Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-09
STATE HOUSE,.
Annual Report of Atlantic
Shore Line Railway.
Three Health Conferences Held
Al Washington, D. C.
Riley Week at the library-.Warden
Seizes Murderous Fish Spear.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Friday, Oct. IS, at 10 A. Nj.

The annual report of the Atlantic
Shore Railway for the year ending,
June 80, 1912, filed, Tuesday with the
State Board of Railroad Commission
ers, shows gross earnings from opera
ton, 1856, 04276 operating expenses
$24S, 299.2S; net earnings from opera
Hbns, $107, 743.4S. The deductions from
income include, taxes $7026.9S: interest
on funded debt, $93415, interest on
floating debt $353.21; total, 500, S05.19;
net income, s6sSS.29; surplus for year.
s693S. 20; deficit at beginning Of year,
$50, 15941 debts, buglaries and bad
debts, SS20.33: depreciation of roadway,
track and equipment, 100000; deficit at
close of year, $50. 541.45
The car earnings for the year
amounted to $349, 5S2.41; miscellaneous
earnings $645995. The principal items
of operating expenses include: Main
tenance of way and structures, $34,-
1928; maintenance of equipment, s27.-
924.09; operation of power plant. s57,=
603.47; freight and express service,
Sl1,6l0.S0; operation of cars, &3047. 05;
operation of ferry, S15,222.34; general
expenses. $2S, 1000. The total wages
paid conductors and motormen amount
to S41, 1861
The length of road, main track is
S7.627 miles, of which 2.7S3 miles is
leased; length of sidings and turnouts
4.644 miles, of which IL miles is leased
Total computed as single track. 92.271
miles, owned, 1892 miles, leased. Rail-
way located outside of Maine, 1888
miles, all of which is operated.
The rolling stock includes 80 passen-
ger cars, freight cars, l mail car,
express cars, 6 combination cars,
work cars. snow plows, gondola
coal cars, u single truck side dumps,
electric locomotives, fiat car. portable
sub station, ferry boat and steamer a
total Of 81 This is a decrease of four
in the number of passenger cars over
last year. There has been no change
in the track mileage from the proceed
ing year.
The total car mileage is 1881, 50S
total car plows, 115,S21; total passen-
gers carried, $4.774.105: gross earnings
per car mile, $0.26739; gross earnings
per car hour, s3.07407 operating ex-
pense per car mile, $01S647: operating
expenses per car hour s2.143S1; operat-
ing expenses and taxes per cent. of
gross earnings, I'LL; average number
employees during year. 279; aggregate
amount of salaries and wages paid,
$147, 104.95
Thirteen passengers were injured,
one employee killed and two injured.
also one other person injured in acct
dents during the year, a total of II.
The Atlantic Shore Line Railway
commenced oDeratiOn JULY A. 1900 On
Dec. /, 1904, the Mousam River Rail-
road, the Sanford & Cape Porpoise
Railway and Sanford Power Co., were
consolidated with this company. On
Feb. l, 1906, the property rights and
franchise of the Portsmouth, Dover &
York Street Railway were purchased
and merged. On Dec. l, 1910, the prop
erty was sold at a foreclosure sale and
reorganized. Dec. 81, under the name
of the Atlantic Shoe Railway.
The officers of the company are:
President. Frederick o. Conant, Port
land: vice president. Louis b. Goodall,
Sanford; treasurer Constant South
worth, Portland; Auditor, ]. NJ. Leav-
lit. Kennebunk; general mana ger, L,
H. McCray. Kennebunk: assistant
treasurer, Sterling T. Dow. Kenne-
bunk; directors, Fred J. Allen, C. B.
Goodall. L. B. Goodall, Sanford; A. II.
Beckmore, E. Burton Hart. New York;
VIM. Kinney, Jr., Newport, r. l.; A.
S. Bosworth, F.. o. Conant, c. S. Cook.
E. j. Eddy. G. S. Hobbs, Constant
Southworth. Theodore Gould, C. Il.
Weeks, Portland J. S. Jones, Balti-
more, Nd; 9. Fl. Prescott, Biddeford.