Number of trestle bridges of 25 feet length and upwards
Aggregate length of same for single track (936 feet).
Number of spans of stone bridges, of 25 feet and upwards
Aggregate length of same for single track (120 feet).
Number of spans of timber bridges, of 25 feet and upwards
Aggregate length of same for single track (1,099 feet).
Number of crossings of highways at grade.

Number of crossings of highways over railroad

Number of crossings of highways under railroad

Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track.

Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track

7

1

43

170

4

3

2

38

132

8

Number of crossings at which gates or flagmen are maintained,
Number of crossings at which there are neither signals nor flag-

men

Number of railroad crossings at grade (specifying each):

Capital stock authorized by votes of company 5,351,100 00
Capital stock issued (number of shares, 30,596); amount paid in,
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID IN, AS PER BOOKS OF THE Co.

Agricultural Branch R.R. mortgage bonds, due July, 1884,

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg R.R. mortgage bonds, due Jan.

$400,000 00

$23,720 00

7, 1890, rate of interest 7 per cent

252,000 00

Interest paid

16,986 67

Mansfield & Framingham R.R. mortgage bonds, due July,

1889, rate of interest 7 per cent.

300,000 00.

Interest paid

. 18,830 00

New Bedford R.R. mortgage bonds, due July, 1894, rate of

interest 7 per cent

400,000 00

Interest paid

. 28.000 00

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg R.R. equipment bonds, due Jan.

7, 1882, rate of interest 6 per cent

250,000 00

Interest paid

14,960 00

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg R.R. equipment bonds, due Oc

tober, 1883, rate of interest 6 per cent

250,000 00

Interest paid

14.940 00

Mansfield & Framingham R.R. bonds, due February, 1885,

Mansfield & Framingham R.R. bonds, due November, 1881, rate of interest 6 per cent

Interest paid

Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg & New Bedford R.R. mortgage bonds, due January, 1910, rate of interest 5 per cent Interest paid

Fitchburg & Worcester R.R. mortgage bonds, due January,

$50,000 00

$2.960 00

1,275,000 00

60.858 34

1889, rate of interest 7 per cent.

247,600 00

No interest paid.

New Bedford & Taunton R.R. mortgage bonds, due July,

1881, rate of interest 6 per cent

171,500 00

Interest paid

7,717 50

New Bedford R.R. mortgage bonds, due June, 1896, rate of

interest 7 per cent

528,000 00

No interest paid.

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg R.R. equipment bonds, due

April, 1881, rate of interest 6 per cent

100,000 00

Interest paid

2,900 00

Mansfield & Framingham R. R. bonds, due February, 1881,

REPORT

OF THE

BOSTON & LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION,

FOR THE YEAr ending SepTEMBER 30, 1881.

Contingencies and miscellaneous.

6,029 18

Repairs of bridges (including culverts and cattle guards)

27,025 33

Repairs of buildings

45,595 42

Repairs of fences, road-crossings and signs

8,555 28

Renewal of rails

31,462 35

[Number tons steel laid, 844.]

Renewal of ties

24,498 13

[Number laid, 68,248.j

Repairs of road-bed and track

150,597 34

Repairs of locomotives.

81,985 58

Fuel for locomotives

177,429 38

[Tons of coal, 32,322; cords of wood, 449.]

Water supply

11,533 89

Oil and waste

17,470 04

Locomotive service

103,838 80

Passenger and freight stations, wood sheds and water stations,*

* Nashua & Lowell Railroad Company's undivided interest in wharf property and buildings purchased.

Local passenger mileage (local passengers carried one mile)
Through passenger mileage (through passengers carried one

14,205

1,472,409

1,250,324

3,231,739

297,348

3,529,087

34,732,819

Local freight mileage (tons local freight carried one mile).
Through freight mileage (tons through freight carried one mile),
TOTAL FREIGHT MILEAGE

Average number of cars in passenger trains
Average weight of freight trains (exclusive of freight)
Average number of cars in freight train

10,964,617

20,573,478

31,538,125

erage weight of passenger trains (exclusive of passengers).

187,500 lbs.

5

Average number of persons employed

700,000 lbs. 36 1,572

* Reckoning twelve passengers per week for time of each season ticket.