Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
.RAILROADING IN YAVAPAI!
fHs North and S]Uth Road EaksS q CFeditabls ShOxIRs of ifs Business
 for the Paa Year.
While the Earnings Have Been HeasV So Do the Industrial Interests of this Section Likewise
 Keep Pace.
NUMEROUS. BRANCH LINES
 ALSO CONTEMPLATED.

The fifth annaal report of the s.
 F. F. X r. railway, submitted to the stockholders, has been issued and is before us It Is for the year ending June 30, 1899, and contains much valuable data, from which the fol lowing excerpts are of interest:
 The gross earnings for the year are given st SS75, ,2s7.77, an increase over 1928 of l4.55 per cent. In three years the gross earnings have in- creased over S3O0.0OO, showing a steady and stable condition of the country ii passes through, Prescott and vicinity being especially for ward in industrial advancement.
 During the year 40,273 new ties were lad, and in 1889 it was found necessary to string a new telegraph wire along the route from Ash Fork 10 PheniI, distance of DO miles.
 The total consumption of coal in tons on the system was 36,S5S, at a cost of Sl29, ,365.
 The total number of miles run by mixed trains during the year was l6,762; by freight trains, IT ,629, and bY passenger trains I14.l2Q.
 In the stStemeOt of frsSghkzHnd
 4senger statistics the following
 uIes are interesting. Freight revenue, SaS4, ,222O6; tons- earric1, |zl9, ,ll6; revenue per ton, S2.67. sIn the shipment of ores handled 554 .2I tons is given. a notable ia- cnease over that of 1898
 \ statement of earnings by sta tions is also given, and is of especial interest, the following named places being among the heaviest in amount accredited 10 the line. Ash Fork, S23,SS670; Jerome June tion, SAG, ,lS5-32; Prescott, SlIs,- 2269S; Congress Junction, S52,- 93l-26; Glendale, $26 Sl7.44; Pbenix. SI92. .S9.I6; conductors. $6.S9l74.
 June, 1899, shows the heaviest earnings iR amount of any month during the year, the total being &SO,- l9S.75.
 In the maintenance of structures and roadways, the total figures ap S36, ,I69.41.
 The earnings fog the year are classified as follows: Ezaight. Szlss4. 2229si passeugs.. $180,5lIl5; man, S20,0llS6; express, SI0,37S.o4; tele- graph, @,S75 l2i miscellaneous. S5,l47.79; under trSfKs contrast, S65, l39.55.
 The cost oI operating was as fol- lows: Conducting transportation, S2l3, ,994.l l5; maintenance of road and structures, SI33,926 52; main tenance of equipment, S62 422 .SS; general expenses, A4,9iI 6O.
 President Murphy, in hls report among other things, makes mention of the following: The Prescott sud Eastern railroad was completed ex- cept ballasting on certain portions, DdoperatIon commenced on Oct. l5, ls98. The prediction of additional traffic by the construction of thIs i branch has been realized and We haEe reason to expect this prosper ! ous condition will continue. There l are developments in the mining dis | eflcts bey ond 1he southern terminus l of this branch that fully merit the l serious consideration of a further permitting and encoursg- ing tAe shipment Of thousands of i tons of low grade ore, hardly mark | etable under present conditions, i at the same time increasing the | shipment of high grade ore. | The results from the operation of 1 ihIs branch for the first eight months of its existence have been very satis- factory, and justify the policy of 1 branches into meritor- jous mining districts. The Castle l Creek and Briggs mining districts | are attracting considerable stten- ton and there Is good reason to be- lieve that they will soon develop | sufficiently to warrant the construe- ton of a branch into that section. leavng the main line at Hot Springs | Junction.