The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

The annual reports of the street rail
vay companies of the District for the
year ending December 81. 1900, make pos
sible an accurate analysis of the condi-
ton of the companies as to the number of
passengers carried, the gross receipts, the
net earnings. and the net profits or losses
for the year. The figures of the reports
in comparison with those for the year
1899 may be made to show in clear way
the Improvement for the year. The re-
ports of the different lines. compared one
with another. furnish a relative showing
that is most interesting Briefly stated,
the reports of both the Capital Traction
Company and the Washington Traction
and Electric Company show uniform in
creases in business and in profits that are
most satisfactory. as indicating the in
creased business life of the District. and
that will be most gratifying in direct
way to the holders of the securities of
both corporations. The people OF the Dis
trict have used the street railways more
than ever before. The different lines
have all profted by this increased bust
preciably.
The number of passengers on all the
lines of the District and its suburbs dur
ing the year, exclusive of the Washington
and Mount Vernon line, was 77,204.s52.
OF this number 51o39,5 e3 were passen-
gers on the various lines of the Wash
fngton Traction and Electric Company.
and &c, 1852 were passengers on the
Capital Traction lines. The number OF
passengers on all the lines in 1899 was
IS. 266. 634 of which IA 066 ,699 were carried
by the Washington Traction lines, and
o, 1875, 1886 by the Capital Traction. 1t will
be seen that the increase of passengers
for the year was 7.9SS.S1s of which the
Washington Traction carried 6.972.s6i and
the Capital Traction carried 1854 Ash.
The Two Systems.
The Capital Traction Company. with
26. 165, 3S9 passengers carried, has passen
ger receipts of s11S6.674. and net pas
senger earnings of approximately $780,
The average gross receipt. per passenger,
was 4.37 cents, and the average net re-
ceipt per passenger pa cents.
The Washington Traction Company
lines, with 81, 200, 600 passengers carried,
had passenger receipts of about s1.55O, GOO.
and net passenger earnings of s550,000, or
less than the Capital Traction. The aver
age gross receipt for each passenger car
ried was cents, and the average net re-
celpt LOS cents.
The large excess of gross receipt per
passenger on the Capital Traction is, of
course. due only to the number of trans
fers issued by the Washington Traction
lines. The fact that the net receipts per
passenger on the Washington Traction is
only half as much as that on the Capital
Traction, is due partially to other causes,
however. One of these, of course. is the
large proportion of suburban lines in the
former system
In this cGneetion it is interesting TO
note that the@bnly two lines of the Wash
ington Traction system which did not
earn their operating expenses during the
past year were the Tenleytown and the
Brightwood. II was on these two lines
that the syndicate wished to charge an
extra fare some months ago. 1t can be
seen that this extra charge would have
meant difference between deficit and net
earnings on the two lines.
The operating ratio on the Capital
Traction was As per cent. The operating
ratio on the Washington Traction lines
was 66 per cent.
The operations of the different Wash
ington Traction lines may be summarized
as follows:
Observation-Disclosures carried, U.s.
ls1. e07 in 1900: q 124.15s in 1899. Receipts
from passengers, s761, 626.4s in 1900; $685.
oSs.S4 in 1899.