New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-19
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE p. AND o.
| GRATIFYING INCREASE IN EARNINGS FROM
| BOTH PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT

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Baltimore. Nov ls-The seventy-second annual
report Of the president and directors OF the baiu
and Ohio Railroad for the year ending juno
60 1893. was approved nv the Board to-day ana or
dered submitted 10 the stockholders at their regu-
lar annual meeting November q.
The income account shows receipts from freight
Of $40 OO 25 o. an Increase Of 81 s33s3 49, from pas
sengers x247l59Ol an Increase Of sss.l57 10; from
mail 1861 $40 g. an Increase Of s223S %; from ex-
press $500 3S1 49, an OF $3.50 g. and from
miscellan eous sources such mileage. elevators.
service. excess baggage. milk. ETC. Nin t'e o.
ar Increase OF $2571e o. The gross income there
fore was 81 30 7s7 IS. Increase OF G.lpoo 70
The expenditures include general expenses 81 49,
S5s So an increase Of S7514 50: conducting trans
rNrtation. Sl11ss,722 H. an Increase OF Sco'f1o"'
maintenance Of equipment 1904. 7T ~. decrease
OF t2l704 a. maintenance OF way ana struc'u''''
s. s34 pa 81 decrease of s299.5i6 10 The tota eA
per 500 30 G91 "a. Increase or N]-''' "
The not earnings from the operatio OF the prop
erty E.4iss9s 81 an increase OF S'S'oo'oV- IN
come from other sources. s1,0l7+7 ~. decrease VI
81 239 O3. Deductlng net earnings OF the "asnint-
ton Branch 1927 N5 49, there - left tho avaiiaole
income amounting to ss336.76s an ncre15s OF slf@'-
~ g. From the available income IL deducted mter
es, on bonded Indebtedness. rentals. taxes ana
other charges amounting 10 S1io'IN u, lea'lrs ~
balance of $4,000. against dehct IN 1884 Oh
IL H r. an increase over last year or N'o ol a.
As COMPARED with 1897 the Increase IN gross earn
per cent; in net earnings. $3.50 per cent IN earn
ings from freight sM per cent: in earnings from
passengers. 372 per cent; In earnings from man.
299 per cent in earnings from express. loz per
cent: from miscellaneous sources. S32 per cent
Tho ratio Of expenses to earnings In l$" was 900
per cent while I'm 1893 It was 73l4 per cent
showing the 4ppreciabe decrease OF oos pr ctIl,i
ascribed 70 physical IN anges In track, ne" anu
TCwerful locomotives and rev and larger rdrS
The company carried In 1895. Il ~ tonr oi
freight an increase OF 1885. or ~ per cen,
10 Cd mile
crease II 2it7 per The ave-t;e earnings pno,
ton based on exclusive freight re'9nue, were VI
cents a decie Of cents. The average "arhnEss
a freight-train milo were si.He. an Increase OF
Il 2-l6 cents or IS % per cent -,
record Of tie soft-coa tonnage Tor the SIX
r,onths from January I. 1895 shows 3'soo'' tons 81
COZ lse O7s tons carried mile. the pas 'ense,
carried were s569.5i6 increase OF % OF :
per cent The gross earnings mile or ROAD WIZ
i2 $40 g. an fnCica Sc Of S7 b. or s3T per ceI inc
/ gross expenses n mile ~ road were SlOlOl ~ an
Increase OF sl3l 81, 122 per cent Inc neL earn y,
ings Of a mile road were &.12 Il. an increase VI
$25 g. 1853 per cent -. ... .,
| The general managers report shows that east oI
the Ohio River q 7 tons ~ eighty five pound steel
rail and 1908 ~ transferred steer ran W. ,
laid West OF the Ohio River Abs tons OF ne" anu
! 1874 tons OF transferred steel rail- were iai1.
! It was learned yesterday that tho holders OF ,ne
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