Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-07
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Increased Business Steam and Trolley Roads-ln- in Accidents and Observation-Disclosures Elec- trc and Steam Roads.

, panies. The six remaining companies ] have debt amounting to $25l, S19'
 divided as follows: Central New Ens- 1ag- Hartford & Connecticut Western. l .s700 0DO;' New Haven & Northampton. | s3,109, 9,000: New London Northern. $1,5O0 GOO: New York, New Haven x Hartford, $234, ,S75, mortgage bonds and debentures; Norwich & Worcester s1,2G0, GOO.
 The funded debt per mile of road is reported as $S7,642.27-
 companies are reported to be sl7,ez4,- 123,47, divided among the various com panies as follows: Central New Eng land, $2,429, ,596.35, an increase during the year of S27e,176.99; Hartford and Connecticut Western, $227 ,699-20, a de- crease of $112.50; New Haven ana Northampton, s24,105.6S, an increase or S24,0S8.1S; New London Northern, $4,- 45714, an increase of $9S.34; New York, New Haven and Hartford, $14. sO4- s2, an increase of s3.731, ,5SS.96; Norwich and Worcester, $63.S77, an increase or s264.58; and the South Manchesrer, 26.483.33, an increase of $1,S5o.17- The total amount of stock and debt of the companies is $40, 79S.47-
 The total bonded debt of the ten street railway companies, not includ- ing the 424.069 miles of single main track owned by the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. the 5,547 miles of the Connecticut com
 
 Manchester Light, Power and Tramway company (the two last named compa- nies not having outstanding bonds), is ST, ,061. TOO, being $52, ,723.68 per mile of single main track owned. Of this sum SIS, ,465,70o represents the bonded debt of the Connecticut Railway and Light ing company, which also includes cer- tain gas and electric lighting plants ot that company as well as It's street railway properties.
 The total indebtedness of ten com panieS, not including the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company, the New Haven and Hartford Railway company is $839, 75S.64, being $5,150.79 per mile- The total stock, bonds and floating debt of the companies is $39.- 392, ,25S.64, excluding the obligations of the lines owned by the steam road.
 The gross earnings of the nine cpcr- ating companies were $7.610. .41S.I3, an increase of $292,177-e7 over the preced- ing year. The gross earnings per mile of main track operated were S,253.E9. The largest gross earnings were $9, 15s.- 20, by the Connecticut company. and $T,e63.3S. by the Danbury and Bethel Street Railway company.
 The number of street railway acci- dents has increased from 15 killed and 240 injured in 1901 to 39 killed and l. 437 injured in 1909. Tables showing the number of highway crossings in each town in the state and their con tention in the matter of protection are appended to the report.
 The amount paid in dividends upcn the stock of five of the companies was S746,231-50. In addition to. this amount dividends were paid upon the stock of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, rep resenting its street railway interests. The Pennington Street railway, Hart ford and Springfield Street railway, New London and East Lyme, Norwich and Westerly and Providence and Dan ielson Railway companies paid no dfsi- dends.
 The amount paid for interest, oit- side of the amount paid by the NeM York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company upon the obligations os its street railway properties, WAS $S05, ,049.20.