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Annual Report State Engineer & Surveyor New York 1868
Annual Report State Engineer & Surveyor New York 1868
Annual Report of the State Engineer & Surveyor of the State of New York, and of the Tabulations and Deductions From the Reports of the Railroad Corporations for the Year Ending September 30, 1868
Hard Cover Binding edge missing
762 Pages
Copyright 1869
Partial Contents
REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.PAGE.
Alphabetical list of companies required to make reports, with the date of
filing the same, 3
List of companies organized during the year, 9
List of enactments relating to railroads, passed by the Legislature of 1868, 14
ABSTRACT OF THE REPORTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.
Stock and debts, 24
Cost of construction and equipment, 25
Characteristics, 25
Business of the year, 26
Cost of maintenance of roadway, . 27
Cost of repairs of machinery, 28
Cost of operating the roads, 29
Earnings and payments, 31
Accidents, 32
Deductions from the foregoing results, 32
Table showing the date when the several railroads were opened for public
travel, 36
PERMANENT WAY.
Increasing demand for permanence of way, 40
Drainage, ballast, etc., 41
Sleepers, 41
Rail joints, 43
Iron rails, 44
Steel railsthe result, 46
The wear of steel rails, 47
Breakage of steel rails, 49
Tests and improvements, 51
Improved traction upon steel rails, 54
Steel-headed rails, 55
Standard patterns of steel rails, 56
DOCUMENTS.
TABULATED RESULTS, COMPILED FROM REPORTS OF COMPANIES.
Roads Operated with Steam :
PAGE.
Table A. Stock and debts, 63
Table B. Cost of road and equipment, 68 Table C. Characteristics, 76
Table D 1. Business of the yearpassengers, 78
Table D 2. Business of the year freight, 80
Table E. Cost of maintenance of roadway, 84 -
Table F. Cost of repairs of machinery, 88
Table G. Cost of operating the roads, 92
Table H. Earnings,
102
Table H(Continued). Payments other than for construction, 104
Table I. Accidents,
106
Roads Operated with Horses :
Table A. Stock and debts, 108
Table B. Cost of road and equipment, 112
Table C. Characteristics,
116
Table D. Business of the year, 118
Table E. Cost of maintenance of roadway, 120
Table F. Cost of operating road, and for repairs, 122
Table G. Earnings,
126
Table G-(Continued). Payments other than for construction, 128
Table H. Accidents,
130
TABLES OF COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS FOR FIVE YEARS.
Roads Operated with Steam :
Amount of capital stock paid in, 132
Amount of funded debt, 134
Amount of floating debt, 136
Total amount of funded and floating debt, 138
Total cost of road and equipment, 140
Total number of passengers carried, 142
Total number of tons of freight carried, 143
Mileage of passengers, 194
Tonnage of freight, 145
Expenses of maintaining road, 146
Expenses of repairs of machinery, 147
Expenses of operating road, 148
Earnings from passenger transportation, 149
Earnings from freight transportation, 150
Total earnings, 151
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