existing on the Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co., the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, or the Connecticut Company. CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT. The total cost of construction and equipment of the street railways of the state is reported as $78,996,117.40 amounting to $85,681.32 per mile of road owned. The cost of construction and equipment per mile of each individual road as reported is shown on page 147. GROSS EARNINGS. The gross earnings of the nine operating companies for the year ending June 30, 1910, have been $8,026,184.05, an increase of $415,765.30 over the earnings of the previous year. The gross earnings per mile of main track operated were $8,585.47, per mile run $0.2689, and per car hour $02.520. The largest gross earnings per mile of main track operated were $9,765.34 by the Conn. Co. and $9,049.22 by the Danbury & Bethel Company. OPERATING EXPENSES. The operating expenses were $4,995,738.18, an increase of $186,101.97 over the expenses of the previous year, and were $5,343.86 per mile of main track operated, $0.1674 per mile run and $1.568 per car hour. The operating expenses were 62.24 per cent. of the gross earnings. NET EARNINGS. The net earnings for the year were $3,030,445.87, a decrease of $70,336.67 for the previous year. The net earnings per mile of main track operated were $3,241.61, per mile run $0.1015 and per car hour $0.952. DIVIDENDS. The amount paid in dividends upon the stock of seven of the companies was $1,354,704.00. No dividends were paid on the stock of the Farmington Street Railway, the New London & East Lyme, Providence & Danielson, Norwich & Westerly and South Manchester companies. INTEREST. The amount paid for interest, not including the sum paid by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Company upon the obligations of its street railway properties was $808,750.42. TAXES. The amount of taxes paid the state for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1910, was $239,302.18, not including the taxes paid by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Company upon its street railway properties. MILES RUN. The total number of miles run in the operation of the street railways was 29,842,734, an increase of 960,396 miles over that of the previous year. PASSENGERS CARRIED. The number of fare passengers carried was 151,631,091, an increase of 8,244,576 over the number carried the previous year, compared with 84,519,264 carried by the steam railroads. Passengers carried per mile of main track operated 162,197, the number per mile run 5.20 and per car hour 49.49. The average fare received from revenue passengers was $0.04945, and the average fare of all passengers including those with transfers, $0.04182. EMPLOYEES. The average number of employees during the year was 4,950, an increase of 415 in the number reported last year. ACCIDENTS. The number of persons injured in the operation of the street railways during the past year was 2,228, an increase of 752 in the number of casualties reported last year. Of this number 39 were killed, the same number of fatalities as reported for the previous year, and 2,189 were injured. LIST OF ACCIDENTS DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1910. |