Number of passengers carried paying revenue,

Number of passengers carried one mile,

Number of passengers carried one mile per average mile of

road operated,.

Average length of journey per passenger,

Average amount received from each passenger,

Average amount received per passenger per mile carried, Passenger earnings (gross) per average mile of road operated,

Passenger earnings (gross) per passenger-train mile run,
Freight traffic:

Number of tons of freight hauled earning revenue,
Number of tons of freight hauled one mile,.

32,932,814 525,145,571

299,789

15.950 miles.

Number of tons of freight hauled one mile per average mile

of road operated,

Average length of haul per ton,

Average amount received for each ton of freight,
Average amount received per ton per mile hauled,

Freight earnings (gross) per average mile of road operated,
Freight earnings (gross) per freight-train mile run,

Operating expenses:

Operating expenses per average mile of road operated,
Operating expenses per revenue-train mile run,

Train mileage:

Average rate of fare per mile on single local tickets,

Average rate of fare per mile on commutation tickets within suburban circuit,

Average rate of fare per mile on commutation tickets out

Average rate of fare per mile on mileage tickets: 500 miles,

2 cents; 1,000 miles, 2 cents.

Average rate of fare per mile on season tickets,

$5,801 25.000

1 25.336

Average rate of fare per mile on joint tickets,

Average rate of freight per ton mile on local way-bill,
Average rate of freight per ton mile on joint way-bill,

Passengers to and from Boston:

Number of passengers (including season-ticket) to Boston,
Number of passengers (including season-ticket) from Boston,
Season-ticket passengers to and from Boston,

Employees:

Average number of persons employed,.

* Estimated one-fourth passenger and three-fourths freight.

9,586,843 9,736,343 1,715,996

16,091

DESCRIPTION OF RAILROAD OWNED AND OPERATED.

(See also tabulated description in preceding appendix to report.)

* Average length of line operated during the year, 1,751 72 miles.

Number of 8-wheel cars in passenger service with brakes for all wheels, 1,221

* Includes 10 passenger and 4 baggage cars, 30.50 per cent of which are owned by the Boston

& Lowell Railroad, 37.83 per cent by the Concord & Montreal Railroad and 31.67 per cent by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Crossings with Highways.

Number of crossings of company's railroad with highways at grade,

Number of highway grade crossings protected by gates,
Number of highway grade crossings protected by flagmen,
Number of highway grade crossings protected by electric sig-
nals only,

Number of highway grade crossings unprotected,

Number of highway grade crossings finally abolished during
the year,
Number of highway grade crossings now in process of aboli-

tion,

Number of highway grade crossings for abolition of which
petition is pending,

Number of highway bridges 18 feet (or more) above track,
Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track,
Height of lowest highway bridge above track,

Crossings with Other Railroads.

Crossings of company's railroad with other railroads at grade (21 in number), viz. ;

Boston, Eastern Division and Fitchburg Railroad. Boston,

Eastern Division and Grand Junction Railroad. Bos-
ton, Eastern Division and Mystic Branch, Southern
Division. Boston, Western Division and Fitchburg
Railroad. Boston, Western Division and Grand Junc-
tion Railroad. Boston, Western Division and Mystic
Branch, Southern Division. Boston, Mystic Branch,
Southern Division, and Grand Junction Railroad. Bos-
ton, Charlestown Branch, Eastern Division, and Grand
Junction Railroad. Boston, Charlestown Branch,
Eastern Division, and Mystic Branch, Southern Divi-
sion. East Boston, East Boston Branch, Eastern
Division, and Grand Junction Railroad. Danvers,
Lawrence Branch, Eastern Division, and Newburyport
Branch, Western Division. Lawrence, Western Divi-
sion and Lowell & Lawrence, Southern Division.
Salem, Eastern Division and Phillips' Wharf Branch.
Wilmington, Western Division, and Salem & Lowell,
Southern Division. West Peabody, Danvers Branch,
Western Division, and Salem & Lowell, Southern Divi-
sion. Ayer, Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division
and Fitchburg Railroad. Ayer, Worcester, Nashua &
Portland Division and Peterboro & Shirley Branch,
Fitchburg Railroad. Barbers, Worcester, Nashua &
Portland Division and Fitchburg Railroad. Oakdale,
Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division and Central
Massachusetts Railroad. Clinton, Worcester, Nashua
& Portland Division and Old Colony Railroad. South
Sudbury, Central Massachusetts Division and Old
Colony Railroad.

Number of above crossings at which interlocking signals are
established,

593

236

169

17

171

9

12

17

39

132

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