditures. made dugfn,
he year we're charge TO operating expenses
or 3222 tons-36cio mles-ot steel rails
or team shovel work widening embinN.
menis sud filling m tr' 2I5ls 4s
or $50 feet span Howe truss bridge over
TRINITY River AZ Dallas, 10 replace Old
or $50 feet span IRON bridge over Chocttw
Creek 70 replace Howe truss.----...-..-.. 5000 90
or new water rstatlons................... 1000 90
Total. Hl3O32y -
In making track rcplacements there were used 3222
,ns-sGelo mesof 80 pouads steel rais "a $50 anglo
ars; 03 $50 pounds bolts; l66255 pounds spikes;
3d. iO6 tics and 90 sets switch ties - Rrvund.
itent safety switches and l04si Iueal ieef-lesioo
llec-additlonal OF sIdinss have been pat In. There
as also moved by steam shovels 9-374 yards OF
sterGl principally IN widening em0ankmcnts and nil
Z In treses and G554 hneal feet OF uie bridging
I'd 5403 lneal eet nestle bridging nave d., rebuilt
I'd renewed l,C93. .O73 fcot lumber ard 35 7OJ lneal
ct cypress pLes having been Used IN tho repair OF
idges.
The following structures have been added lgrng the
ar: Two section houses and toll houses. one
lat repair shop two new water tanks and pump
uses. and windmill lime house, stable
Ill two coal platforms; and The Division supcrintend-
rs Office al Marshall. which destroyed by nre. has
replaced by substantial two-story structure, and
arged 10 operating expenses.
In the motive power department - engines have had
orougn general repair. 35 hight Repairs and changed
coal burners Ten sets OF cylinders have b,en bored,
sets tires have 0.cn turned, new ca' uew plots
ue y stacks. new tank, new tender frames. and
w trucks were briiC In these repairs % now aNles
3 new wheela, 7 nlectors, and - lew ufes wero
80.
In the ear depaItwo nt combination baggage mail
ID express ear nis beea rebuilt; > cOscLcs, l com
MAJ ION and baggage and express cars have had
neral repairs coaches have been rcyarutshed q
we r,plinted and Vanished. and slreping-ear
Is had general repairs, repalnied aAd Nar1I,acd
Eleven GOX c'rs II nai cars stock cl!s and push
rs were Ie0ut caDOoSes, 10 box cars, - Hat earsA