The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-10-05
CONDITION OF OUR RAILROADS.
Earnings and Expenses of the Columbia
and Greenville Railroad and the Spar
tanburG and I.uurens Road.
COLUMBIA. Sent. SS.

i COLUMBIA, Sept. 2S
| The annual report of the Columbia and
Greenville Railroad to the railroad COM
/ missioner Tor the year ei,iinS June SO,
1882 has been completed. The general
exhibit shows that the total income Of the
road was s6Os, ,594.o2, the total expense
| including taxes, $i34 ,603.5i, the net in
come Sl73, 900 4S and the rental paid to the
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Road
| $50, 900. The total interest accrued du-
ring the year amounted TO SlS4, ,Ol3.42, on
| the funded debt $lS0, 600 and on tho an
funded debt $4,OlS.42. The dividenos de-
clared during the year amounted ~ per
| cent. to SGO,0U0. The cost OF the r',"d anu
' equipment up to the close of tho last fis-
cal year was IS ,045, ,GH 81, or S25, III 06 per
mile. The total debt OF the road Is So 3,323,-
go b5. and the funded debt amounting to
| So. 100000 and the unfunded debt to S425,-
| 279.65. =,
THO total income Of the road from all
sources amounted to OS,594 ", as loi-
lows: From local passengers Sloi, ,ao9;g9, S;o
through passengers SIT, 1882, mails NJ
| 204. .S4. express and extra baggage s6,l39.-
senper department 1886, ,997. .66. The earn
| ings from Local freight amounted TO
Si5s, ,so649, through freight $30,9u.69
making the total earnings OF the ireigL :
department SI5a,S7+l3. Tho earnings 3 OF
| The company tClGttaph ipS
| TO S6,27Il3 and the income from all other
so;:T,:s amounted to 81 1870. making
tho total income Of the road $8OS. .5V.O2t,
or n total income per mile OF the roau
of s.. .lOl. 81. The earnings Of the passon,,
ger department per mile Of road announces !,
TO $7l3.55 and tho earnings of the ireight
department to 81, 1880. :,
,fhe main lines of road and branch rail-
roads operated by this company are i96.2 z
miles in length, to which should % anaeo na;1
tha Snartanburg, Union and Alston kali
road, running from Aston to Spartan
burr. 6S miles, and the Laurens Railway,
running from Helena 70 Laurens, ZS.S
miles, making the total length Oh t9au
uperated by this company 800 miles.
The road has II stations and, includine
officials, the number Of employees on tf
roads operated by this company Is ,oe-::
The road has 44.2 miles of steel rails, OF
which II g miles were laid during the past
wear, 1t has 10 locomotives, IL passenger
cars, l67 freight cais, express and nag
gage cars and 80 other cars. TUG totu,
freight, local and through, transported
during the yea.. amounted to ia, II. "
tons. The passenger trains run - miles
por hour aud the freight trains IL miles
THE sPARTANBURa AND UNION ROAD
The annual report of the Spartanburg,
Jrnion and Columbia road, which Is oper.
ated by the Greenville and Colum6'a
road, shows that the total earnings OF the
passenger department. amounted 10 Soo,
i536. a5. rs follows. From local passen
ecrs. SI0.422.4 IL; through passengers. s6,;
2T9.S3; malls, -S2.92s.36; expenses ano
extra baggage, 81, 1915. Tho total earn
snrs Of the freight Departments aD,ountet
70 S67 72i "a; from local freight, S84, ,I3O u.
through freight, s., ,oeO.72. The company''
telegraph line earned $5427S the incom'
| from afl other sources amounted 10 81;
sn4 7s: making the total income from al