The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15

INCLUDING The DiGESTS
OF COMPLAINTS AND DECISIONS
IN THE NUAH.ROES Sits.
The STREET RAILWAYS CT The STATE

Tho first annual report OF the North
Carolina Corporation Commission. hc:ne
the report for the year cn&in@ Dee 3lst
1899, has just been issued Rt sides th%
road Commission it embraces the data
Of the State and private banks and BIT II
ing and loan associations all Of which
Were PIT nndtcr its j1lrisd.c II by the last
Legislature. The rs port Is compile / with
all the accuracy. excellence and system
that have marked the previous reports
Of the Railroad C,0rm,ssien rs prepared
by Mr.. III. &. Brown, It's clerk. and mas
beside some new and valuable features
The report begins with tn. letter OF
transm;ttal 10 the Governor, then follows
the acts establishing the fommiSSND and
all acts amending or relating thereto,
statistics As to b3Hlding and loan aSSo-
cations: the rules Of practice BEFORE the
commission; the relation CT rail!'1ad conn
parties 10 tariffs: reports CT thc conn
plants ard decisions in the intricate lin
cation in which the commission las been
involved during the year: AMI h" Il sla'
data as to railroad. telephone. t2le-
graph, and steamboat properties. The
rtnort Of the tax rate case - especially
valuable containing rs il dos C0mIfla-
tiolls OF vast amount Of Information re-
lating to the properties invf.vel which
bad not been previously segregated and
printed togfthCr. il Is worth While "a
recall rhat the ti@cc~ Of afi;GayitS in this
ease Showed 81 counties represented by
Il total Of 2,913 affislayii< given by l.2SI
tax assessors. 2fJ cQ,;Al;zcT>. 3}1 county
officers. 81 money lHIgicrs and 9s1 pr
vate citizens.
SOME STATISTICS.
IN IFS letter Of transWittal the cCn-
mi>S,Cr says:
''-rhe rairoai mileage was Increased
during he year 1925 niles; gross earn
ings irons operation were $13.2:I:',t2I ~
the operating expenses were SIS. 1S'i.-
;500.41: net earnings were S:t,~tt121: tn
debt of All the railroads in the Ssat'
is So. 123. -.t;1.ia interest paid on Inc
funded debt for the fiscal year was So
121.3iS.S0: dividends paid in the fiscal
year were sos. 1ti22.9:': numhC- % en-
rloycS in 1890 was 9,i20-an IN creas., Of
121 over the numte- Of last year. I've
passengers were killed and 50 injured:
Is trcapassers were killed. and 30 I'M IT.
cd: 2i employees were killed and t4S in
.inred: Two persons not trcspasserS were
killed and II iniurcd-total killed %. IN
tiurcd S23 Number Of State banks 50
with Il capital stock of S2,449,Sll.0 o.:
deposits 50, 1J22 1925: undivided surplus
$S13.21929 There are "a building an,i
loan Associations III Inc State
STREET RAILWAYS.
The reports Of the various lines 6.
street or electric railways Of the Sta.t
show that there are. &pai1 from VIII
mington which does not give its mileage,
in operation 30:3 miles OF such roads
The Number Of passengers transported
for hi, year were .,193. 40. 1 he totaI
receipts were St43.0.tS. CharIocte'S ne:
income Of S1O,43.9l fro;n 4..,5 miles Of
tracks was the largest. Tho number OF
passengers carried q the several reads
were rs follows: -Asheyille and Biat-
more. 23I ,J1S: Asheville, 6S2,2a-; Char.
Iotte. 5.S2t;: PinphurSt, 1888; Rlle oh.
521 $50, ". lling Oh 123.S1i Winston.
331, 1C6.