Evening star., 1935-12-31

February 90 O,SD6,g8l 49.US1 ,9Z9
March 74.ll2.G69 62,209874
April - 77.447,954 61,297, 1884
Nav 77957951 81 662, ,O74
June - 85,895,159 66,669, ,995
July -------- 83,O03,O ,O60 63002 1923
August rs. .543,871 59,433.291
September - 73,280,430 58,3ol ,954
October 67,251, $50 67,484,7l1
November -- 83.062 1926 63329 ,938
December - Sc 978,863 70339, ,943
New 1885 Traffic Peaks.
John H Hanna, president Of the
Capital Transit Co., said today that
the transit company will have carried
during the year 1885 about 205,O0O,O0O
passengers, 117,O00,O00 of whom rode
on weekly passes. Last year it carried
177O00,000 passengers, of whom
89OOO,00O used passes. Practically
the whole increase was in that class
of passengers.
Passenger revenue for the year will
be about three-quarterS of a million
over last year, but operating expenses
will have increased well above S1,4OO,-
900, more than S100O,C00 OF which Is
increase in pay roll, ne SAID.
When the company was formed De-
renber /, 1888, it had 1888 employees;
it now has $500. 1t then operated 639
street cars and buses daily; it now
operates 9I2 The number Of passes
sold in the first week in December,
1888, was $4,000; now there are being
sold more than 10000 weekly. The
number is still increasing, The aver
age rate of fare was about 7.8 cents;
1t is now slightly above cents, Presi-
dent Hanna added.
Washington Gas Net SS72,929.
In the first IL months Of 1885 net
earnings of the Washington Gas
Light Co. reached the sum of S872.929,
as compared with S912,973 in the like
period in 1884, a decrease Of $40, ,O44,
according to the financial report filed
with the Public Utilities Commission
today. Operating revenues totaled
S5.799,027. an increase Of 1921, ,297. AT
the same time operating expenses
amounting to S4,193,9o0 were S228,73S
higher than last year.
This left net operating revenues at
k1,6O5,12 or S7,442 below the 1884
mark. incorporating revenues were
$4,000 lower than last year. reducing
gross. Interest and amortization items
called for more than $4,000 over last
years figure.
In the month of November alone,
net operating revenues totaled
s156,1O2, a decrease of s15,66l, COM
pared with November, 1884. While
revenues from operations were higher,
expenses also advanced.
Non-operating revenues for Novem-
ber this year increased So ,664 from last
wears loss of S7,758 to a loss of S4,094,
resulting in gross corporate income
of Sl52, ,008 which compares with Sl64,-
OO5 for November, 1884, or decrease
of S11,997.
Interest deductions of s74263 for
November, 1885, were 81 ,239 more than
last years figure of s73,024, resulting
in a net gain of S77,745 this year, COM
Dared with 90981 last year.
Georgetown Net Much Higher.
The monthly report of the George
town Gas Light Co. also filed with the
Public Utilities Commission today,
shows a net gain of S8,542 for the
month of November, 1885 as compared
with a gain of sl,713 for November Of
last year.
Operating revenues this November
were S13O,a90, as against Sl25.260 for
November, 1884, an increase of $3.50.
Operating expenses, including taxes
and uncollectible bills, decreased 81, ,l79,
this years figure being Sl17,93O,
against S119, 109 for November, 1884.
The gross corporate income for this
November was S12960. compared with
an income of S6,153 for November,
1884. Interest deductions decreased
$22. this years figure being $4,4l8,
against S4,440 for November, 1884.
For the first II months of 1885
Georgetown company made very
much better showing than last yea:.
Net income totaled $15,341. against a
deficit of S13,100 year ago, an I'M
provement so far in 1885 of S28,441.
C. & P. Phone Net Mounts.
Net earnings of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. in November
totaled $16l,182, against the lower fig
ure of S155,176 year ago, the report
to the Utilities Commission today
showed. Operating revenues were
higher than last year, but operating
expenses also increased. Lighter in
terest deductions were an important
factor in bringing about an increase
In net.
Washington was served by 200,819
telephones on November 80, 1885. This
was net increase of 1909 tele-
phones over the number in service at
the end of November, 1894.
Telephone calls in Washington also
Increased in November, there having
been 81 ,657, 900 calls made during the
Amonth, as compared with 2o,l34,00o
calls during November, 1884.
For the first IL months Of 1885
the telephone company reported total
net earnings of $1,753,753 against ST.
720,653 last year, an increase of
$33,400 Operating revenues totaled
S6,193,469 against $8,915,53l a year
ago. while operating expenses called
for $6,5l1,655, compared with $6,273.-
1T, leaving net operating revenues
of S2,681,810 against $2,642.354.
Agency Ends Convention.
The Washington agency of the Mu-
tual Benefit Life of New Jersey today
completed a four-day convention at
the Shoreham Hotel with luncheon
given by H. Lawrence Choate, general
agent.