The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-17
'BANNER'YEAR&F:0|:|.R||||..|
AMERICAN / |! G \! ROADS
Estimated Earnings Tli.isIAS } '',e.' \
Show Great Increase Oyer u 81
3Bs;iS.. Last Season. Al.
A sNAK E Holds yP'.3,A [. TRAIN ! A. \

III! tThe three atfportan, fines incl udetl ~
the Atiahtic Copst Limo systeel the y
8lnntic Coast Line, Tie Louisville M i alitl
Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanooga
ana ST s.s.ikye reported gross earn '' 2
1 gs for the elsvet, months Of the fiscal
year just closed !. Assuming that he CO n
paratlve earnings Of juno VIII 70 bo \ III
proxlnately equal to those OF May e. tils
I sho wing Tor the Il complete fiscal year
will be a. follows, 4
NJ q Total Inc over "
IN s35 3 M a5,y4 r. X Gross, s a pre-. year.
a.. L. \. h. q. .s24 ,916, ~ sz7b4 los
~. & Il, \, 1os, e27 10 o6S
g. q So 81. y. 10 es7, 500 IN S4e. 7Sb
5 rotals 4. Z. +. 1o2 eas 7,7oS,os!
These figures, showing an increase Nf'as q
e<rly 10 per dent. over the previous
fiscal year are regarded as q rernarKa 0lc
showing, considering the fact that thsre
was a short cotton crop and tina 5l 1o q
three months Southern traffic was great
" disturbed by the results Of ne TX yei ~
fever outbreak I'M New Orleans. the ne n
creased earnings are attributed to the til
industrial awakening throughout ing tlls,
South. "a 5B:E3tf e 3 s3s5s3 W y
The fiscal year Just closed has proved q
banner, year for American roads W v, y
1T will be many months before the official
figures FOR Il all$3the railroads IN the
United States are available, the increases q
that have been shown month after month ,f'rft
by the railroads making monthly returns I.
indlca te q very large increase IN q DOH o
gross and net earnings over the ,flsn " e
for aO6. While II would be HAZARDOUS "
estimate closely tho actual increase for
ali the roads In the country, it seems
probable from thesfigures already q avail va y
able that the gross earnings OF the raj g IL
roads OF the United States, covering az =.
Sproxlrn atelyI3 219 600 miles OF ROAD VII y
show for&the fiscal yenr ended June ao si
an increase Of 10 per cent. over the y,
ora, 0oO 600 earned Sin 1905, according TO tne
preliminary report Of the Interstate Com
nlerco Commission. n III
Running at the rate Of 60 miles an hour "
Just south :, Of Reading, train of#the
3Ph,ladelphia and Reading Railway, Hill;
ed with passengers, came to sudden stop
last night, by tho red Ugh OF Q
block signal. tter waiting the minute n. Ie
IN which q train lis supposed to clear the
short blocks, the ff en- gineer proceeded
with caution, y expecting q wreck, Y or az
least a brok enFrai An Inspector cst
wa 4 sent out at once, and found there
still showing. thorough examination ~!
overhead and above ground showed ]. asno
defect. The sinspeoto finally removed the
TOP 81 the undergroun case which con ;! q
tains 4 the electric. connections with the the
rails. "A garter snake. q inches long,yllay
comfortably cooled Its head cushioned on
the delicate spring depressing \ Z SO that
It made the con tact niece ssary 70 Il SCI
the signal at danger. The reptile had
reached The feis htaa Of its Il fame and met
death An so doing llentown l.tse adeAr -
tfThe Underwater, has haught land /. at &.
cost Of about 800, 600, for "a new yard *Th he
yard vii; be about one and ,one-half miles
siong.5 The company will proba bly, build
repair shops and make FT7anoke division
he af1nll a rterg 80