Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-01
The Railroads.

Annual RepOrtS-The Consolidated Road-The New Haven, and North amptOn Road.
 The eighth annual report of the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, to be submitted to the stockholders at the annual meeting in New Haven Jan. 14, has been printed. It gives the business and con dition of the company for the fiscal year end ing Sept 30, 1879. The total income of the road during the year was $3, 933, ,595.14, be- ing derived from the following sources i: Transportation of passengers, $2, 15o, 552.o i; freight, $1 ,492, ,261.38; mail and express, $269, 929. .29; interest, $20, 852.39.
 The total expenses during the year were $2, ,O2O, 914. 83, being incurred as follows: Re- pairs of road $40, 868 26; steel rails, $3 7s6- i 8l; repairs of bridges, $32, 129. .36; of build ings, $48, 156.25; fences, $1, 730.59; engines, passenger and baggage cars, $299, ,381. 45, freight cars, $31, ,660. 23; new freight cars, $78, ,677; repairs tools and machinery, SIC, ,632, 22; coal and wood for engines, $224, ,968. 04; fuel for stations and cars, $11, ,5O8; water sta tions $16, ,233. 80; oil, $26, 5O4. 78 waste, &C., 346.54; wages and incidentals chargeable to transportation department, $1, ,014, ,283. .3S /; switchmen, signalmen, watchmen, $98, 451. .73; damages and gratuities, $21, .O5; insurance
 
 and all ..other expenses except interest not included in the above items, $47, ,O45.97. De | ducting the operating expenses from the re- ceipts there remains balance of $1, ,9i ,, ,660.- 30. From this there is to be iucted $221, ,020. 50 for taxes, and $13O, 900 for cou- pon interest on the bonds of the Harlem and Portchester branch railroad. The two semi ! annual dividends of 5 per cent. each called for ! $1, ,55O, 900, which left net balance to the credit of profit and loss for the year of $11, ! 659. 81. The present cash assets of the com pany are $1 ,632, ,476. 35, being an increase ! from last year of about $58, 1000. No addi tions to capital expenditure accounts have l been made during the year, and there has been no change in the contingent account. ! The total mileage of the road during the year was 2, ,290, 271 miles, of which l, 1886, ,964 milet was by passenger trains. The number of pass engers carried was 3, ,587, ,899, and the number of tons of freight moved POS, ,630. Int company owns 91 engines, POP passenger cars 600 mail and baggage cars and l, ,478 freigh \ cars.
 The receipts on the Shore Line division during the year were $299, ,O86.O1, and the ex penses $255, ,915!18, $1OO,00O of this latter | sum being for rent. The net gain from oper ating the division was $43, ,17O.ss.
 The directors state that although more pas sengers were carried during the last year thar the year previous the receipts from tha source were considerably less. This loss however, has been made up by the increased receipts from freight. Two hundred nev freight cars have been added to the equip ment during the year.
 FoRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RETURNS OF THE CANAL | ROAD.
 The forty-third annual returns of the Cana Railroad Company show the following receipt during the year, amounting to $588. .28O. 50 the items being as follows Freight trail earnings, $419, 235. %; passenger train earn ings, $148, ,326.62 rents, etc., $2O, 718. .66.
 The expenses for operating and maintain ing the railroad have been $349, 419. .87, an in crease of $26, ,541. Included in this amour is the cost of the wrought iron bridges 8 Manhan river at Southampton, $4, 999 Little river, Westfeld, $9, 15O; and over tn the building of the bank wall in New Ha ven along Canal street extended, t avoid the Lock street crossing, $4,4 .55 and the repairs of the road incident to tn food of December 9th, 1878. During tn year, 754 tons of steel rails have been lai and charged to repairs of track; making with that laid in previous years, 6,284 ton Cor about 68 miles) of steel track; 52, ,24 cross ties have been replaced, which wit other repairs have put the road bed an track in excellent condition.
 It is stated that the equipment of the roa is in good order. Trains have run 385, ,82 miles without serious accident, transportin PTS, ,620 passengers and 311, 1SO tons of mer chandise. The prices have averaged 264-1O cents per mile for passengers and 276 10 cents per ton for freight. The Holyoke ex tension was wise. The expense was $50. .O38 83. The six per cent bonds of the company issued in 1870 and maturing April 1, 1880, a but STA, 900, have been exchanged for th Consolidated sinking fund mortgage bond and cancelled, and ample provision has bee made for the payment of such as shall not b exchanged at maturity. It is believed ths the proposed extension through Hatfield Whately, Deerfeld and Conway to the Tro and Greenfield road and the branch from thi extension at South Deerfeld to Turner's Falll connecting with the Fitchburg road at Deer field river, will add largely to the bushes and increase of the road.