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Adu 351.2 RI 908

DEC 30 B18

REPORT

To the Honorable the General Assembly of Rhode Island.

GENTLEMEN: Section six, chapter one hundred eighty-seven, of the General Laws of this State provides that "the Railroad Commissioner shall annually report to the General Assembly the condition and proceedings of the several railroad corporations, so far as the public interest may require, with such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem necessary and expedient." In accordance therewith, I present the following report:

The returns of the several railroad corporations are made up to the 30th day of June, 1908. The general report, however, is for the calendar year from January 1st, 1908, to December 31st, 1908.

The preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows the returns of the different railway companies in the United States. This preliminary report has been copied, and will be found to form a part of the appendix of this report.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.

There are nine steam railroad corporations incorporated under the laws of this State or doing business therein, one less than last year; of these, however, only four roads are owned and operated under their original charters, viz.: the Narragansett Pier Railroad, the Wood River Branch, the Moshassuck Valley, and the Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company; the mileage of these four roads is less than twenty miles. The other five are operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, either by ownership of stock or by long leases.

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