LIBRARY

OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JUN.

UNIVERSITY.

1.35-2

C.-Tabular Statement of accidents reported to Board,

100

D.-Tabular Statement of accidents in the United States during

year,

E.—Reports on petitions and complaints heard by the Board,

F.-Effect of cold upon iron and steel,

OFFICE EXPENSES OF THE Board,

153

TABULATED STATEMENTS compiled from railroad returns,

Contents of Tables,

Railroads and branches, length, &c.,

Abstract of returns of railroad corporations,

Tabulated comparative results compiled from returns,

Abstract of returns of street railway companies,

PART II.

RAILROAD REPORTS.

STREET RAILWAY REPORTS.

LEASES AND AGREEMENTS.

164

. 168

198

220

INDEX.

Accidents, Statistics of, in Massachusetts during year, 27, 28, 100, 194.

on street railways, abular statement of, 105, 228.
Accounts, Railroad, defective methods of keeping, 15.

anomalies of, 18-20.

Ashburnham Railroad, examination of, 65.

Axles, &c., tabular statement of breakage of, on various roads, 146-150.

Baggage Cars, statistics of, 190.

Belgium, competition between state and private railroads in, 60.

Boston, receipts of grain in, during five years, 98.

freight to and from, statistics of, 184.

Boston & Albany Railroad, accident on, at Middlefield, 31.

at Brimfield, 34.
examination of, 78.

Boston, Barre & Gardner Railroad, petition for grade crossing in Winchendon, 38, 129.
examination of, 66.

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, examination of, 89.

Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, examination of, 80.

complaints against concerning rates and discrimina-
tion, 111.

order of Commissioners respecting signals at grade,
crossing of, in Webster, 138.

Boston & Lowell, and Nashua & Lowell Railroads, and branches, examination of, 81.
permanent improvements on, during
year, 82.

Boston & Maine Railroad, petition for change of location of bridge of, in Lawrence, 41-4.

examination of, 84.

complaint of selectmen of Medford against, 114.

Boston & Providence Railroad, system of accounts of, 18.

Bridge-guards, expediency of additional legislation concerning, 28.
frequent destruction of, 29.

Bridges, statistics relating to, 186, 204.

Highway, statistics of, 12, 188.

Brimfield, accident on Boston & Albany Railroad at, 34.

Brydges, C. N., letters from, 150-2.

Canada, experience with steel rails in, 152.

Capital (see Stock).

Cars, average miles run by, 214.

average passenger and freight carried by, 216.

owned by railroads, 190.

with train-brakes, 190.

owned by street railways, 14, 228.

Casualties, 194 (see Accidents).

Cheap early and late trains, success of, on Eastern Railroad, 22-26.

progress of the experiment, 23.

popularity of, 23.

not financially successful, 24.

receipts from, 25.

results of, 26.

propriety of repealing act concerning, 26.

Cheshire Railroad, grade-crossing of, in Winchendon, 38, 129.

examination of, 93.

Codification of railroad laws, Bill for, reported, 45.

Cold, effect of, on steel and iron, 144.

Collision, accidents by, 28, 30, 104, 107.

Commissioners, Railroad, recommendatory powers of, 36.

position of, with regard to general railroad questions, 61.
names and address of, 153.

Comparison of statistics of 1872 and 1873, 196.

Competition as a regulator of rates, 51.

between state and private roads in Belgium, 60.

between private corporations a danger, 60.

beyond a certain point, must result in consol-
idation, 59.

Complaints and petitions presented to Board in 1873, 36, 110.

Connecticut River Railroad, examination of, 90.

Construction, statistics of means applied to, 168-172, 224.
accounts, policy of closing, 20.

Cost of Railroads, 4, 170, 196.

variation in, 18.

effect of, 20, 21.

per mile owned, 200.

of street railways, 13, 220.

per mile owned, 230.

of running cheap trains on Eastern Railroad, 24.
Crossings, Highway, statistics of, 188.

at grade, 11, 12, 188.

Railroad, at grade, 12, 37.

statistics of, 188.

Dead weight hauled one mile, statistics of, 212.
Debt of railroads in Massachusetts, 5, 168.

per mile owned, 200.

of street railroads, 12, 220.

per mile of track, 230.