Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-12-07
RAILROAD MATTERS.

| 1t is authoritatively stated that the Dell
! ware & Hudson Canal company has earned
| 10 per cent on the stock in the last ~
months. A quarterly dividend of III per
cent. has beon declared payable Dec. -.
| Tnis is at the rate OF q per cent, and it is
said will be the last one at this rate, for tho
next will be u per GEN.
The statement Of the Rome, Watsrtown &c
! Ogdensburg railroad for the quarter enle
! Sept 30 shows a surplus above charges Of
| 1864, 1870, compared with a surplus OF $751;
! ia year ago.
! The Northern Pacific railroad carmel s74,-
44 gross Nov. 26, an Increase o. $3.50
| over last year.
A ate dispatch says that a proposition il
! being considered at the railroad IN na ger'
meeting in Chicago to advance Grain rates
/ to a 25-cent bas aud prov sions to a 30 cent
b sis, AMI other east.blund rates in propor-
ton. A proposed advance in dressed beef
rates will also he considered
The Lowell & Aldover railroad directors
! have declared a semi-a1uual divi-euI Of 312
per cent, payable the 4Jh If December.
The gross earnings of the Canadian Plcif,
railway for the month Of October Wore ST.
i43 600 ard working expenses $i6S 81, e v
Tag net profits of $5i9,9d2, showirg an II.
srel-e OF ,5j3 ovr October, 1887. TIE
gross earnings from Jan. | to OF 81, 1888,
wore SO 7?d, ,13o, AMI working expenses
| Ssh 2S9 leavng ut profits ot 81 ASH, an
II or as Of 1913 800 over the same per cd 4ast
year.
Advicn4 from Chicago report Wisco sin
! Central net earnings for October increased
sos 724; Big -Four net earnings for the four
months ending October 81 decrease Sal ,5Sl;
the surplus after charges and diyideli Is was
s42 1856; ssme period last year S6S, l49.
The Western New York and Pennsylvania
| 4 n g.f
sos, ,SlS, an increase of $50 246 over the same
period last year
The Erie statement for October shows
gross earnings of S2, 562 3l5 an inc ease OF
S12, 307; expenses 81 ,553, ,SSS, an increase of
S25, rs. balance S100S, 421, a decrea,e of
Sl3 40 proportions due leased lines S22l,-
957, decrease of $1SS 5; net earnings $780,
469, an increase OF S5,3
The statement of the Reading company for
October, Is substantially as follows: Gross
receipts Of both companies, Si,296, ,697, de-
crease of .Sl10,35S; expenses, So, 1875, An an
increase of S6l, 457; net earnings, 81, 170,2l9,
a decrease of S17l.Sl5 The earnings OF the
railroad company increased $40, 1853, while
the earnings of the coal and iron company
decreased $3.50, ,52S. The statement for eleven
months to October 81 shows decrease in
gross earnings of 1921 55l, an increase in ex-
penses Of S1,427, 9S9 and decrease in net
earnings of S2,24S, $40.
The statement of earnings of all lines Of
the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg
and Erie for October as compared with the
same month last year, shows:
An increase of gross earnings off,. $156,636
An increase in expenses of......... 1O4, $50
An increase in net earnings Of. So, ,256
The ten months of 1885, as compared with
the same period Of 1887 show:
An increase in gross earnings Of. 81, ,459 93S
An increase in expenses of, ,........ 2, 135, BOZ
An increase in net earnings Of. 1924, 1886
All lines west of Pittsburg and Erie for
ten months of 1888 show a surplus over all
liabilities of s27, ,5O7, being loss, as COM
pared with the same period Of 1887, OF
$1,O00,754
comparative statement Of the receipts
and expenses on the Eastern lines is as fol-
lows:
1888. 1887.
Gross earnings. S., 1916 1853 $4,9S9, 500
Operating expenses. 3,3709l3 3,266,533
Net earnings. 81 1852 St,722, $50
The receipts and expenses of the Northern
Central Railroad In October were as follows:
1883. 1887.
Gross earnings 1856, SO $501, 1893 Sc
Operating expenses. 37S, 1865 444, ,902. "a
Net earnings. .S20S, 1888 $56 39l. %
For the ten months ending October 81 the
net earnings were 81, ,694, 440.0S, as compared
with 81, 7S1, 496 % in the same period last
| year.