. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . 5,286 86 Total $122,380 45 $11:1,386 50 Decrease $20,994 45 The earnings in January of the Chicago,Burlington and Quincy Railroad Companyproper, and the Galesburg branch were as fol-lows : Chicago & Burlington. Galesburg &: Quincy.(210 miles.) (10U miles.) From Freight $33,294 79 $11,718 21 From 26,107 181793 68 9,028 71855 33 .£61,195 65291 41 S21,802 26216 02 Receipts per mile. The comparative statement of earnings andexpenses of the Buffalo and State Line Rail-road for the month of January, 1858


. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . 5,286 86 Total $122,380 45 $11:1,386 50 Decrease $20,994 45 The earnings in January of the Chicago,Burlington and Quincy Railroad Companyproper, and the Galesburg branch were as fol-lows : Chicago & Burlington. Galesburg &: Quincy.(210 miles.) (10U miles.) From Freight $33,294 79 $11,718 21 From 26,107 181793 68 9,028 71855 33 .£61,195 65291 41 S21,802 26216 02 Receipts per mile. The comparative statement of earnings andexpenses of the Buffalo and State Line Rail-road for the month of January, 1858 and 1859,is as follows: EARNINGS. Passengers. Freight. Other Sources. 1858 $24,512 34 $ 22 $1,150 45,292 18 1,223 22,469 333,043 01 6,551 04 Construc-tion. .$2,053 56 18581859, Increase Decrease .. 2,053 50 EXPENSES. Maintaing Road. $10,623 40 11,871 32 1,247 92 RepairsMachinery. Operating.$6,251 92 $19,585 354,683 43 17,792 69 1,508 44 1,793 66 Some of the Roads are showing an improve- 1 THE EAILKOAD RECORD. CITY PASSE1TCER The subject of authorising the constructionof city passenger railroads in Baltimore is nowunder consideration in the City Councils ofthat city. The Baltimore American says the perfectionto which the use of railroads in the streets ofPhiladelphia has been brought, will enablethe members of City Council to avail them-selves of all the experience of that city, inproperly guarding the interests and promotingthe convenience of the public, and at the sametime enable the companies to enter at onceupon the work of constructing and workingthe roads in the most advantageous means of proper regulations for the run-ning of the cars, the public suffer no inconve-nience; and it would be well to specify, as faras possible, in the ordinance authorising theirconstruction, all the minutias of their govern-ment, as well as a proviso for such other re-gulations as the city authorities may hereafterdeem promotive of the publ


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