Number of passenger cars, Number of coal, gravel, and other cars, FARES, FREIGHT, ETC. Average rate per mile received from passengers on roads operated by this Company, excluding season ticket passengers, Average rate per mile for season ticket passengers, reckoning one round trip per day to each ticket, 13 .0455 .0216 Average rate of fare per mile from all passengers, .0390 35,153 Average rate of freight per ton per mile, - 1,435 including officers, 11 OFFICERS. President, WILLIAM E. RAYMOND, New Canaan. Treasurer, THOMAS RAYMOND, New Canaan. Superintendent, WILLIAM E. RAYMOND, New Canaan. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WILLIAM E. RAYMOND, New Canaan. WILLARD PARKER, JR., New York. OSBORN E. BRIGHT, New York. Attest, WM. E. RAYMOND, President. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, NEW CANAAN, Nov. 15, 1883. Then personally appeared William E. Raymond, President, and Thomas Raymond, Treasurer, of the Stamford & New Canaan Railroad Company, and severally made solemn oath that they verily believed the foregoing return by them subscribed to be true and correct. Before me, SAMUEL H. RAYMOND, Town Clerk. PROPER ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY. STAMFORD & NEW CANAAN RAILROAD COMPANY, New Canaan, Conn. SOUTH MANCHESTER RAILROAD. Return of the South Manchester Railroad Company, for the year ending September 30, 1883. EARNINGS AND EXPENSES. STATEMENT OF GROSS EARNINGS. From passenger transportation, From freight transportation, From United States mails and express, Total gross earnings, STATEMENT OF OPERATING EXPENSES. For repairs of road-bed and track, For repairs of buildings and fixtures, For repairs of locomotives, For repairs of cars, For repairs of machinery and tools, For salaries and labor not included above, For fuel for locomotives and cars, 237 tons of coal, For fuel for stations and shops, 15 tons of coal, For oil and waste, For car service, For stationery, etc., Total operating expenses, Net earnings, $6,550.88 4,992.20 50.04 $11,593.12 $1,788.36 263.37 102.36 252.87 20.43 4,896.75 1,564.66 97.50 255.08 28.09 466.23 $9,735.70 $1,857.42 Capital stock authorized by vote of company, Capital stock issued, viz.: 400 full shares of $100 each, Stock issued for cash, Amount of stock held in Connecticut, Number of stockholders residing in Connecticut, Whole number of stockholders, DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Date when road, or different portions thereof, were From South Manchester to North Manchester, opened for use, viz.: June, 1869. $40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 9 9 Length of track of road, including sidings, in single track miles, 3.61m. Length of track laid with steel rails (weight per yard, 56 lbs.), 2.25m. Number of new ties put in track during the year (cost, $180.00), Number of highway crossings over the track, Number of highway crossings at grade, 360 1 5 2.25m. 2 EQUIPMENT. Number of locomotives (not including switching engine), Average weight of same, including tender, water, and fuel, Number of passenger cars, Number of locomotives equipped with train brakes, Number of passenger train cars with patent plat form, buffer, and coupler, Name of patent, FARES, FREIGHT, ETC. Average rate per mile received from passengers on roads operated by this company, excluding Average rate per mile for season ticket passengers, 27 tons. 3 2 3 Westinghouse. 3 Miller. .0432 ticket, .018 Average rate of fare per mile from all passengers, .0298 97,493 Passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile, 219,379 13,532 |