Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-07

construction aud repsirs in 1892 all lines owned
west of Pittsburgh was l07. $50 tons.
GENERAL REMARKS.
There has been paid the Managers Of the Trn.t
the sum of "a; 25s, SD 20. The income thereir
% -aS Gs hay: sfs.
an interest 81 - per cent for the Year Thee was
az o to that Trust for the year 1882 the sum
Of the gnd hand :. the
of s ss. s0s Is over y. grsyioS. year 49, -.
By .na as sHy n E .s
hs year 20 for operating ekpenses for de
The FanS Who's disability bad eaniinSod over ;y,
titled to regular nehts from the Fund This amount
Ss BY the sns 81
were "a 6s as which, with the contributions By the
Of a. fSs sSS.a 70 %sds s.nd
q s sse hes 20 q the yea sl 7s is
families Of employees in death benefits. and for sick
8 ana s sp s al 70 The .n nor
fund $40 lO1.Ul; leaving balance Of el3s. 3s3 80
Der of persons receiving dea dement's 4s6 max
n@ an average in each case Of s5sl 90 There were
Ii VIII be that this fund distributed over $50 900
er f9T the the
among the EN- loyes who have svailed themselves Of
value TO the employs in sOrding them safe depos-
iH5 81 T TT nS%S
3797 the amount of deposits received during 1872
ose q he ear IL OF sas mt
81 900 600 have been securely invested in four per
an ss the
bnr,h and CHARGED to capital account was Is. 10 :
$50 ~ These expenditurvs were almost exclusively
necessary to provide for the more prompt and eco.
nomics handling of the volume Of business
visable 70 acquire at er.ln provide for the pres
ent and future wan Of the Company. This policy
possesses In the large commercial centres, under
qusitions had been deferred until the necessities Of
the COMPANY compelled their purchase.
your equipment account through the system Of csp
trusts IN re have cen added during the year 81 loco
g 100 and mail cars EOsta sr dinins ssr. and
vided with the best form Of automatic coupler and
sir-brake.
branch and suIiiary hines the sum s Of a. s ss a.
Of which 81 81 100 70 was eimbursed TO your Com.
foSwine purp SEES: Furnishing incressad faciIities
upGn The Pittsburs6 Tirnia and Charleston Rail
faetSrns Interests ssassonsly ssiye sonstruct
Chestnut Hill Road connect that system with ad-
ditional manufacturing industries. and with the
port; extending the Western Pennsylvania Railroad
eastwardly. toward Iohns5own. as to relieve the
il eonstructins ANA e1te ding branches Of the
% VALLEY Road; to leach an16 nth coal thus
estate and right Of for two branches n the vcin-
and Bustl-ton Roads-the construction of which Is
necessary for the Lroper development Of the local
The largest sum was expended uron the Cambria
and CIearhed Railroad. Which was 50 far completed
Mehaffey: toSsther With number Of branches max:
the close Of The year The Of the mnns
industries upon this road has eH eeded the most
be one Of the most bituminous coal feeders Of
the Main Line Further extensions thereof are con-
The total amount expended for the above purpose on
the s ss:a 81 IN .ns Enc 3
lease has been made Of the oresson and clearheld
road extern ing from cresson on the MAN Lin. %
Iryona. distance Of twenty seven and one-hsif
Mountain Coal ssrict on the xesheniss. .nd he
Of that road has been permanently secured to
There vas expended account Of construction and
a a the issSer portion Of wics %.s II IN NJ n. co,
Of double track and additional sidinss IL
1Hi . me ,stpsnai1r.s 10Th east and
securities he'd In treasury and that Of the
IL Or e hsrs no
The expenditures for similar purposes in ise3 Will as
and tracks. as the difcaises aass occIa.s ss
prompt p9sem ;e;s OF TIE trac during lsss show
work contemii.td Win practically complete the four
line Setween Hsrrisburs and Piissur1hp 0'0n Oh the
sss Of
in Philade phia ext nsive improvements thereto be-
has been eomm.nosd As lis BELIEVED that he IN,
terests Of the COMPANY will be promoted BY removing
its general once TO that point the necessary proyfsion
therefor has cen made In the structure, which
II Is hoped. will be completed during the present
year.
tn policy referred to in the last annual report of
stfmulstine, through an incr-ase of equipment and
other facilities the of grain between Erie
and Philadel phta suited In largely increased VOL
the rates between the lines ENGAGED in lake and rs
trans ortation, these efforts would have been
beneficial to the commercial interests Of III. cy
of Phad lphis than to those Of the transportation
The year 1892 presented the anomalous condition of
. larxer amount of trahc beinR rendered 20 the rail-
ways than they were sb TO properly handle while a
the same time the competition between the ORTIZ
trahc carried a lover rates than 81 any other siod
in their history This 10 reflected In
earnings Of nearly all the arEsr companies a iesst
in the cas- ern portion Of the United statss vks
securns trsihc that. 4 po..ibe were attended With
more injurious results TO the public than to the rail-
II an effort 70 remedy this Immature, condstsoo Of
e. the ehss very q N e Z: e
k & and ct the suxrsssios OF the Intsr-stats Com
merre Commission. deemed q proper 70 appear ~
fore Consrees and suerest such amendments 70 the
the sfseisney q he ccmniss'on 9ss.elsns snd
punshinx violations Of provisiol sls1 ensols The
each other. basis g 8 psrvissd md sPprovsd
ssnssd Sssoss co@mss.sss q SosS Hossss q CO.
and It fufy a thst tbs object souGkt Was
not increaee Of rates o. the prevention Of
psst'on sni simg.y e sscu:s siiks e IN ssipe. a.
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