Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-01

Railroad Reports
The following annual railroad reports
have been made public by the Maine
Public Utilities Commission:
siddeford 4 saeo Railroad.
The railway operating revenues OF
the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Com
pany for the past year were $72.215.72
against $6s,s65.64 for the preceding
year, an increase Of $3.350.0S. accord
ing to the company's annual report,
which was filed at the Office of the pub
lie utilities Tuesday. The railway
operating expenses for the past year
were $5l.371.71 against $61.SS0.01 for
the preceding year, an increase OF
$2,49l.70 and the net revenue from
railway operations for the past year
were $17.S44.01 against $16.9S5.63 for
the preceding year. an increase OF
$s5s.ss. The income from unfunded
securities and accounts amounted to
$2.317.95 and the interest on the funded
debt amounted to $6,o00.o0; passenger
revenue, $6s,S16.15: express revenue,
$869.2S: parcel room receipts. $4,000:
rent of tracks and facilities. $1.S37.91;
power, $392.3s.
The operating expenses Of the road
are divided as follows: Way and
structures, $10.63s.f5; equipment. 49,
391.47: power. $10,O1s.S4: conducting
transportation. $17,1s3.71: traffic. $73.-
"a; general and miscellaneous expen-
es, $6,066.20.
The following are the items under
way and structures: Maintenance OF
way, $9,323.24; maintenance of cleo
trio lines, $1,110.11; buildings, fixtures
and grounds, s204.S0.
The following are the items under
equipment: Maintenance of cars. 3d.
27O.4S; maintenance of electric equip
ment of cars, $2,390.28; miscellaneous
equipment expenses. $430.71; deprecia-
ton Of equipment, $4,000.
The following are the items under
power: Maintenance of power equip
ment, $31.79; substation employees, sup
chased. s1o.7So.7O.
Items under the head of conducting
transportation are as follows: Conduc-
tors. motormen and trainmen. $15,-
S72.44: miscellaneous transportation
expenses, $1,311.67.
The items under the head of general
and miscellaneous expenses are as fol-
lows: General expenses, $4,606.10; in
juries and damages, $94.74: insurance,
$1.216.S5; stationery and printing,
$14S.51.
Other items in the report are as fol-
lows: Passenger car mileage, 32S.492;
freight, mail and express car mileage,
1851; total car mileage, 330,173; pas
senger car hours, 34.140; freight, mail
and express car hours, 987; total car
hours. 1921; regular fare of passen-
gers carried. 1.064,929; revenue trans
fer passengers carried, 1918; total
revenue passengers carried, 1,075,647;
free transfer passengers carried, 1885,
Sal; total passengers carried, 1901, 1888;
passenger revenue. $6S.S1615: average
fare, revenue passengers, $.06397: aver
age fare. all passengers, including
transfer passengers. $.05729; total
revenue from transportation. $69,685.-
49,: revenue from transportation pei
car mile, $.21105; revenue from trans
portation per car hour, $1.9S381; total
revenue from other railway operations
$2,53O.29: revenues from other railway
operations per car mile, $.00766; reve-
nue. from other railway operations pei
car hour. $.07203; total operating reve-
nues, $72.215.72; operating revenues
per car mile, $.21S72; operating reve-
nues per car hour. $2.055S4: total oper-
ating expenses. $54,371.71: operating
expenses per car mile, $.16467; operat-
ing expenses per car hour, $1.547S6.
The directors of the Biddeford and
Saco Railroad Company are Charles
H. Prescott and Carlos Heard of Bid
deford, Harry P. Garland of Saco and
Ammi Whitney, Fred N. Dow, Walter
G. Davis, Fred E. Richards, C. Fred
Berry and Howard r. Ives of Portland.