The Portland daily press., 1895-01-22
ALI Its Lines To Be Equipped With
Electricity.

Gross passenger earnings. sos, 3l1. q
| Earnings from other sources, 1,l7o.OO
| Total gross earnings. $206. 1885, 10
Operation expenses Sl65.4s5 .5s
Taxes, 4,o44."o
Total operating expenses taxes, Sl69. 70
Nat earnings from business, $50, 500. 9.
Rents. less repairs, 1,062. 40
S37 ,5?2. AZ
r,ess interest paid 1922 "a
SIS. $50. os
Dividend No. e. ss Feb. , 1894. 5000 s[oo
----- $4,000. 90
$l0,050.US
Less track improvements. So, 70664
Less buildings & additions, 2,2i8.20
------ s.9s7 "a
Surplus, $I.952.24
The total number of passengers carried
during the year was :,781.913, an increase
over the previous year of 122.77s. this in
crease being principally on the Congress
street and Deering lines.
| The tracks on the Deering line proving
| too light for electric service it was deemed
| advisab BILE to relay with heavier rails and
| ties, and accordingly the tracks on Green
| street nave been relayed with ninety pound
| girder rails and from Deering bridge 10
| Ocean street with twenty-eight pound L
rails, New crossing frogs have been put IN
| at the Forest avenue crossing of the Port
| land and Rochester railroad. and double
| track crossing at the WoodfoIds crossing of
| the Maine Central railroad.
A new turnout has been constructed for
the westbrook line on Spring street near
Grant street. Deering, and new double
track ON the Congress street line from
North to Atlantic street.
An extension of the Ocean street line has
been built II ON the junction of Ocean and
Main street to the post office at East Deer
ing, distance of three-fourths of mile.
On Forest avenue, Deering. the grade on
one track has been lowered to correspond to
the newly established grade of the street
from "Colye's guilty. to the P. &. r. cross
ing.
Two twenty foot closed cars for the Deer
ing line have been built at the company s
shops and equipped with the latest type OF
General Electric company's fifty horse
power motors and Consolidated Car Heating
company's electric heaters. An exchange
was also effected with the General Electric
company for an additional equipment of
ldl6St by pcs III uS SiNAAS uos WAeh cuO Ai1OiOi
purchased last year a full equipment for
each regular closed car of the Deering line.
of the latest type. motor and controller.
The rolling stock has received the usual
amount of repairs and painting during the
year for its proper maintenance.
An addition to the St. John street stable
has been built and new waiting room and
room for the empoJes fitted with closets.
etc., has been erected at Morriil's corner.
The waiting room formerly at Bradley 8
corner has been removed to East Deering
| and placed upon the lot donated by the
| citizens for this purpose.
In accordance with the contract made the
flats owned by this company have all been
tiled to the grade of the street and wharf
| and are now available for the purpose of
the company.
The severe storms of last winter made
| necessary heavy expenditures Tor the re-
moyaI of snow and ice, 81, 1868. So being ex-
pended for this purpose in January, Febru-
airy and March, 1894. and 81, 1893. SO in Deem
! Der, 1898, making tho total cost for the re-
moval of snow for the winter of 1898. 3d.
s65S 3S. exclusive of snow pillow work.
Our equipment now consists of seventy
cars. eighteen double electric mot or equip
ments, $50 horses, nine snow plows. Is sleigh
cars, $3.50 horse power Babcock and Wilcox
boiler, one 250 horse power sterling boiler.
one l25 horse power single engine, one l6O
horse power compound engine. one $50 horse
power Ball engine, two electric generators
100 hor sc power each. with pumps, heaters,
etc., and the necessary appurtenances for
the station, road and line.
The question of the expectancy of equip
ing the city line with electricity has been
forcing itself upon the attention of the
directors during the past year. on aocounf
of the growing and persistent public de-
mand for that form of service. While the
change will involve great outlay it seems
to be justified by the economy of operation,
as larger savings will be made in reduced
stable and other exper ses, sufficient 1n
amount. it is believed, to pay the interest
on the perma nent Investment and increase
earnings may fairly be expected from the
new service. The work of changing over
the line, when once decided upon, should be
prosec uted vigorously and completed 18th
as little delay as possible. 1t involves the
erection of a new power station on the COM
pany's lot at behring's bridge. the relaying
with heavier girder rails of the Congress
| street line and additional cars and equip
ment. The outlay CAP be met by the sale OF
bonds already authorized, as part only of
the $500 600 issue has been used in the fund
ing of the company's DEBT. The directors
believe that immediate authority should be
obtained from the municipal offiee to
equip the line with electricity and that the
work should be undertaken without delay
| If the change is made the whole road should
| be operated by electricity as it would be in
expedient to operate a small part of the
road by horse power.
The stockholders voted to adopt the
| recommendations of the directors and
authorized them to take the necessary steps
| to equip the entire line electrically.
The old board of directors was reelected.
Still Alarm at Bennett's.
Yesterday noon the Chemical was
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