Annual Report Maine 1892 Railroad Commissioners

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Annual Report Maine 1892 Railroad Commissioners
Thirty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Railroad Commissioners Of The State Of Maine, With Annual Certificates To Railroad Corporations And With Statistical Tables Compiled From The Annual Returns Of The Railroad Companies Operating Railroads In The State, For The Year Ending June 30, 1892, To Which Are Added The Rules, Petitions And Decisions Of The Board Made During The Year 1892.
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Augusta:
Burleigh & Flynt, Printers To The State.
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Contents.
Page.
Index To Report    276
PART I-Report of the board, recommendations   5-28
PART II-Copies of certificates, showing physical condition of
railroads. .  32-63
APPENDIX-Returns of railroad companies, history of and statisti-
cal information    1-275
PART IV-Petitions, notices, rules and decisions of the Board 67-136
Suggestions in regard to legislation 20
New railroads 25
Accidents 6-274
Railroad mileage of steam railroads 271
Railroad mileage of street railroads 272
Mileage, branch track and sidings in Maine 273
Couplers, automatic brakes, safety 11-20
Railroads, condition of 7
Circulars regarding bridges 8
Statistical Information, Appendix    1-274
Expenses  275
STATE OF MAINE.
To His Excellency, the Governor of Maine:
The Board of Railroad Commissioners respectfully submits its Thirty-Fourth Annual Report for the year ending Novem-beP30, 1892:
RAILROADS IN MAINE
As will be seen by the tables hereinafter published, but little change has been made in the steam-railroad mileage of the State, for the year ending June 30, 1892. As compared with the year ending June 30, 1891, there is but 2.08 miles additional; the mileage of 1891 being 1,382.92 and that of 1892, 1,385 miles.
However the gross transportation earnings of such railroads in Maine, during the year, show a marked and gratifying increase,-it being 8,703.53 over that of 1891.
The number of passengers carried in 1891 was 5,502,646. In 1892 the whole number carried was 6,178,076, being au increase during the year of 675,430.
The freight traffic shows a corresponding increase. The total number of tons of freight carried in 1891 was 3,294,000. The total number of tons carried in 1892 was 3,694,934, art increase of 397,943 tons over the previous year.
The total passenger-train mileage for the year ending June 30, 1892, was 2,650,062 miles. The `a umber of passengers carried one mile was 126,267,845, and the number of tons of freight carried one mile was 271,319,359.
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