The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-26

October S................. 190Q9 "
December g................ 1850 00
1850 o
Expenditures were made
during 1896 by the lessee
chase, OF real estate, IN
charged against net .... -. !.
earnings .................. lttSO Oo-1s'sog "
Leaving balance due lessee eom-
pRny to December q. 1ss6.....,.:t 7AI6
The net earnings OF your ROAD
for tho year 1886, - stated, :. a. !.
DSdast tho following payments.
is months months interest on
hrBt mortgage per
Il M month"; interest on Is
consolidated mortgage
per cent bonds. 1910 %
Sinking fund. hrst mort
Enge per cent bonds. h640 " g'
Sinking fund, c0nsolt
dated mortgage per
Expense Of sinking funds
and premiums on bonds (.
purchased for thenl..... III 6'-'S0,oS4 q
Leaving. n surplus for tho year
1895, after paying all fixed
charges, Of .Is...,'R StssSs =
with submitted, showing bal
anCe ION deposit with Pennsyl-
n.s:isis sS during &. yssf:.: 'FEsS SS s s
Total ......................., Sss
Disbursements .,.....'......''.'..'. IeSs9W
Leaving balance In hands o.
treasurer, December q, 1885. .3lES,0I5 q t
In connection with the treasurer's
account the general and income 40.
counts are submitted, showing In briet
the result OF the years operations ana
the balance sheet OF the company.
Number Of tons Of freight car !. =,
N5Sb.F ,1SS n y 5f tons cf freight car -
red one mile. .l5::SSSSss9
Revenue from same. l'VS "
Number passengers carried In 80,
Number Of passengers carried q,
Revenues from same. q. 0.66 y
In addition to the foregoing, tables OF
statistics are herewith submitted, re-
lating to the business Of the, year 1883,
as compared with the year 1895, as tol-
lows, Wig:
No. /. Tonnage, ton mileage, revenue.
earnings and cost per ton per mile ana
average haul per ton.
No. 9. Classified tonnage,
No. 3. Passengers, passenger mileag9'
reVenuC earnings ana cost per PasAen-
ger per mile, and average trip per pas
scnger.
No. (. Mileage OF trains, earnings, ex.
penses and net earnings per mile run
bv trains: mileage Of cars, aVeFaSe
number Of freight cars per train, ana
average number OF passengers, bagBaga
and express cars per train.
This tonnage of 1896 WAS less than that
OF 1895 by 1896 tons or 1874 per cent,
and the revenue therCirOm was lesa
than that Of 1895 by $ii,SSO IS, or g1.tS
ncr cent. This falling of Of tonnage 70
more thnn accounted for Ivy the de- +,
crease In five Items-coal 9SS2S tons;
coke 90. .469 tons; ores BS,05S tons; ple
iron 4I,9Ss tons, and merchandise lS,68t
tons In 1895 the tonnage under these
live heads was 30 per cent OF the whole
tonnage and In 1896 not quite IS per cent
OF the whole tonnage, about the same
percentage az In 1894.
The gross revenue from freight was
SJ7 $50 9h less than IN 1895,
In the report for last year It was
stated that the number of passengers
carried and the revenue theretrom do
not vary much from year to year. That
statement tH 10 longer correct, Not
WlthstAndInG the business depression
prevailing during 1895. the number OF
nasgenRcrs carried vas i59,30I, ~
Hsalus, lS9,Sl4 In 1895, an increase Of
1898, and the revenue received from
theIn $10,6t6 81, an increase OF P,StSi@
over the preceding year The increase
IN number and revenue vas about