. Railway age . ous obstruction of track or misplacement of awltcb. Iioller Kxploslon of holler of locomotive on road. tire Cars burned while running. Iaas Iasseuger train. Ft Freight train (Includes empty engines, work trains, etc.). •Wreck wholly or partly destroyed by Arc. tone or more passengers kilted. The seventy-eighth annual report of the Delaware tt HudsonCompany has many ixjints of difference from the companys previousstatements. It refleits in many ways the new management of theproperty. The gross an<l net earnings and ihe net income are nolonger given by divisions, nor are the a
. Railway age . ous obstruction of track or misplacement of awltcb. Iioller Kxploslon of holler of locomotive on road. tire Cars burned while running. Iaas Iasseuger train. Ft Freight train (Includes empty engines, work trains, etc.). •Wreck wholly or partly destroyed by Arc. tone or more passengers kilted. The seventy-eighth annual report of the Delaware tt HudsonCompany has many ixjints of difference from the companys previousstatements. It refleits in many ways the new management of theproperty. The gross an<l net earnings and ihe net income are nolonger given by divisions, nor are the assets and liabilities de-Hiribed In as great detail an formerly. On the other hand, moreoperating statistics, such as those for locomotive mileage and Itscost, and home and foreign freight car mileage, are given. A newtable shows the tonnage of different commodities carried years 1900 to 1907, inclusive. Over half of the 70 {lages of thereport arc taken up with a description of the steam and electric. 1^N IRHd& Delaware & Hudson Steam Lines. railnmds acquired during the last two years. The new coal proper-ties during that time acquired are also described in detail. The year was one of great activity in the companys collieries and washerles wore operated to their full capacitythroughout the year, producing tons of anthracite coalout of a total anthracite production of ,000 tons. At thesame time the railroad lines handled a much larger traffic thanduring previous year. Oross railroad earnings Increased 18per cent., from $17,100,000 In ISOG. the previous high record $20,(10. The Increase came largely in coal freight earnings,which rose from $6,700,000 in 1906 to $9,100,000 last year, anincrease of S6 per cent. Merchandise freight earnings increased 8per cent., and passenger earnings. 5 per cent. Against the increase of $3,100,000 in gross earnings there was Apbil 24, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 56s a rise of $1,500,000
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