Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-27
Atlantic Shore Line Rail-
way Submits Report.
The Contracts Awarded for Van
Buren-St. leonard's Bridge.
Gen. Dill to Attend the Meeting Of
National Guard ksso.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR,
Next Meeting of Governor and Coun.
Gil Friday, Sept. 30, at 10 A. M.

Aoiioit Iiic halfway LOT lHe year end
ing June 80, 1910, was filed at the Of
flee of the Board of Railroad Commits
s!oners yesterday The report shows
that the gross earnings from opera
ton for the year were 1858, 1868; OPP
Grating expenses, $265, 0606S; net
earnings from operation, $SS,30615;
deductions from income, $152922 27;
net deficit, $64,616.12; deficit at be-
ginning 'of year, $34,37S.09 deficit at
close of year, $99.4S4.06; maintenance
of way and structures, $46,3S177;
equipment, s36,7266S Transportation
operation of power plant, SAG. 217.3S;
freight and express service, $17,91003;
superintendent of transportation
$5S0705; wages of conductors and mo-
tormen, $42,1S1.02; wages of miscel-
laneOuS car service employees, $134.79;
wages Of car house employees and eX
penses, $6993.32; maintenance of sig
nal and interlocking system, $53S.02;
miscellaneous car service expenses,
$7951.45; mail car employees, $636.10;
cleaning and sanding track, $2636.10;
removing snow and ice, 500, 49037:
maintenance of ferry, $13,57O.O7; SAL
aries of general officers and expenses.
s9S66.36; salaries Of clerks and expen-
ses, $2711.15: printing and stationery,
$1S227; miscellaneous office expenses,
$127373; store expenses, $457.7S; ad-
vertising and attractions, $2089.02;
miscellaneous general expenses, $500.
G2; legal expenses in connection with
damages, $4S4.66.
Other items in the report are as
follows: Passenger car mileage, 1.20S,-
265; freight, mail and express car mi
leage, 130,370; total car mileage, L.
| 33S,G35; passenger car hours, 107, 418;
freight mail and express car hours,
23,925; total car hours, 1,343; fare
passengers carried, 3,398,603; transfer
passengers carried, S73.667; total pas
sengers carried, 4,272,270; average
| fare, revenue passengers, $.0835; aver
| age fare, all passengers, $0664; car
earnings per car mile, $3.50; miscel-
laneous earnings per ear mile. 500:
gross earnings per ear mile. $.263; car
earnings per car hour, $25S2; miscel-
laneouS earnings per car hour, Sos;
gross earnings per car hour, $3.50 ;
operating expenses per car mile SIS;
operating expenses and taxes per car
hour. $.21: operating expenses per car
hour, SOL; operating expenses and
taxes per car hour, $205; operating
expenses per cent. of gross earnings,
1901 per cent; operating expenses end
taxes per cent. of gross earnings,
| I6.42 per cent: average number of
employees, including officials, during
year, $50: aggregate amount of sal
aries and wages paid, $1i3,675.19.
Summary of accidents during year
passengers injured, 5; employees, one.
Adjutant General Elliott C. Dill will
| leave Friday for St Louis to attend
| the annual meeting of the National
| Guard Association of the United
| states. Col. John J. Dooley of Port
land who will be in st. Louis at that
| time on private business, will also at
! lend the convention. General Dill is a
| member of the special committee on
Uniformity of legislation which is to
report at the st. Louis session. Cen
| eral C. NJ Clement of Pennsylvania is
| chairman of the committee and the
bill which has been prepared to sub
NIT as the committees report is along
the lines of the new National guard
policy, which is to bring the Guard as
| closely as possible ia the standard of
|
the states all their constitutional
rights Many states are bringing
their military laws up to date and it
is believed that the bill to be sub
mtted at st. Louis will be a great as
sistance to states which are seeking a
new military code.
| Announcement was made Monday
/ n rot i,-
sioner of highways. that the contract
for the construction of the masonry
| foundation of the Van Buren, and st.
! Leonards bridge had been awarded to
Powers e. Brewer of Grand Falls. n.
B., for $23,S95.50. and that work on
the same was commenced last Friday.
| The contract for the SuperStructure of
the bridge has been awarded to the
Penn Bridge Co., of Beaver Falls,
PENN for S40.991.
| The Board of State Assessors left
yesterday afternoon for Alfred and
will today begin their last series of
meetings of the season with the
boards of local assessors. The meet
ings will be held in York and Cum
berland counties.
The following corporations have
filed their certificates of organization
at the office of the secretary of State:
Cooperating Trading Co. of Amer
lea, organized at kittery, for the pur-
pose of manufacturing and dealing in
goods. wares and merchandise, with
$500 900 capital stock. of which moth
ing is paid in. Officers: resident
Forrest l.. Mitchell of South Action
Mass: Treasurer. Leslie l.. Faulkner
of Maiden, Mass. Certificate filed Sept
%. 1910.
Coast steamship Co. organized at
Portland, for the purpose of conduct
ing a transportation business for pas
sengers and freight on the high seas
or from port to port with $1,Ooo,00t
capital stock, of which $500 is paid IN
Oficers President, John II. Pierce OF
Portland: Treasurer. John Fl. Ridge OF
Portland Certificate filed Sept. 20
1910.
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