Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-30
The Alpena Railroad.

Our thanks are due to Railroad Com
missioner Chas. r. Whitman, for copy
Of the 10th annual report Of the Michigan
railroads, for the year 1891. The work
gives the statistics OF tho various rail-
roads for the year ending December 81st,
lowing in regard to the railroad running
to this city, known as the Detroit, Bay
City & Alpena railroad.
This railroad extends from Alpena to
Alger, distance Of 105 miles. Its
branches are the Loon Lake, from Emery
Junction to Thompson, distance Of 90
miles, and the Mud Lake, extending from
Mud Lake Junction to Mud Lake, dis.
lance Of IS miles. Other branches are OF
combined length Of so miles, mostly log
roads. The length Of sidings and spurs
is % miles. The total length Of track is
232. 9S miles, and the width is four feet
81 inches.
Eleven persons own the road, OF whom
nine are Michigan men. The annual
meeting of the stockholders is on the third
Tuesday in May, and the general Offices
are In Detroit. Number Of shares Is 49,.
700, each Of value of 800. The road
carries mortgage to the amount Of So.
100000, on which it pays six per cent in
| terest.
During 1890 the total income OF the
road was $523, 03S.42, and the total ex-
penses, not including mortgage interest,
was 1906, 848.0O. After paying the inter
est, $3.50, 900, and the expenses, there was
balance left Of s87, 895.42.
The general balance sheet shows the
entire cost Of the road to be $4,823, 1920.
so, making the average cost per mile Of
the road to be $40, 2S1.42.
The principal receipts Of the road were
from the following sources From pas.
senger fares, $S9,472.21 from mails,
$11, 1881 from express, $2,035. 70
from freight, $409, 034.3l. The repairs
to the road cost So, 937.O1. The repairs
to locomotives and cars, $15,475.7O. The
expense Of conducting transportation was
$1S9, 651.S2. The latter includes wages,
fuel etc. The salaries Of the officers and
clerks In the Detroit Office were $685..
99; law expenses, $2,1s9.34; stationery
and printing, 81 ,172.88; taxes, $9,s57. 16,
The road has twelve wooden bridges,
two iron bridges, two combination bridges
and nine wooden trestles. Their combin-
ed length is 5000 feet. On the line there
are 80 stations.
The employees consist Of baggage men
2, brakemen so, conductors 25, engineers
25, flremen 25, laborers 1853, shopmen 10,
yardman one others 20. Total 325.
The road has 80 miles Of fencing, 20 To-
comotives, five passenger cars, two ex:
press, mail and baggage cars, 81 box
freight cars, $40 lat oars, 1900 logging cars,
five way cars, one derrick car. The loco
motives are fitted with power brakes, and
the passenger cars with the air brake.
Passenger cars are heated by the Smith
Owen water heater.
During 1890 the passenger trains ran
02,S30 miles, freight trains $40, $40 miles,
mixed trains 104,8 miles. Passengers
to the number Of 1i6, 4o3 paid their fares,
and the average distance travelled by
each passenger was 30 miles. AS regards
the amount Of freight carried IL weighed
023, 69S tons, and the average price for
hauling one ton one mile was one and
three-tenths cents.
The following will show tho weight IN
tons, Of tho different kinds Of freight car
ried Grain 1904, flour 1,311, provisions
1,643, animals BOG, agricultural products
1861, lumber and forest products 1886, 511,
coal 3,543, plaster, lime and cement 100,
salt e,053, petroleum 854, iron and cast
ings SAG, stone, brick and sand 300, man.
ufactures III, merchandise 81, 087.
Along the line the Western Union Tel.