Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-01
Railroad Commissioners |!
Issue Issue The III! F!idlty-f!0l!ullIillh|.
Gross Assets Of Steam Rail-
roads Are S215,928, 440.27.
dividends Declared BY Steam Roads
We're $2,1li,5il.f2..A Decrease.

ssfs ase saao - o., soaa c-o xia Oh FIR
the preceding year an Increase OF S.
5tS,e2a.67. according 10 the annual re-
pert of the Board of Railroad Commits
sionsrs, consisting of Hon. Elmer r.
Spofford of Deer Isle, Hon. Frank
Keller OF Rockland and Hon. John a.
Jones OF lewiston. which was hled
with the Governor and Council,
Wednesday,. The several classes oil as
sets are as follows Property invest
mel mt, 163,215 90. 30: securities. Sl4,oS6,-
Jl4.15; other investments. S2.lo0,6t2.S!:
working assets. SOS. 1853. 1880 accrued
Income not due, ss05,01: deferred debit
items, 1852, 23o 90.
The gross liabilities, including cap
ital stock but excluding appropriated
surplus are 1850, 6ss2s. These ma
bilities are divided as loiio"s: sapi-
tai stock, sb6, sis,usV to' Inui ssaSe'
bonded and secured uept, soo,ov ,.,, ~.
working liabilities siz,14i,ssoss, ST. =,
cured liabilities not que f1,eoo.'i'. oo'
deferred credit items. so,- is''s s
A comparison OF the hsures SIN"
that there was an increase over tue
previous year of Se,o4o,ozsot III sloss
assets and an increase OF se,zs.,oVe.'-
in gross liabilities
ste.m Road Dividends.
~, as d;,;;danas de-
80, ~ -, Go, -, raads during the
no 81 ,.aor MS a. 74l 81 - A decrease
of Sl45.67.33 over the preceding year.
Ten of the II companies declared dIVi-
denCs, varying in rate from per cent.
to e per cert, and four paid no dlVl-
dends. Three coInpa MES paid 6 per
cent; one 81. per cent one pei ~ ;
two 1 per cent: one and per cent:
one, 2h per cent. and one. per cent.
The amount of the capital stock OF
the 10 dividend paying companies was
&c.. III. 90. 20. on which the average rate
of dividend PAID was - pei CENT :,
The average passenger rate per mill
en- All standard guage railroads doing
business in Maine for the past year
was 1.s25 cents. against 1.s4S cents for
the preceding year, The average pas
senger rate on the five narrow soase
roads for the past year was 3.ess cents
The average rate per ton mile Tor .ne
transportation of merchandise on all
standard guage railroads doing ousl-
ness in Maine for the past year Was
Lose cents against Logo cents Tor tue
preceding year. The average freish,
rate per ton mile upon the five marrow
ruaee railroads in the State for the
nast year was 1859 cents.
Steam Road Accidents.
.taws that there are 26s
ne lepo.s a. arnssi,os IN the state
pIo.ec.eu sc,,a ,o,-,, nurnher of persons
OF MAINE - ,,.,ans an.d Grade crossings
kiieu a, v,as 70 while 159
curing we sas'
were iiiJui." 1880 billed ana IA in
rour pei .,.s. Oh, narsons were
Jureu d. .ai,,raa al nrotected
killed anu ana two we're killed
grace crossn .,...a -, nnnrotected grade
ana .hlee nv, ~
ssxtx4f,ye persons were killed and sO5
were injured by accidents resulting
from the movemen. Oh .ra ro,,ro .' nm.
tivcs or cars. Nineteen II, sn.'..s. s,,a
ployes we're killed. anu ~ ~ - ,ni,,rad.
passengers were Kiiieo anu 20 49, 49,,
three postal CLERKS eNpless ,,,.,,a
gers and Puiimaln ea1 :, were
injured: of otner persons go,
killed and 81 injured, VI Wn,on -
Der IS persons were kiiieu any o -,
injured while trespasslns On Wv III
erty OF the raiiIoaus' p.,n. .la,;rr r;das
walking on the tracks Oh s.ua.ns g. a
on trains During tne p,e aon i.s,,sed az
persons were kilieu anu s'y >. in ;n;nrad =
increase Vi a,a eftv persons we're
;,;,red hv accidents arising from 9TH
er causes otne1 .Ia 80 tr,irs c,assi.
from the moven,en. =, a,,,,is,os or.
iiec as follows. ..,a, ,sar,rs exnress
passengers. -: ,,,an car emnloyes
messengers, rsnns * O,ring the
etc, = o os'sl lpps.',,,rss nersons.-were
precealhs IN s..,.rssd purinc the past
kiiieo anu -. 70. decrease of three
49,. 80. ,.;,,oa and an increase of two
persons knauu
eohs in1"'
Street Railway Accidents.
During fhe past year on street rail-
WAYS one passenger was killed and u
injured; one employee was killed ana
10 employees were Injured: SIX others
were killed and IA injured making d
total of eight persons k,lieo anu 90
injured. During the preceding seal o.,
passenger was killed anu 1oo ,hJou
10 e,Yln1oyeS were 1nJuredt ~ otiei Pc :