Average life of ties, 10 years; weight of rails per yard, 58 lbs.; gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches; ballasted with gravel. DETAILS OF BRANCHES OR OTHER ROADS. NAME OF BRANCH OR ROAD. From To Prennatt street.. Main line.......... Oil refineries... 0.78 Owned.. 1.33 0.20 1.13 No cars owned by this company; all kinds of brakes on cars from connecting roads. Stub switch used formerly. Putting in safety switches on new work where required. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. ITEM. Telegraph owned and operated by company, miles....... Total assessed value of real estate and personal property of company. Length of steel rails laid during year in repairs, miles.. Railroads crossing road at grade.... Railroads crossing over or under grade.. Highway crossings at grade without protection... Highway crossings at grade protected by gates or flagmen Entire line, all in N. Y. State. 8 $261,840 00 0.88 1 7 Average number of persons employed (including officials) during year.... 80 $40,516 38 Title of company, The Buffalo Creek Railroad Company. General offices at Bethlehem, Pa. Date of close of fiscal year, September 80. Date of stockholders' annual meeting, third Wednesday in June. For information concerning this report, address William H. Sayre, Sec'y and Treasurer. Grading, masonry, ballast, bridges and superstructure (including ties).... Total cost of road up to September 30, 1886... $4,000.00 46,000 00 $50,000 00 Weight of rails per yard, 56 lbs.; gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches; ballasted with gravel. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. Cost of real estate now held by company, exclusive of that used in operation $46,000 00 Title of company, Buffalo Creek Transfer Railroad Company. Date of close of fiscal year, September 30. Date of stockholders' annual meeting, fourth Monday in June. For information concerning this report, address Frank F. Williams, Secretary. |