Poor's Manual of RailroadsH.V. & H.W. Poor, 1869 - Railroads |
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... mail , $ 7,714 60 ; express , $ 5,315 50 ; and sundries , $ 981 21 ) , $ 486,674 74 ; and operating cost , $ 335,725 85 : nett earnings , $ 150,948 89. Dividends on preferred stock , 3 per cent . ( for 1866-7 ) , and 3 and 3 per cent ...
... mail , $ 7,714 60 ; express , $ 5,315 50 ; and sundries , $ 981 21 ) , $ 486,674 74 ; and operating cost , $ 335,725 85 : nett earnings , $ 150,948 89. Dividends on preferred stock , 3 per cent . ( for 1866-7 ) , and 3 and 3 per cent ...
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... express , $ 15,437 14 ; mail , $ 9,400 ; tele- graph , $ 1,111 27 ; and other , $ 2,320 19 ) , $ 493,218 93 ; and operating expenses , $ 335,971 87 : nett earnings , $ 157,247 06 . The following table shows the results of operations for ...
... express , $ 15,437 14 ; mail , $ 9,400 ; tele- graph , $ 1,111 27 ; and other , $ 2,320 19 ) , $ 493,218 93 ; and operating expenses , $ 335,971 87 : nett earnings , $ 157,247 06 . The following table shows the results of operations for ...
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... mail , baggage and express , 8-16 ; and freight , 333–437 ) , 369-483 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .- Trains run , 598,654 miles . Passengers , 672,843 ; freight , 497,466 tons . Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 176,797 63 ...
... mail , baggage and express , 8-16 ; and freight , 333–437 ) , 369-483 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .- Trains run , 598,654 miles . Passengers , 672,843 ; freight , 497,466 tons . Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 176,797 63 ...
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... mail and express , 4 ; and freight , 71 ) , 78 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .— Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 86,653 80 ; freight , $ 85,509 13 ; and mail , baggage and express , $ 11,141 80 ) , $ 183,304 73 ; and oper ...
... mail and express , 4 ; and freight , 71 ) , 78 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .— Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 86,653 80 ; freight , $ 85,509 13 ; and mail , baggage and express , $ 11,141 80 ) , $ 183,304 73 ; and oper ...
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... mail and express , 4 ; and freight , 351 ) , 359 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .— Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 325,757 83 ; freight , $ 569,493 14 ; mails and express , $ 69,715 44 ; and rents , $ 687 14 ) , $ 965,853 ...
... mail and express , 4 ; and freight , 351 ) , 359 . Operations ( year ending March 31 , 1868 ) .— Gross earnings ( passenger , $ 325,757 83 ; freight , $ 569,493 14 ; mails and express , $ 69,715 44 ; and rents , $ 687 14 ) , $ 965,853 ...
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1868).-Trains run passenger 2d mortgage 4-wheel accounts amount April baggage Balances January Balances November Balances.-Capital stock Baltimore bills payable Boston Branch Canal Capital stock cars passenger cash cent Chicago Cincinnati coal Conn construction contra Cost of road coupons debt 1st mortgage December 31 Directors elected dividends ending December 31 feet 8 inches feet 84 floating debt Freight moved funded debt 1st Gauge George Gross earnings passenger interest Iowa IRON James John June 30 Leased lessees Line loan mail and express Mass Mast Mileage miles Missouri River mortgage bonds November 30 October 31 OFFICE AND ADDRESS Ohio operating expenses Operations year ending paid Passengers carried Philadelphia preferred stock PRINCIPAL OFFICE Rail Railroad Company real estate rent revenue River road and equipment Rolling Stock Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines Second track September 30 Sidings sinking fund surplus Tenn tonnage tons Total length William yard York City
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Page ix - The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi...
Page viii - For what ties, let me ask, should we have upon those people ? How entirely unconnected with them shall we be, and what troubles may we not apprehend, if the Spaniards on their right, and Great Britain on their left, instead of throwing stumbling blocks in their way, as they now do, should hold out lures for their trade and alliance...
Page viii - I need not remark to you, Sir, that the flanks and rear of the United States are possessed by other powers, and formidable ones too ; nor how necessary it is to apply the cement of interest to bind all parts of the Union together by indissoluble bonds, especially that pr>rt of it which lies immediately west of us, with the middle States.
Page 401 - States, bearing date March 1, 1864, or any subsequent period, redeemable at the pleasure of the government after any period not less than five years, and payable at "any period not more than forty years from date, in coin...
Page ix - But smooth the road, and make easy the way for them, and then see what an influx of articles will be poured upon us ; how amazingly our exports will be increased by them, and how amply we shall be compensated for any trouble and expense we may encounter to effect it.
Page ix - ... and they looked that way for no other reason, than because they could glide gently down the stream ; without considering, perhaps, the difficulties of the voyage back again, and the time necessary to perform it in ; and because they have no other means of coming to us but by long land transportations and unimproved roads.
Page viii - ... powers, in a commercial way ? It needs not, in my opinion, the gift of prophecy to foretell.
Page 401 - Treasurers and designated depositaries for United States notes in sums not less than three dollars, and shall be receivable for postage and revenue stamps, and also in payment of any dues to the United States less than five dollars, except...
Page 401 - An act to provide ways and means to support the government,' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shall be extended and construed to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion, to receive any treasury notes or other obligations issued under any act of Congress, whether bearing interest or not, in exchange for any description of bonds authorized by the act to which this is an amendment...