Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-03
&c GrS 3 earnings-1Ss7. s1so.s5s: 1898.
Net earnings-1ss7. s44,ss7; 1898, s47.-

459. 800 W.
PETERSBURG RAILROAD.
Year ending June 30th:
Gross earnings-1S9O, s49S. 917: 1897.
so62, 945; 1898. s600,745.
Net earnings-1Sso. s163. S1S; 1897. 1884,
69l; 1898. $780,, 641.
Number of passengers carried-1S90.
$3.50; 1897. $3.50; 1898. S5.494.
Number tons freight moved-1S9o.
416. IT'S; 1897, 514, 465; 1898, 59O,s2O.
July LIST to October 31st:
Gross earnings-1S97, S1G5, 423; 1898,
$195,3i9.
Net earnings-1ss7. 76,oso; 1885, s1os.-
sol.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
Year ending June 3oth:
Gross earnings-1S97, s10,537, 1872; 1898,
s11 ,S26,123
Net earnings-1Ss7. s2.sa4.272; 1858, 49,
50,024.
p Passengers carried-1ss7. 1.7ls.444;
Tons freight moved-1ss7. e,9s7,s72;
1898. { S,276. 94s.
SEABOARD AND ROANOKE.
gear ending June sO.)
1890 1896 1898
Gross earn'g' s.S6S1. 619 $SS7,7S6 $3.50 565
Net earnings 275,267 2sG,931 800, 4s4
carried :: 1o5.s7s 1873 1864
Tons freight
moved -. 45o,557 52s,727 s425os
SEABOARD AIR LINE SYSTEM.
Year Ending June 3Oth)
1896 1897 1898
ings ;. ..ss,ss5,aso ss.s45.5l4 ss.5so.721
ings :. =. 9o5,514 s76,os4 1889 22s
The president of this system reports
that during the past year ninety-four
new manufacturing establishments Of
various kinds have been established on
the line of this system. He also re-
ports that 443 families have settled
along the road. bringing with them
about one million dollars of money and
aggregating over 1000 persons.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
(Fiscal Year Ending June 3Oth.)
mgs :. ..s7.1e1 .a49 $40. 7oS, 1872 s11. 7Ss, 557
Net earn
ings :. 1,7os.SS2 s.42t.41s s.SOs, 1850
myers
Tons freight
moved s.491.297 7,so6,914
(Juiy LIST to October 31st)
Gross earnings SO, 9O2, 459 81 ,107 $50
Net earnings 1929, 1902 1882, 2S3
The gross earnings for this company
for the year ending June 3Oth. 1895.
We're the largest in the company's his,
tory, exceeding by more than one mil
lion dollars the largest previous year.
During the year twenty-three miles
OF track have been added, at a cost of
Ss9,423. The extension piers at Newport
News have been completed at a cost
OF SlOl,922 over and above the insurance
received from the burning of the old
pier. An additional pier at Newport
News for the handling of lumber at a
cost of s35,S95. Nine thousand one
hundred and siXty-nine tons of one
hundred pound and seventy-five pound
steel rails at net cost of 500 SO4. The
Gladys INN at Clifton Forge was turn
over to the hospital association for the
use of employees of the company and a
new hotel and station was erected
nearer the centre of the town, at a
cost of S53.6Ss. Twelve new heavy con-
solldated engines were purchased at n
cost of $4,000, and a large number of
new freight cars at n cost of $1S4,O0
All of the above expenditures, along
with considerable additional amount
spent for improvements and better
ments to the property, have been
charged to operating expenses.
N. & w. EARNINGS FOR NoVEM-
BIER.
Following is an abbreviated state
ment of the earnings of the Norfolk
and Western railway for November:
Total earnings, passenger, mail and
express. 81. Q06 .95b.55.
Total operating expenses 1851, 41516.
Net earnings, s345. 540.39.
Compared with November, 1897. there
is an increase OF $96, 9s9.26, or IL per
cent. in total earnings. an increase Of
S291S5.27. or 5 per cent. in total ex-
penses, and an increase of SCI, S13.99, or
"a per cent. i'll net earnings. The pro-
portion OF expenses to gross earnings
was 66 per cent. IN November, 1898. and
60 per cent. in same month Of 1897.