The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-31

Again, shippers are enabled. when the
satisfactorily ndiustntGt. to consider Tho
advisahilitv OF tokins formal action
aeninst the carrier Ia tho Hight OF .facte
brought out through this method OF pre-
limlnary examination and correspondence.
The routine work Of the commission con.
slsting of correspondence, preparation NM
circulars and the n,tnn, examination and
treatment OF railway reports, tatins. cnii-
tracts and other documents, has been fuiiy
IA grcHt as In former years, gnd OF the
same general character
Tho names and compensation 81 persohs
sney,d by ase wn ,S ,se r APT
year Will be found In appendix TO the
report.
fhe principal points decided by the com
mission since tho date OF Its organization
are SGT fri III In appendix H.
sTATISTlCS OF RAILWAYS
The report Includes ststietics OF railways
IN the United states for the year cnding
Jurc So isoi ON that date there wctc
us. ruSsS milds OF ilne, an increase during
the year of esiJts miles. There were 1874
separate corporations, an increase OF thir-
ty-four over the previous year. OF these,
ei5 maintained operating accounts. SW
were subsidiary companies. n'nety-cight
were private roads and seventy.siy were
not operated during the year The move.
nscnt toward consolidation on the base OF
mileage involved was greater than In tile
preceding year. nfttem roads. representing
iI3,s' miles we're merged, twenty-two
roads, representing %;5l@ miles were re-
prgnnged. and fourteen roads, rcirrsrnt-
| ing lbg0,si miles. wore consolidated The
mo of ,eon r,ilca or over was forty .fouS
| and those roads operated $50 ner cent ot
the total railways. The Capitalization OF
| s6q Oh mar mile rho nump,r OF pnssru.
| gers carried was 6lN,6SS.iaa, aud the NUM-
| bel of tons OF freigh, moved was SIS, isee,a
| no,sa WIN mo ,,,r,Ious wear t;r,,ss earn.
| iurs verr 81 i,S All M, n decrease of ~ %
| per cent Operating expenses were slli..
! IN aye n d,-,rcase OF II ID per cent Net
| eatninus were s1,t. ntf ans n decreuEc Of
$50 sSs iln from the previous year lncomc
/ from other sourccs was sils, S0a which,
| ndd,,, ~ mai ensr1lncs made the amount
| aynliahle Tor nxed rIareoe and dividends,
| SiSi ig, $50 liked charges were S4a0 ntS. aln
| dividends @,bi52ai aud othor payments
s6ms,0S. leaving a deficit from the opors Z
lons @, ,hc Senr ~, s'''ss' ~ fas IN ,hn
previous wear. rito number oil employees
wae TlaG'S, dccrsase OF MWI Fhe num- ~,
Der or "npioyss hii,'I y. w., weS ~. ,',, MN ~,
crease Ia casualty an compared with pre-
vious yeara The number Of pnasenrrts
k,,leo w's , M az ,n,brnI Nas %s, a dc,
n "% of Ia
preliminary income aeeoun tn,,, tor w., W.
year ena,ng 1 aln ~, ~. ~, nown,,ns The
cnerations e l6,,bsNsS miles Of line V
also Included In the report The gross
earnings OF these ttnua ief inns pvVl"i
were *,W9 pa2,Na, or '"aa ptr tni.e We
crease NJ slS Lef mile ope,t',s, tNi.'aa.'
were sili SCI G1o ur siiN nfr m''', q,
crease OF IA per mile, NM het oh,hnNs
were tS2o,a 52ls. "a compared WIN hol
earnings of &M, iW,6n iot the snne ron 4
| In the previous yent. an increase on .s9
per mile, Passenger rcceiHta iel' nl ~,
per mile while frcight receipts shoW q
gain OF slb per mile, Total net enihinN'
g..,s Il l,,.an LA, Income
sources, were S3nS,tia. ioi tNNcd rhafE{i
and Other deductions were STiaal wy NY
dividends were se3, l9a,t.D. leaving ae ~
from The operations OF me year OF VI,
0ia. 0Sn Tho amount Of dividends pa't
by the xamc roads IN the previous Nenl
WINS ssi,5NIs5, ltonhHsneSA ON IN" h,
| of railways in ming their reports con
| tinucs 10 cause serious delay IN tho com
p,littion Of these statistics.
GoVEitNMrNr. AIDED RAILROAD
AM, TEi ,Et;RApII LINES,
~ -, a., 49,, t,,no,.,
In performance o' wv" ""'s 'nfpr''
orn,n,nt.oided railroad ana telegraph
nm. NV Tho art Of August :. 1883, ih
c,u,plssson has sent blanks for hnnun
,euo,ts ia tho companies subject to IN
.,st,tc onIv throo companies have file,
tho ,rfo.mttinn reuuircd The nttorne,
. oa,,o,o, has hc,n nots0eJ of the fnilnf
~ tho ohio, oonpanitu 60 comply viii
a.. Ia.
A decision of .hc supreme court OF tn
upi,od states, rendered on Novemhar !.
1855 Directs the Union lhTinF NlnWnn'
: company to perform its duties under IN
art of Angus I, lSsS. the nrst section o
/ witch requires this and other cpmnhnle
. ruhiocl to that statute to MAINTAIN hl'
; cpcratc telegraph lines, by and lhrputl
, their own Respective corporate officer
aud employees, for railroad governments
coulnorcial aud osh"r purposes, and Z
exercise by themselves alunr all the lele
graphite franchises conferred hluh hnSl
! pnd obliuaiions arsumad by them undc
tho acts mailing the granite OF HoNcrnmcn
MD Thp derislon OF the supreme coNt
also anuuie various agreements rhtelN
Be- into between tho tnlmi Pacific Ro'lNa
! company aud tho NrNtelh ih'on ltiN
graph company, and directs the NeHte'
4 Union Telegraph co1pany 10 NhrNin VA
7 | Offices of the railway comnnnN Whhpu
! Interference or damage 10 tho snme, M
| without removing nnlh tne iuItnsI uin"
: | Of Tho curt any property thefeiroin q
q | from tho llnp of the railway cn'npnh
a | which has been Jointly used by the W.
companies -
co.ss decided hy he courts during th
year 0ra dscusseh ny w" Communism
G dor the following hcadii En-;
. ur,,,,, az IN, pnwor of congress
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