Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-03
A GREAT RAILROAD.
Figures In the Maine Central Report
Look Immense.
Some Of the Figures Analysed Roads
Equipment List.

A great railroad company takes in a
| il cxpcnds fortunes in one way and an
| other. The report of the Maine Central
tells alike of the manner in which tn,
| millions were earned ami Of the various
manners in which ii was all expended
First an it is found that the gross trans
| portati1n earnings Were S5,022 go 80 while
| the total operating expenses were 65.5i>
| per cent of this or So M. 337l0 The taxes
| Of the company were sl2l So. the in
| terests on debts were 500 3e5. -, and tho
| rents on leased lines were s6i1 1892. the
sinking fund payments We're s144i0,
! leaving a balance Of $22 9l2 81. Four divi-
dends of u. per cent We're declared ana
| with s70.O03.g7 that was charged off Is
on account Of money paid for subscrip
tions on stock that has no market value,
the balance at the end Of The year wds
s53G77.4i
The number of passengers carried dur
ing the past year We're 2l3G.i70 an in
crease of Is. $50 over the previous year.
The number Of tons Of freight carried
was 3.211. 500 an increase Of 40 1SS.
Among the expenses of the year. which
to a man not in the railroad business
seems immense. were 1912 tons of new
s.eel rails, 3s5l Of relaying rails, 800 ,5'J
cross ties. 1903 switch lies, 3l,5li miles
Of track wholly reballasted, 1913 miles OF
fence rebuilt. There have been 26Sl cubic
yards Of masonry placed in various parts
of the abutments along the line. n new
steel girder bridge has been built at
Veazie Il wooden highway bridge has
been erected at Conway Center. The re
pairs and renewal to locomotives cost
S135. l405I. The repairs to the passenger
cars cost $50 i69.3S. The repairs TO freight
cars was $7i.6191S. The new equipment
cost Sl5i He's This included four mod
ern engines two for the passenger and
two for the passenger service.
The mileage and traffic statistics are
interesting 1t is found that there are
So IS miles in operation ana the passcn
ger trains run 1.139,il5 miles while the
freight train ran l.5l4.095 miles The
gross income per mile was %.2"VSi Ihr
net transportation earnings per revenu"
mile were S1.5i while the operating eN
penses per revenue mile were $l0l. The
net transportation. earnings per revenue
mile were So cents. The passenger rev
passengers carried 2136, 40. The average
distance per passenger was $3.50 miles.
The average number of passenger per
train were 41.7S The average rate of fare
per mile received from all passengers was
OPP while the average revenue per pas
senger mile was $l.0S.
OF the millions of tons mentioned in the
freight list the classification of the dif
bnt her !.
were of acids. 81 ,35i tons; agricultural i'm
plements, 1888: bark. 25.630; boots ana
shoes. 1886: brick, 20,12i; castings and ma
chnery. 2S.65l: cement. n.l0l; anthraci'e
coal, A0S1; bituminous coal, 226,5ii: coke.
l0il cotton, p, i2S: domestics, 4o.225; Hour.
H. 393: fruit and other vegetables, 5.95i:
furniture and household goods, 13S06:
grain. 3S7. 362; hay. 3i,S6i; hides and leath-
er. 14.O0l; ice, 23,33S: iron, Isl; lime, AZ.
1S7; live stock. 22,6l9; lumber, ~. 90;
meats Is, 4S1; merchandise, 64136; metal.
| 1S 775; mill products. 29,460; miscellaneous,
279, 772; naval stores. 596; ores, 4l9l; pack
ing house products, 1853; paper. 1851;
petroleum, 2S 466; potatoes 113,IS3; pouI :
try, game and fish, l2,511; rails iron AMI
steel, II 500 stone, 1851: sugar, 1871 :;
tobacco. 2i32; wagons, 6S41; wood pulp,
l
Do 095; wool. G221.
| The company has 81 passenger engines,
60 freight engines and 80 switching en-
gnes 169 passenger cars, 20 baggage cars,
| and SO ether cars for mail and baggage
and observation use. There are 6S ca :
boose cars 1902 freight box cars, 81 stock
cars, Is refrigerator cars, 2i9 coal cars,
202g fiat cars. and IS dump cars. In the
road service equipment there are 35S cars.
In the millions of miles which the en- :
gines run they consumed 1874 pints OF
| lubricat ting oils, 1913 pounds OF vast,
l2i,i76 tons of coal and Go9 tons OF Woo.
! The average cost per mile run for loco
| motives is 1854 cents; the average mum :
Der of miles per locomotive run was ~,
| 9i2 miles; the run per ton of coal was
So 81 miles, per pint of lubricatins oil,
2l0l.