New Britain herald., 1926-07-09

gress Taxi Co, Danbury. $92.I3S; New Haven Shore Line, Guil1ord, ! $5G,146; WiIHmantic-Hart Jit- ney Association, $75.63U
 Railroad Earnings The gross earnings of steam rail-
 road companies were $54.90@.521,77, an increase of more than $2,0U0,0Q0
 over the previous year. The earn ines of the New Haven" road formed the major part of this to- tal being $5G,U2o.345, an increase from $53,4G1,175.
 The railroads will nay total tas of $l974.1S1| 16, or $An.521.20 more than q year ago. The New Hayen's" share Of this is $1.SSU.754,G3. The roads operating here and the tax each will pay follows: Branford Steam Railroad $g1 .S35.6S: tax s. 214.25; Central New England. $I.- 59511ItS, tax $55.32AG2; South Manchester Railroad, S41.51S.&S, tax Sf,453.14; Central Vermont, S1,t5G,- 5O5.51, tax $35.434.52. Deductions of $A7,H&510 from the total tax were allowable because Of real estate taxes paid by the companies to municipalities.
 Trolley Earnings Less
 Earnings of street railway com panies1wer $1A72G.g15.72, showing a decrease from the $15,5S6 454 re- ported a year ago. The net tax to I-- r,,!J ; Q 41e COG -t rTsLo t,,,-;,,rre of the Connecticut Company forms the major part of these figures, the gross earnings for the year being $t3,794,G45.06 and the amount of tax $408,155S6.
 Earnings of other companies and the tax assessed against each follow: Bristol < Plainyillo Electric, $189,- 5t4.71, tax S5,574; Danbury and Bethel. $t&2,9S3.73, tax S3.S21: Groton &s Stonington $138,623.50, tax $4,158 Hartford X Springfield, $155,222.t2, tax S4557; New Haven X Shore Line of New Haven" road. $5,S17,4o, tax $17452; New York X Stamford, $147,27o.G9, tax s1,6S4.5Z
 Telephone Revenue.
 The Southern New England Tele- phone company shows earnings for the period of $11,499.S4S.59. more than two-thrds of the total for the eight telephone companies operating in Connecticut, which is s15,996,- 1 @5$.1f. The earnings of the Southern New England increased approxi- l mately $1,00o.oo0 over 1924. lis ! taxes will amount to $SS1,91T42. l while for all companies the tatal is i $56o,15S.S5.
 The earnings Of the other com l panes were: American Telephone &c | Telegraph, S4,oG6,6S5.26; Farming ton Valley, $11,9G&.G2; New York 1 Co. Greenwich, $356,- S55.GS; sharon Telephone, S11,457.-, |, CT; Stamford District Messenger | X Telephone Co, SIS: Westerly Au- tomatic Telephone. $@9249.63; | Woodbury Telephone, $1S.55731.
 The American Express Company. the only one operating in the state, i reported earnings of $1.15S.1o9.84, 1 a decrease from $I17G.335.S2 The l amount Of tax will be $20.64T2t.
 The three telegraph companies had total earnings Of $l46L741.34. IS follows; Western Union, S1,342,- ilo,05 French Telegraph Cable O.. S5I52477: Postal Telegraph Cable ro. $S7,506.52. The total tax is 544,52S,7t,
 Gas Companies
 Illuminating gas companies were ed in earnings by the New Haven ias Co.,. with $3,o12.9Gt. The aggre- ate for nine companies was $9.- 76,522, an increase from $S,9tS,786. he Hartford City Gas Light Co.,. .as earnings of $L97G14o,SG.
 Other companies reported as fol- ows: Bridgeport Gas. S1.469,540.72: Ieriden City Gas Light, $5S9721: 1iddIetown Gas, Sl61S34; New Britain Gas Light, $5SI505; Wall lgford. $9S,70G; Natertown Gas, 44.S64, The total tax for all com anios IS St2T145.&2.
 Twelve gas and electric companies ad combined earnings of $t6,5S3,- Is. an increase in a year from $14.- S729G. The tax will be $211,626.- l. The separate earnings were as 1uows Bristol X Plainyille Electric t.25%,209; Connecticut Light X over, $G,S5&,097; Connecticut Pow r, $2.529.$Qo; Danbury X Bethel as X Electric. $S90.324; Derby Gas
 Electric, $129$.77S; Mystic Power 235.ggi; Northern Connecticut ight E Power. S46G,$79: Putnam ieht X Power, $$1S.&GS; Rockville Light, s55S,444; Stam- lrd Gas X Electric. S1.4SS,087;