The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-07

ETC.. of the United States, the several States
and the chief cities, towns and counties of
the country; statements showing the his
tory, finan cial condition, operations. stocks,
bonds and investments, directors, officers.
ETC.. of all leading industrial enterprises.
Also series Of statements of street rail-
ways. previously forming an important
feature of ''Poor's Directory of Railway
Officials ard Manual Of American Street
Railways" With rhe addition of these
new features the Manual enters upon a
new epoch in its history. The current
number contains nearly ouble the volume
of information given in any previous issue
and has been compiled with the usual de-
gree of care that has earned Tor it many
welI-merited encomiums. The general ex-
hibit for the fiscal year shows as follows;
Miles
Length of track laid up TO December
81, 1898 ..............,.... ......... 177.753.3e
or which were completed up to the
close of the fiscal years OF the
spectiYe companies IT'S 44I.77
Completed since close OF the fiscal
years.. Observation-Disclosures. 2.S1L5s
roads IN the United States in the
calendar year 1898. 254s.2S
reporting in the fscal year 1898. 3,575.4S
Liabilities and assets OF the companies owning
the above IT'S, 44i.77 miles OF line.
LIABILITIES.
CaniraI stock S SIS oSO o32 eO4
Funded debt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50, 1872. 81 3
Unfunded debt 41O.36l. SOB
Current debt ....................... ooS'Zu1-o .
Total liabilities 81 ,44S. sss. ss2
ASSETS.
Cost OF railroad and equipments. SO .661, 713, 736
Real estate, stocks, bonds. aud
other investments. i,o9S 3Oo, 30 >
Other assets. .--.......--.--....... Z4o.94o, {
Current ecounts................ 247,OO2, $40
Total assets. 81 .s55. g6s, So
Excess OF assets liabilities. $4l2 O79, 274
Excess of assets or yari-
railroad compa-
Excess OF liabilities OF
various railroad COM
panleS.. i14t4oo,o4S
NoTE-The mileage, liabilities and assets or
elevated railroads are Included above
Total mileage OF railroads COM
pieted at close OF companies
fiscal years ending in 1893. .176, 44I71 miles
OF which full statistics OF opera
lions were received from com
panies operating. lT3,o7VU7 miles
Mileage of roads not reporting
earn ngs. etc, consisting chiefly
OF new roads not brought INTO
full operation at close of COM
panies' fiscal years.............. 2,ofL7o miles
The report of the Southern Pacific Com
pany shows total recei pts for 1893 amount
ing to $31. 095, 146. which is a decrease OF
only $780, l34 from the previous year. The
earnings over all hxed s cnar esa were s
IS. 036, 531, a decrease of SAT-, 362. But
there was also decrease In betterments
and additions charged to capital account
Of 81 ,099, o03. The surplus was 81, 042, 1877.
which is the largest sum to that account,
| except in 1891. since 1885. The freight
traffic, eastb0und, on the Pacific system,
shows an increase Of SO 81 per cent; west
bound of 5.74, local of LES. Passenger
traffic, eastbound, increased 9.52 per cent;
bound, 1886. Local traffic fell off g
per cent and ferry travel 5.67. The aver
age rate per ton OF freight was reduced
IRON ,2O6 cents per mile t,.989 eastbound,
and from 1899 to 1886 westbound. Local
freights were reduced from 1880 to 2 628
cents.
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complete textbook of the kind that it is
| unnecessary to more than direct attention
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