The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-15
REPORT OF COMMISSION.
synopsis Of the Statement Of Its Actions
for Year 1899.
! SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE FREIGHT RATES
An Increase in the Number NJ Mu..
OF Track In the state--Revenues
from Different sources.

- 'oSais VI tue railroad commission ::
report for 1899. which has Just bean rs.
ceived from the printer:
on the 2sth day OF February. 1899 MIR.
suanl TO an agreement between The ra,i.
road commission aud the said ra,,n,, =
eanp the said commission issued a
eenerai order as follows:
~ Is ordered that the tariffs and ru,,ns,
nmoting the transportation OF freights by
railroads between points In Taxas ~. y
are embraced In this circular he ans " ~
same are hereby adopted by the raiir,ad
commission OF Texas. They shall hesoms
operative upon all railroads In this Sfate
on Friday, the 10th day OF March ana IN ali
remain In force thereafter until cbanssd
OF Cancelled by order OF the commiss on :,
by ms order slight increase In some
vi the freight rates on State shlnments
vas made, estimated TO be abou, . or /
per cent, except as to lumber. on vh,ch M
cnange was made. and thereupon said suits
We're stricken from the docket hv the
plalntiiis at their own expense.
me rates set forth in circular No 7se
are sun IN force. except In so far as they
nave oeea amended from time to time 10
meet new conditions which hays arisen
since their adoption. The railroad commits
SION telt justified In eonsentng TO this
small increase in the freight rates, as IL
terminated the litigation. gave again "a
the commission the control and reguIstton
OF rates, avoided the delay which must
nave occurred, Of from three to five V. ars
before final decision could be expected
and during that time protected the ntople
OF Texas against the excessive freight rates
which were adopted by the railroads on
the granting of this Injunction, and the
state from the risk Of paying large bills
OF cost II the litigation should have been
decided against IT,
The foregoing agreement was made with
the express understanding that the rail
road commission did not waive the right
to make such changes in freight rates in
the future as might be found necessary
and proper
On June 80, 1898. there were, as shown
In our mileage tables, $50. 81 miles O. rail
road in Texas, exclusive OF yard track and
sidngs. The corresponding tables mos
/ and q for June 30. 1897, show e,To2 OF
miles exclusive of yard track and sidlnss,
net increase Of 161 So miles. The great
est item OF increase was 90 IS miles OF the
Pecos and Northern Texas. Other In
creases were as follows; Chicago, Rock
Island and Texas rs miles. Gulf, Beau
mont and Kansas City. 10 miles; Cane
Belt. 9,9s miles; Marshall. Tlmpson and
Sabine Pass. $50 miles; Panhandle and
duil, i%o HlIts' MOSCOW, Oauluen anu
San Augustine. miles, and Trinity Val
ley. $50 miles
The aggregate amount of track classed
as yard track and sidings was 1.52s.79
miles on June 80, 1898. On June 80, 1893,
it was l,613.59 miles. showing a net in
crease for the year OF S4.s0 miles. The net
increase in length OF tracks Of all classes
was 2iG CT miles.
Table No. 3 shows for each railroad in
Texas, for which the information was OBJ
tanned, 9,555,29 miles being represented
the amount on June so, 1899, OF It's out
standing capital stock and bonds, separate
ly With columns showing the amounts,
per mile OF road, OF stock, of bonds, and
of sock and bonds added respectively.
The totals for all che roads are as follows:
Capital stock. S135, O00; bonds, s22s,-
5S7, 04S; aggregate, 1854 ,S9O,0B, General
average per mile of road: Capital stock,
S14,26l; bonds, $24,oO6i aggregate, SSs,Zei.
Table No. shows the gross earnings
from operation Of Texas railroads during
the year ending June so, 1893, stating sep
arately for each road It's passenger, mad,
express, freight and miscellaneous earn
ings. The to,als for the year were; Pas
senger, 45,S4S.34; mail, I,2o7ls4i2;
express, S702 ,160.6S; extra baggage, etc.
s15sls1i6; freight $S4i57, sS9.2S; miseel-
laneous, s1,31s.027sli total s45,S34, lslIa.
rms lS an lQSltaoS VI Vii-pAsNNt'NNt "
per cent over the gross earnings oil the
twelve months.
liable No shows the operating eA-
DC nses for the twelve months ending Jane
80 1899 as reported by the Texas railroad
and receivers. The totals OF
the tables are as follows: Maintenance OF
way and structures, $3.50, 491,77; main
tenaucs OF equipment, si,I54 sso.s4. con
Quoting transportation. Sls,i'S'-ii.uoi
expenses, sl,640.5I9.54; sgsresate
sse. 5lslfS.1s The general average of PEI
centage of operating expenses TO gross
earnings was 7l73 per cent
Table No. 6--S atement OF freight earn |
ings. passenger train earnings, gross earn
ipgs from all sources. operating expenses
and net earnings Tor defcit) per mile OF
road for each OF the operated Texas rail-
roads. In making these computations
yard tracks and sldings were excluded
Taking the roads as whole, their aver
ages per mile Of road were as foilows;
Freight earnings, s355S.l2; passenger tram
S102547; gross earnings from All
sources, Si715,09; operating expenses
sS3s2 55, and net earnings, SlSSSI4 Eaon /
Of these amounts is greater than tue c'r-
amount for the year end ng
rune 30. 1885 In gross earnings per mile
81 road, the best showiugs were made as
follows: Texas and New Orleans I'm
Guiding branehesl, sS65s,d6: Galveston,
Houston and Henderson. ssS79.os; Houston
md Texas Central, s74s5.0s; Central Texas
md Northwestern, $743s. g. and Louisiana
Western extension, s657s.6S. The caicaso.
Rock Island and Texas, which attained
irst place In this respect last year, drops
his year TO ninth place. WITH gross earn
ngs OF s5622 "a per mile. In net earnings
he best showing Is again made oy the
Louisiana Western extension (silO7S5 per
nilel. and the Galveston. Houston ana
henderson still holds second place. with
;3691 20 per mile this year. Five Other
.cads had net earnings greater tnan $4,000
Ter mile. in the following order, VIZ:
Texas and New Orleans. ss50O.0s; Central
rexas and Northwestern Sss4e.1i; Hous-
ON and Texas Central, s2Tis Il; Fort
Worth and Now Orleans. S266S g. and
yhicago, Rock Island and Texas. s2s4so5
Table No. 7-Statistics OF freight traffic
" Inc Texas railroads during the year
,nding June 30. 1899. showing average
distance that freight was hauled, lSl-sf
niles; average receipts per ton OF freight
1 623; average receipts per ton per mile
,auled 1913 cents; average freight re-
eipts per mile Of road. sSSs3.i2. and aver
re freight earnings per mile run by
reieht trains sl.6S.i.
Table No. S--Statistirs of passenger
raffc OF the railroads Of Texas for the
ear which ended June 80. 1893, as Tar as