The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
S2.13e.55IO0 s2,O0S. .lSS. 81
Has 118 Feet OF Track.

Inc washington and Old Dominion
Line, lessee of the Southern Railway
COmpany's Bluemont Division, operates
| 1l6 feet of double track In the District
of Columbia. For this reason the corpo-
! ration must needs make report to Con-
gress.
of the capital stock. 29S5 shares are
owned by John r. Mclean, and 1000
shares by the Great Falls and Old Do
nrinion Line, the balance being scattered
one or two share holdings.
The property is covered by ninety-nine
years lease. Stock authorized 100000;
issued, 31,jOo,0o0 fully paid. There is a
funded debt of $l.7j0,0O0, upon which
per cent interest is paid.
The cost of the rOad-bed superstruc-
ture. SC, including iron in the District
is given, at Ss4.46l: of buildings, Sl1S.7A
Passengers carried in the District, on
the 1l6 feet OF track. 1.S55,76
Average time crossing the II6 feet OF
track in the District two minutes.
Wages paid to engineers, drivers, mo-
tormen, and conductors, 81 465. Receipts
from passengers in the District, s12,6Is;
from other sources. $l3,0Sl
And its the busiest lie feet of line on
fair Sundays in the District of Columbia.
Local Securities.
Comparatively little business was
transacted on change yesterday save in
Washington Railway and Electric COM
mon. Initial buying orders were at Sc.
Offerings at this price were absorbed.
and the bid advanced IN Sc 1-2 and later
TO 81 In all. 400 shares were bought
and sold, and the 81 bid was on the floor
when the market closed
A quotation lot of the preferred stock
sold at 80 and twenty shares of Lanston
at So
This completed the record of the day.
Subordinate Roads Report.
Rrightwood Railway Company reports a
deficit of $31, ,55379. 1t carried 33lO,099 pas
sengers at an average of 4 cents. Operat-
ing expenses were Sll6R405 other
charges were s165.7l4l, and the receipts
Were S131,161.o2.
Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway
Company reported receipts of s75.9Il.O7,
operating expenses of s1,s227S: surplus,
A,29I7S
AnacOstia and Potomac Railway Com
pany for eight months shows adeficit of
Slsl91M Receipts were s3Os.352.2S and
opera ting expenses were SS27.5 46
City and Suburban Company reported a |
total receipt of SjJS,2lG.4 with total
operating expenses. S3S6 .99 Charges
Tor interest Gnd depreciation, including
the fire at the Thirteenth and D Streets |
carhouse. amounted 10 s162,67352 The
surplus reported is Slj.9i2T.
Wall Street.
Again the Supreme Court Of the United |
States disappointed Wall Street in that
II failed to hand down a decision in the
Minnesota rate case The
street doesn't know just what to make
of the delay. The justices were supposed
to be near a mind on the matter, as in
dicated by previous action on the same
case.
The market was slow and duh all day,
but weakened somewhat after l o'clock.
Steel was of a point, Southern Pacific,
S-4; Harvester. l; American Tobacco. .;
Liggett and Myers Tobacco, l, and Can
common, /
Union Pacific remained fairly steady.
Mexican Petroleum advanced D3-4
The gossip of the day was not espe-
cially important. The chances are that
the bears may take a try at breaking
values to-day.
Net Increase Is S490,4.7.
\ statement issued by the Comptroller
Of the Treasury for the month of jan
uary shows that the total amount of
bank notes outstanding on February /
was $50, 4S1, 769, as compared with SAL
66l .S5S on the same date last year The
net decrease since January l last was
SfNrfi- OH HtDI udTN IlleTe were SiOi,-
l51 on deposit TO secure national bank
notes and $4s,S17,OO on deposit to secure
public deposits.
The monthly circulation statement for
January. issued by the Treasury De
rartment yesterday shows a general
stock of money in the United States Feb
ruary !. to be s.. us. .7S4,561, against S3,7l9.-
Oi6,J67 on January 2; held in the Treas
lIry as assets of the government. sG61. -
565.54S. February !. as against S56S 3lS. .9S7
January :; money in circulation, sS354-
}f9,OlS. February l. as against s.. 80 ~
$50. January .: S3,2S6, 269, $40 February l,
1872 and SS16, 49, N, January 1, 1872