The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-19
NAMES iron WAYS.
Annual Report Of the Railroad Com.
nliSsiOners.
THE LINES ARE IN A SATISFAC.
TORY CONDITION.

Gratifying Increase in Business and Mile
agc-Percentage of Casualties Is Low
Portland Lines.
ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS.1
Augusta, December 1S-The 9th an
nual report of the State Board of Rail
road Commissioners has been made pub
lie. 1t is voluminous account of the
condition of the railways in Maine which
are found to be in generally satisfactory
condition. In the report, the commits
sioners sly:
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
There was constructed and put in ope-
r+tion during the year ending June 80,
s!I5, the following additional lines Of
aihoad:
Langor and Aroos a Railroad,
Hoalton to Caribou. go. 70
sort Fairfield Junct on to Fort
Fairfield, 1881
Branch tracks, s, 81
klngheld anu Dead River Rail
read, tEarrow gauge), 9.62
Mlscasset and Quebec Railroad, %. 90
Lime Rcck Railroad, additional, 81
Total, III. Sc
Discontinued, Whitneyville and
Alacbiasport r. r., $50
Aoutal gain, no 36
There was on June 3d. 1895, 1926 35
miles Of railroad operated by steam, as
against 1,515.99 to June 80, 1894, and
only the main line and branch tracks
operated as part of the main line are
taken into consideration.
OF this mileage, /, 493 OF miles is stan
dardfgauge, four feet, eight and one-half
inches, anu 1870 70 is narrow, or two feet
gauge, and three miles is three feet
gauge
TRANSPORTATION EARNINGS.
1t is gratifying to observe an increase
in the state Of the transportation earn
ings of the steam railroads during the
past year. The returns on June 80, 1894.
show falling off in transportation
earnings over those of 1898 of $55S, 159. 20.
The returns to June 80, 1896, however.
ohOW OIL lAOE0fhco OboL uAOeO NJ low VA
1851, 735. 06, being 81. Use. %, as against
So. 974, 351.a2 in 1894. This shows a gain
of $23, 575. Sc over any previous year in
the history of tho state.
The passenger and freight train mile
age for the years 1894 and 1895, was as
follows:
Passenger train mileage for year ending
June 80, 1895, was 1887, 232 miles, as
against. 2, 715, $50 in 1894.
H. s<~l.< 10
1895, was 2, 937,23 miles, as against
2 7l5, 800 in 1894.
The freight train mileage to June 80,
1885, as 9, 713, 29l miles as against 2, 1881, :
703 in 1894.
The number of passengers carried for
the year ending June 30, 1895 was 5, 635, :
634. as against 3, 1856, oil in 1884, falling
off of 500, ST.
The number of passengers carried one
milo Was laS, 94l, 645, as against l20, $780,
347 in 1884.
Ih. number of passengers carried to
each mile Of road, was 1853, 096.
The number of tons of freight carried
to Ju ne 30, 1895, was 5000, 1874, as against
4, 030, 80 in 1894, an increase of 983, 524
tons.
MILEAGE OF STREET RAILWAYS.
The mileage of street railways in the
State of Maine, June 80, 1895, was 80. SO
miles, as against 80. SO miles on June 80,
1894.
The total mileage of street roads oper-
ated is SO. 90 miles, three miles Of the
Calais Street Hallway being in New
brunswick. The gain is made from the
build ing of the Calais Street Railway,
seven miles, the Skowhegan and Nor
ridgewOck Street Railroad, five and
three-fourths miles in length, and three
fourths of a mile additional of the Port
land Railroad.
TRANSPORTATION AND EARNINGS
The returns of the street railroads show
continued increase in passengers car
ried and transportation earnings. The
number OF passengers carried during the
year ending June 30, 1895, was 9,143, 377.
as against 8,141,37S in 1894, making q
gain of 1,0O1, 999 passengers carried CT
this number 546 e6s passengers were car
ried by the Calais Street Railway, and
the Skowhegan & Norridgewock Street
Railroad, which railroads made their
first returns this year. Deducting this
number from the gain by all roads, we
have 455, 319 increase over that of 1894,
by the railroads doing business in 1894
The total transportation earnings was
S502, AT. ~, as against $44u, U2b. % In 1884,
an increase of S62 451. 80. Deducting the
earnings of the two roads mentioned
above, 500, 6l310, we have as the actual
increase by the same roads doing business
in 1894, $32, S3S. %.
ACCIDENTS.
1t is source of qualification to record
the fact that the loss of life and injury
to passengers, trainmen and others con-
tinues to be far below the general ave-
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