The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-11-27

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On the 10Th instant, Col. ]. N. Hood,
President and General Manager Of The West.
ern Maryland Railroad, completed his annual
report Of the operations Of the road for the
year ending September 80, from which we take
the following.
The gross earnings have been as follows;
From passengers, Sl64,923 As freight and
| express, 500, 800 70; milk and marketing,
S2l ,45o 81 mails, 81, 407 80 miscellaneous
sources, S2,oS3 Go total, 1897 1854 90. The
expenses, including construction and equip.
ment, were Expenses transportation depart.
ment, $l3s, l24 IS; machinery, $ll, 1876 SO;
road, $ll4,970 03 general expenses, $14,.
4l5 VI total, $309,2S6 1S net earnings,
$Ss,27S 81. This is most gratifying exhibit
The earnings, as compared with 1879, show
from freight and express, $2l ,sO4 so; milk
aud marketing, S3,16I 81 miscellaneous
uoriess, $l,089 Ss- Deducting S6I3 AZ for
decrease from mails the total increase of
earnings was $50, l2l 40. The expenses, as
compared with 1879, are as follows; Increase
in expenses OF transportation department,
Sl0,36S A deer ease from machinery, So.
1893; increase from road, S29,2l7 81; de-.
ere ase Of general expenses, 81 1866 80; total
increase Of expenses, $34 1887 co; increase
of net earnings, $l5,ls9 SO. In the operat-
ing expenses are included the $50, 900 ex.
pended on steel track, 5000 for new restau.
rant at Pen. Mar and other like items. While
the equipment has been much improved At
considerable expense the present equipment
IS still quite inadequate for the full and salts.
factory working of the road, and 10 this NAV
be attributed loss Of business during the wear
amounting 10 from $4,000 to SIS, 900; hence
the adyisability of continuing 10 expend upon
the road and equipment while in its transition
state the entire earnings in excess Of running
expenses and interest upon the bonds and
| funded coupons OF the first and preferred
second mortgages is but following in a we'll.
beaten track in railroad economy, and il ia
believed cannot be questioned. Il is thought
o revenue of half a million will be reached
before the road and equipment can be put in
condition for its proper accommodation.
During the year there were moved 430,366
passengers and lS9, 1853 tons Of freight. The
average rates OF transportation received
during the year were one and ffiy.four one
hundredth cents per passenger per mile, and
two and ninety four one hundredth cents per
ton per mile. The passengers we're classified
as follows: Full fare, 1853, 1879; wo-thrds
fare (clergymen), 1885 halt fare, (children),
6,123 Communication and mileage, 80, 745, and
excurslonlsts, l60,964. The mileage per.
formed by locomotives during the year WIS
| 490, 4S9 miles, or Is, 059 miles more than in
| 1879. The consumption Of coal was $500
tons. During the year the Baltimore and
Hanover Company has completed its road
from junction with the Bachman Valley
branch Of the Hanover Junction, Hanover and
Gettysburg railroad at Black Rock, Pa, to
Emory Grove station. This road at an early
day is TO be extended to the lower Cumber.
land Valley and Harrisburg. The Baltimore
/ ~ rnp,harlarA N,II... 4
from Edgemont station, 70 miles from Balti-
more, TO Waynesboro', Pa, "a miles, on July
b, and its operations have so far been satisfac.
tory. The extension" from Waynesboro'
via Chambersburg to Shippensburg, in Cum.
berand county, Pa, twenty six miles, is now
being constructed, and is in a wel.adyanced
condition. The rails and other track supplies
have been purchased and delivered at Way
nesboro' the right Of way settlements have
been concluded with few exceptions and
force Of 600 men is now employed in the gra.
ding. 1t IS expected the entire road will be
completed and opened for business by June
/, 1881. The Shenandoah Valley railroad
was opened to Hagerstown in August last, and
by January il is expected to be in operation
through TO Waynesboro', Va, on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad, twelve miles east
Of Staunton. It has already brought some
business to the Western Maryland, which will
be increased. The growth Of the excursion
business has been without precedent, and the
names Of Pen. Mar and High Rock have be.
come household terms. The report conclu.
des with testimonial to the officers and EN-.
ployees Of the road and to the reliable manner
in which the train service has been perform.
ed. The report says "the extent Of such ser.
vice can better be appreciated when consid.
cred MS equal to the passage Of one train
twenty times around the globe, aud the pas
senger movement as equal 10 Que person
making 400 such circuits and this upon n
single track without casualties"