Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-07
MAINE RAILROADS.
Annual Report Of Commits
sioners as to Their Condition.
Gain in Gross Earnings Of All Roads
Aggregates 989,265.75.
There Ace Il Steam and ~ Street Railroads
Doing Business in Maine.

| The 43d annual report of the RoarC
of Railroad Commissioners has beer
submitted. In part, the commissioners
! say:
Twenty-one railroad corporations
located wholly or in part in Maine
! whose roads are operated by steam
and q street railways whose roads are
! operated. with one exception. by cleo
| tricity. have made their annual returns
| for, the year ending June 80 1901.
Fourteen Of the roads operated by
steam are standard gauge and seven
are narrow or two-feet gauge roads.
| AS shown by the report of the rail-
! road commissioners for the year end
! ing June go, 1900. there We're 1905 miles
| OF. steam railroads in Maine.
| During the year ending June 20. 1901.
there were constructed and put in OPP
, GRAFTON the following additional mile
age:
Bangor & Aroostook LII miles;
Franklin & Megantic (kingfield e.
Dead River extensionl, miles; Sebas-
ticook & Moosehead extension. Z miles:
a total Of 14.17 miles. From this total
must be taken 1900 miles on account
of re-measurement of Patten & Sher-
man railroad, making a total increase
in mileage of 1898 miles.
This increase in mileage constructed
during the year makes the total mile
age of steam railroads in Maine. on
June so. 1901. 1888 miles.
Of this mileage, 175S.S1 is standard
gauge. and 16017 narrow gauge. The
sp,1y- ~. to
of the Rockport Railroad. three miles
in length.
The gross earnings of the steam
reads of Maine show a gratifying in
crease over the year 1900. as the fol-
lowing deductions show:
In order to get at the gross earnings
from operation in the State of Maine.
deductions have to be made from the
gross earnings of those roads which
are operated in part only in Maine.
The gross earnings in Maine for the
year ending June 30, 1901, We're s1O,-
e30.oo2.sG. against sl0.O0S. 502.50 in 1900
which gives an increase of 1921. 800. So in
Maine.
the number Of passengers carried
in Maine Tor the year ending June 30.
1901. was 6,17l,0l4 against 5.4l7..59 in
1900, Il gain of 1926 passengers car
ried.
The number of tons of freight hauled
IN Maine for the corresponding year,
1901. was S,2S1, 6SS. against 1851 sos in
1900. 4 gain of 105,SS0 in tons hauled.
The total passenger train mileage for
the year ending June 90. 1901, was g.
6p9.b4S. against 1850 COS miles in 1900. a
gain of 3l9.035 in passenger mileage.
The total freight train mileage for
| the corresponding year Of 1901. was g.
co. .032. against 3,345. 232 miles in 1900, an
increase Of 1850 in freight train mile
age.
The number of passengers carried
| one mile for the year 1901. was ISL $751;
ST against 1885, 04 in 1900. a gain of
G,922 .007 in passengers carried one mile.
| The number of tons of freight carried
one mile for the corresponding year
! 1901. was 600,99S,s 66. against 551, 1854 059
| in 1900. a gain of ~. 039, s07 tons carried
one mile.
The total revenue train mileage in
Maine including mixed trains. for the
year ending June 30, 1901. was 1861,
against 6,941.25S in 1860. Il gain of 245.-
iti in revenue train mileage.
| The total mileage of non-revenue
trains was 1.i51 go in 1901. against L.
;a4.2 in 1900. an. increase of 257.1 S9 of
noh-revenue train mileage. The grand
| total mileage of revenue and non-rev-
enue trains was S,S06,756 miles. 4
The continued prosperity and in
creased earnings Of railroads are clear
" shown in the appended table, giving
the total expenditures for I"mainte-
nance of structures. equipment. trans
portation and general expenses" over
that Of 1900: h. Ia =
.y.s 1901. . 1890.
Maintenance Of trt:.
| ways and struc-
l lures g. s s,6oS ,stss - s u.s. 81 T.
Maintenance OF h...-
equipment. A.;sl575.se 3,ss..ooS5 s.
portafion, l7.aH.s6s. 1874. 14s. O:
General, expenses. llS9, 59S.3s .SS9, 19i..
Total "a SeS..H. so. IS sa2.515, Isl. 0
! The cost OF these various running eX
pei,ses on Tho Maine Central for the yea
1891 amounted to $685.. $3.50, as agains
50. 753, 800 IS. an increase of SOS, 369.S7.
On the Kennebec Central these eX
lpenses aggregated 81. 1863 for l9ao an,
sl0.3Sl.2l for 1901, decrease in operatin.