Macon beacon., 1900-01-06
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Report of the Railroad Commission.


the biennial report of the rairoan com
mission is copied from the jackson
News:
Total mileage for 1898, 1853, 1856, total
for 1899 2,614, sos.
Value of all railroad property, S25,
93l, ,105.
Pullman car companies, S94, 400
Southern Express Company, sS,846.
American Expreno Company. 7.902.
Postal Telegraph Company, s11O,8s7
Western Union Telegraph Company
S1SG, 47G
This gives a total valuation of S26,
33s, 476, and total ad valorem tax fol
1899 of &17l,2OO.35
The same for 1898 was Sl5S. .S41.14
The privilege tax for 1898 was $40, 5s9
The same for 1899 will be $40, ,SG3.
The total ad valorem and privilege
tax for last year was $l99,42LI. The
total for this year will be S212, ,O6?.51.
A reference to the report for two
years ending January so, 1897, shows a
total mileage reported of 9,659, ,51Omiles
this should be 9,573,7 ,7S6.
The total mileage for 1898 is 1858, 1856,
which shows an increase over 1897 OF
SO,39O miles, The total mileage for 1898
IS 2,G74,5OS, which shows an increase OF
of 40 r,nos -, +a4,,I -. .:-E.,.,-.
ore .ipoo teo- .o,,o.t - Iot -,,
If win ho ohyorr.d r,o+ t,i. uo,,,..
only includes ronort w. T,nn ''o o. isno
and docs no+ sbn,i.. =, ,,.,d aIlf
sions since comn,o+od
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Iralnmeu killed in 1898 93..,........,,,..,.... 2,
Irainmen killed in 1S0J Observation-Disclosures. II
rrolnmen injured in 1888 3...,..",..,,..,,..l75
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Passengers killed in Isol ..'.,.,..,.'''',''
Passengers injured in Observation-Disclosures. a
passengers Injured in Is9',.,.......,..,,... o7
= ros ns' aosgIs M,Ioa I, in ,soa'' ''.''' d.
rrespassers inigr,a in ,.os ''''''''
rrespasscrs ininre i" is,o ''' "S
Total Killed Ia i83S. 81
I".', h'..ol ili ''j','''''''''''''''''' q
Total i"j"rc ijcI in in ,oo3 '''' q,
The report calls attention to the fact
that the valuation of railroad oronartv
in this State ie las. ,Ior 1, otI,d, c+,4,y
near NV bu+ !, l,o. 1,,a ,l,,, -,
tho oo,nn,isaia,, :, ,,'t :, 10y ~
,.,o,l. - ~ ''' ''lNP ~ II '''o az
- '',V" "''P''''ioi " ''edu UIl
PooP'V larry III T'iaIu 10 rates Inc
t'''' H"ST 'n"t In" commission ana
WI an lo"0S nave sot'eh a'ohg IaIrly
wen IN regard TO rates.
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Arfer T,tr,,..Sa,,o D.,,,, ''Do"' %'u. 'e''0reu
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f., Iaal-.a,, :, 5000 '''o ','e''' ''o'p'
''.','' ~ '-'''' '''1'e were HuuleI'
,', ,' "S""V ~, '''''' ." '''e Sne'yeS Oh tne
'''' ''O ',O'"'f' Iiuh"reuS Oh volumes
were IaNeh' ana many valuable books
WanlonIy mutllated. The books re-
Ierred to IN the following interesting
letter may not have disappeared in this
way, and they may have been "bor-
rowed" from the library as suprested
by Prof. Matthews. At anv rata tbnc
received a cordial v,olco,,o f.,,., ,fn'
l'0''' ol"'' liDr"r'ai'
BRANDON Miss, Dec 26, 1899.
O1i' l over
,s,t, 'g"u 10 i,, you 'o1"y Eoiunes ~ \ ana Al
~ r, ~ oSo f 'lr''o' ,I VI ~ oooe' ",,tn were
sor,o tina nrior ta tI,a ,a9n " i.c5 ''',o,pr rL
books were given to ma Inv farr,o,. 1r,,J,
Tr of shod,. Cro,,a rann,,l,