The companies' books were not written up September 30, 1886. The balance sheet of November 1, 1886 is given. Other portions of the report showing receipts and expenditures are for the year ending September 30, 1886. The net earnings represented by the credit balance of profit and loss have been expended in permanent improvements on the property, and in paying $22,000 of the bonded debt. TRAFFIC AND MILEAGE STATISTICS-(ESTIMATED). The road is but 3 miles in length, and has six stops including termini. The fare is largely collected on the trains, and no accurate account of the number of passengers carried can be kept. No freight carried. No account kept of mileage. Average rate per mile for carrying passengers, all classes (cents)... ....... DESCRIPTION OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. TRACK. 2.625 Miles owned, all in N. Y. State. 8.50 Main line from East New York, Kings county, to Jamaica Bay, at Canarsie, single track..... Sidings and turnouts on main line.. ...... ..... Grand total of tracks, sidings and turnouts.... Laid with steel rail, main line..... Laid with iron rail, main line.... 4.50 1.50 2 Weight of rails per yard, 50 lbs. ; gauge of track, 4 feet 6 inches; ballasted with sand and coal cinders. Eames' vacuum brake; couplers from Brill & Co., Philadelphia, used on passenger cars. Common switch used on road. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. ITEM. Cost of real estate now held by company, exclusive of that used in operation, about.. Length of steel rails laid during year in repairs, miles. Highway crossings at grade without protection. Highway crossings at grade protected by gates or flagmen.. Entire line all in N. Y.State. $10,000 1-2 * Passenger cars heated by coal stoves, lighted by lamps, ventilated by windows in close cars, but most of our cars are open excursion cars for summer use. *Flagmen at important crossings during summer season, and two or three during winter. Title of company, The Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad Company. General offices at Canarsie, Kings county, N. Y. Date of close of fiscal year, December 1. Date of stockholders' annual meeting, Juue 4. For information concerning this report, address DeWitt C. Littlejohn, Oswego, N. Y. Details of the cost of this road are not obtainable. The cost was defrayed by the issue of bonds and stock of the two companies consolidating to the contractors for building their respective roads. In reports heretofore made the cost has been fixed at the amount of capital stock and mortgage debt, viz., $2,866,400. Title of company, The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburg Railroad Company. Date of close of fiscal year, September 30. Date of stockholders' annual meeting, second Monday in June. For information concerning this report, address A. R. Macdonough, Secretary. |