The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
BIG GROSS EARNINGS.
RAILROAD RECEIPTS BREAK
 ALL RECORDS.

Hartford. Dec. 24-The gross earn ings of the steam roads of Connecticut in the past year were the greatest in the history of the state. They amount ed to s5o.1SS.sS4S6. showing an increase of s1,2OO,299.15 over the previous year. This statement is made in the fifty second report of the railroad commis- sioners. based on the annual reports of steam and street railroad companies, for the year ending June 30, 1904, and submitted to Governor Chamberlain to. day.
 FIRST SIX MONTHS THE BEST.
 The increase occurred during the first six months Of the year. From January to June 30 there was marked decrease in earnings. Of the foregoing amount s4S, 2S2,9O9.2O was earned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road comany: s1,OS5, ,62S.10 by the New London Northern railroad company: $S54, 4,S16.SS by the Central New England railway company, and s15, ,629.SO by the south Manchester railroad company. each company showing an increase over the earnings of the previous year. The passenger department contributed S2S,s6l,9 ,9SS.l1, and the freight depart ment $25, 75O, ,643.10 to this result. The net earnings were 1S,442, ,191 .SS. being $92S, 1882 more than last year. There has been decrease of 6Os, ,OsS in the number of passengers carried, and an increase of 1SS,l95 in the tons of freight handled.
 THE KILLED AND INJURed.
 The greatest portion of those killed III railroad accidents was among tres passers, 101. Of the employees who were in accidents there were S9 killed and 4OS injured. Of the passengers. three were killed and forty-two injured. The total injured was 657.
 The number of persons injured at grade crossings of highways was thir- ty-one, eight more than last year. and eight of the number were killed, one less than the previous year. The num- Der of grade crossings in the state is 969. This is fifteen less than the mum Der reported last year, eleven having been eliminated in Bridgeport, three in Derby, and one less reported in Litch- field.
 The financial statement of the steam railroads shows the capital stock is sued by the companies to be SIPS, ,760, $50, an increase of $9,102, ,0Sl.62. The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road company has issued $s.1O2,7OO of additional stock during the year, the Hartford and Connecticut Western railroad company $1,2Oo, and the Rock vile railroad company, reporting this year, shows an issue of $10S,750. The amount of stock issued per mile of railroad owned is $S4,232.0S. The amount held in the state of Connecticut $5s,712.775, and the number of stock holders in Connecticut is 44623.
 PASSENGERS CARRIED.
 The number of passengers carried during the year was 64,3l5,3 ,374, which is 6OS, ,0sS less than the number carried last year. The passenger revenue was $2O,- 02O. O.9s50S. The amount paid for taxes was $2,524, ,S52.3S. The amount paid to the state of Connecticut has been S1,- 32,173.36. The entire amount paid is slightly in excess of five per cent. of the gross earnings.
 Since the last report the Consolidated railway company has been organized. This consolidation includes the Fair Haven and Westville railroad; the Win chester avenue railroad; the West Shore railway; the Meriden street rail road; the Worcester and Connecticut Eastern railway: the Danielson and Norwich street railway, and the Peo- ples tramway.
 STREET RAILWAYS.
 Regarding street railways the report says:
 'eThe street railway situation in Con- necticut is peculiar. Some of the com panies are chartered solely to operate street railways, others, not only for such purpose, but also to own and ope- rate gas, electric light, power and wa ter plants in connection herewith. The stock and bonds of the latter com panies are issued upon the property so used as a whole, and it is claimed that it cannot be determined how much of this capital stock represents the street railway exclusively. The same uncer- tain condition is used in the operation of such plants. The same power plant, engines, engineers, fremen and coal are producing power and the same poles and feed wires are conveying it for each of the foregoing purposes. The difti- culty of determining what proportion of the expense of such operation should be chargeable to the operation of the street railway is apparent to those practically familiar with such matters. This combination of purposes of one corporation plays havoc with accurate street railway statistics, but 1t was made to appear to the general assem- bly that the public interests could be better and more economically sub served by permitting it to be done"
 EARNINGS.
 The gross earnings of the street rail7 ways were $4,924,151.46, being $42O,5S0.l7 more than for the preceding year. The number of persons injured in the operation of the street railways during the past year was SS3, of which number twenty-three were killed. The number Of passengers injured was PIP, of whom four were killed the number of em-
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