. The Street railway journal . ough receipts per mile of track are correspond- rollton Railroad. At the time of the consolidation the track ingly high: and rolling stock was overhauled and renewed to such an Gross earnings from operation $701, extent that the system stands to-day as practically a newly Operating expenses 362, equipped road. A map of the system is shown herewith, . , . I „ t? T4. -11 u \i <- ^ u u 1- 1 Net earnings from operation $338, Fig. 2. It Will be seen that It constitutes a belt Ime around income from other sources the city, with four branch
. The Street railway journal . ough receipts per mile of track are correspond- rollton Railroad. At the time of the consolidation the track ingly high: and rolling stock was overhauled and renewed to such an Gross earnings from operation $701, extent that the system stands to-day as practically a newly Operating expenses 362, equipped road. A map of the system is shown herewith, . , . I „ t? T4. -11 u \i <- ^ u u 1- 1 Net earnings from operation $338, Fig. 2. It Will be seen that It constitutes a belt Ime around income from other sources the city, with four branches, and a terminus at the levee at the foot of Canal Street, where nearly all the street railway Gross income $345, routes of the city terminate. Deductions from income 202, The greater part of the mileage is through a well popu- .^^^^^ $143, lated part of the city. Of the belt line the part on St. q^j. j^iies run 4, Charles Avenue, Tulane Avenue and Carrollton Avenue is Earnings per car mile $ FIG. I.—INTERIOR OF POWER STATION, NEW ORLEANS & CARROLTON RAILWAY on what is known in New Orleans as neutral ground, as Expenses per car mile seen in Fig. 3 ; that is a strip of ground maintained as a park Receipts per mile of track ^^^^t^J in the middle of the street, and covered with grass and trees. Dividend on stock paid for 1900 8% Many streets in New Orleans have this neutral ground, and The company has miles of track, and now ownsit is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the city. 153 cars. About 100 cars were ordinarily operated in 1900,The neutral ground makes an ideal place to operate a street the period covered by the report. Bonds and stock are out-railway. There is no annoyance from team traffic, and the standing as follows: sod on the roadbed does away with the greater part of the Capital stock $1,400,000 noise and dirt that usually accompanies street railway oper- Bonds 535,000—6% ation. The New Orleans & Carroll
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