Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-11-21


The average net earnings per mile were:
TOT 1881. f,nlI Il
34oo 81
Decrease per mile. Gil q
The Union Pacific Railway company
reports 10 this Office mileage, exclusive
of its Kansas branches. of 1,83245 miles;
4S3.17 miles Of which is operated in
Kansas. The number of tons hauled
one mile of freight over the Union
Pacific road, for the year ending June
80, 1884, was 76l, l2O,43S. The number
of tons hauled one mile over the same
road during the year ending June &c, 1885
wrs 797 ,S69, 04l-being an increase of per-
mile freight tonnage for the year 1885
over the year 1884 of SO, 74S, SOB tons.
Notwithstanding this large increase in
the freight tonnage the receipts from
the freight traffic, 1885, were less than
were yielded by the smaller traffic of
1884 by $3.50, $50 93-the freight earnings
for the year ending June 80, 1884, being
ST., 568 348 81; and for the last year, $l2,-
DOL 597 "a. The average rate per ton,
of freight, per mile, through and local,
for 1884, was OIL cents; the average
rate per ton, per mile, 1885, was .Ol so
cents. Computing the tonnage for the
last year by the rate prevailing the year
before, and the freight earnings would
nave amounted to the sum of $685.
$1,000, or ST. ,641 ,S6326 in excess of the
actual revenue derived from the freight
traffic of the past year. This sum rep
reeents the decrease of the TRANSPORTS
ton tax or charge upon the shipping in
terests, for one year, over single rail-
road system.
The people of Kansas are more imme-
di8tely interested in the Union Pacific
railway. Kansas division, and the show
ing with respect to that road is as fol-
lows:
The freight tonnage for the wear end
ing June 80, 1884, was l29,O8O,O32 tons
haule d one mile; for the year ending
June 80. 1885, the freight tonnage was
loo, 497 1924 tons hauled one mile-an in
crease in the past year. over the previous
year, of 2l,4l7, 1872 tons. The freight
earnings for 1884 were So POI 1913 81; for
1885. 50 357, 46S Sc. Ii The tariff ate for
1884 had been charged on the freight
tonnage of 1885, the freight traffic would
have yielded 4 revenue upon this divis-
ion OF 81, 573, 5l4 so, or sum of $216 045.-
"a in excess of the actual receipts.
AhO pdSSCIHCI hlIiS6 Ou lu0 ~
Pacific road have also decreased the
year the decrease being $473,439.l2. The
total earnings for 1884,, from all sources,
were $40 OF 1898; for 1885 they were
ST., 1856, 73l .4S-s decrease for the year in
gross earnings of 81 ,240, 752.45.
On the other hand, the operating ex-
pepses have been reduced from 49, 767,-
7l302, in 1884, to $S.376, 5l1.09- a de-
crease of 81 1871 ,20l.96.
Upon the Kansas part of the line, the
earnings from all sources for the
year ending June 80, 1856, were $685.
OlO.49-an increase over the year before
OF 95,415.l9.
The operating expenses in Kansas, on
the Kansas division, for 1884, were ST.
9S4,69402; for 1885, 81, 736,O7S.87-show-
ing reduction of SPAS, 6l5.l5.
The Central Branch reports 38S miles
of road, all in Kansas. The traffic on
this road has rapidly and largely in
creased the past three years. It's ton
mage of freight for 1884 was 46,07S, SSl
tons hauled one mile. The tonnage haul.
ed one mile over this line in 1856 was
73,202, l01, showing an increase of 81
l22,2l0 tons. This is the greatest ratio
of increase in freight tonnage that can
be shown by any road in Kansas, and
the singular part of it is that the total
increase of freight tonnage on this road,
covering SSS miles, opportunities closely
to the total increase on the Atchison and
UnionP acifcsystemsrespectively though
each of the systems named embraces
nearly five times the mileage of the Gen.
tyal Branch.
The freight tariff charged per ton per
mile on the Central Branch road for 1884
was .0265 cents. The per ton per mile
tate, in 1885, .01.9S.
The freight earnings upon this road for
1884 were 81, 222, 247.S 81; for the year end.
ing June 80, 1886, 81 AS, 742.67.
Computing the tariff rate in existence
at the time the present board came into