SENATE No. 30. ANNUAL REPORTS RAILROAD CORPORATIONS, STATE OE MASSACHUSETTS, 1849. Boston: DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, PRINTERS TO THE STATE,. No. 37, Congress Street. 1850. ®owmonUiea!tf) of JUaasadmssetts, In Senate, March 20, 1850. The Committee on Railways and Canals, to whom were referred the various Returns of the several Railroads in the State, ask leave to * REPORT: Returns have been received from forty-six Railroad Corpora- tions ; and, in general, they appear to be in conformity with the requirements of the act of 1849. Appended is a Table, showing the whole number of injuries that have occurred, and the number that have been fatal. The Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the Western Railroad, appears to be correct. The Committee recommend that three thousand copies be printed. JNO. H. WILKINS, Chairman. In Senate, March 20, 1850. Accepted. Sent down for concurrence. CHAS. CALHOUN, Clerk. House of Representatives, March 21, 1S50. Concurred. C. W. STOREY, Clerk. LIST OF INJURIES, \o. of Injuries. No. Fatal Boston and Lowell, 8 5 Boston and Maine, 8 7 Boston and Providence, 6 4 Boston and Worcester, 19 9 Cheshire, 3 Connecticut River, 2 2 Eastern, 5 4 Fall River, . 4 2 Fitchburg, 18 14 Nashua and Lowell, . 2 1 Norwich and Worcester, 8 2 Old Colony, . 8 5 Providence and Worcester, 1 • 1 Stony Brook, . 1 1 Vermont and Massachusetts, . 4 4 Western, 5 3 102 64 ANNUAL REPORTS. RAILROAD CORPORATIONS. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT BERKSHIRE RAILROAD COMPANY. Return of the Berkshire Railroad, under the Act of May 1, 1849, chap. 191. Capital stock, - #600,000 00 Increase of capital since last report, None. Capital paid in per last report, - 600,000 00 Capital paid in since last report, None. Total amount of capital stock paid in, 600,000 00 Funded debt, per last report, - Nothing, Funded debt paid since last report, - do Funded debt, increase of, since last report, - do Total present amount of funded debt, do Floating debt, per last report, ... do Floating debt paid since last report, do Floating debt, increase of, since last report, - do Total present amount of floating debt, do Total present amount of funded and floating debt, - do Average rate of interest per annum paid during the year, - - - - do Maximum amount of debt for each month during the year, viz. : January, $ ; February, $ April, March, $ ; $ ; May, $ June, $ ; July, $ ; August, $ September, $ ; October, $ ; Novem- ber, $ ; December, $ Cost of Road and Equipment. For graduation and masonry, per last report, This road being under lease For graduation and masonry paid during the past to the Housatonic Railroad year, __-._- Company, reference is made Total amount expended for graduation and masonry, to former Reports, For wooden bridges, per last report, The whole cost of the road, For wooden bridges paid during the past year, without equipment, was- Total amount expended for wooden bridges, #500,000. Total amount expended for iron bridges, (if any,) For superstructure, including iron, per last Report, - For superstructure, including iron, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for superstructure, including BERKSHIRE RAILROAD. [Feb. For stations, buildings and fixtures, per last report, - For stations, buildings and fixtures, paid during the past year, _____ Total amount expended for stations, buildings and fixtures, ------ For land, land-damages and fences, per last report, - For land, land-damages and fences, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for land, land-damages and fences, ------ For locomotives, per last report, - $42,000 00 For locomotives, paid during the past year, - Nothing. Total amount expended for locomotives, 42,000 00 For passenger and baggage cars, per last report, 7,200 00 For passenger and baggage cars, paid during the past year, - Nothing. Total am't expended for passenger and baggage cars, 7,200 00 For merchandise cars, per last report, 50,800 00 For merchandise cars, paid during the past year, Nothing. Total amount expended for merchandise cars, 50,800 00 For engineering, per last report, - Reference as above. For engineering paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for engineering, For agencies and other expenses, per last report, For agencies and other expenses, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for agencies and other ex- penses, - - - - Total cost of road and equipment, - 600,000 00 Characteristics of Road. Length of road, ----- > 21 miles, 11 chains. Length of single main track, Length of double main track, - None. Length of branches owned by the Company, stating whether they have a single or double track, None. Aggregate length of sidings and other tracks, ex- cepting main track and branches, Weight of rail per yard in main road, 56 lbs. Weight of rail per yard in branch roads, Specify the different weights per yard, Maximum grade, with its length in main road, 40 feet, 1 mile, 16 chains. Maximum grade, with its length in branch roads, Total rise and fall in main road, - Total rise and fall in branch roads, - - - Shortest radius of curvature, with length of curve in main road, - 872 to 1090—lmile, 2ch. Shortest radius of curvature, with length of curve in branch roads, - Total degrees of curvature in main road, Total degrees of curvature in branch roads, Total length of straight line in main road, - 12 miles, 48 chains. Total length of straight line in branches, Aggregate length of wooden truss bridges, - Aggregate length of all other wooden bridges, Aggregate length of iron bridges, - - - Whole length of road unfenced on both sides, Number of public ways crossed at grade, Twenty-three. Number of railroads crossed at grade, None. Remarks, ------ 1850.] SENATE—No. 30. Way stations for express trains, - Four. Way stations for accommodation trains, Flag stations, ._-_-_- Three. Whole number of way stations, ... Four. Whole number of flag stations, - Three. Doings during the Year. Miles run by passenger trains, - 13,146 Miles run by freight trains, - 17,579 Miles run by other trains, - 600 Total miles run, - 31,325 Number of passengers carried in the cars, - 51,555 Number of passengers carried one mile, 880,208 Number of tons of merchandise carried in the cars, - Number of tons of merchandise carried one mile, Number ofpassengers carried, to and from other roads, 43,114 Number of tons carried one mile, to and from other roads, ------ Rate of speed adopted for express passenger trains including stops, ----- No express trains. Average rate of speed actually attained by express passenger trains, including stops and detentions, - Rate of speed adopted for accommodation trains, 25 miles per hour. Rate of speed actually attained by accommodation trains, including stops and detentions, 22 do do Average rate of speed actually attained by special trains, including stops and detentions, Average rate of speed adopted for freight trains, in- cluding stops and detentions, - 12 do do Estimated weight in tons of passenger cars, (not in- cluding passengers,) hauled one mile, 184,044 Estimated weight in tons of merchandise cars, (not including freight,) hauled one mile, 328,650 Expenditures for Working the Road. For repairs of road, maintenance of way, exclusive of No separate account being wooden bridges and renewals of iron, kept by lessees, no return For repairs of wooden bridges, - can be made. For renewals of iron, including laying down, For wages of switchmen, average per month, $ For wages of gate-keepers, average per month, $ For wages of signal-men, average per month, $ For wages of watchmen, average per month, $ Number of men employed, exclusive of those en- gaged in construction, - For removing ice and snow, (this item to include all labor, tools, repairs, and extra steam-power used,) For repairs of fences, gates, houses for signal-men, gate-keepers, switchmen, tool-houses, Total for maintenance of way, - Motive Power and Cars. For repairs of locomotives, - Same answer as above. For new locomotives, to cover depreciation, - For repairs of passenger cars, - For new passenger cars, to cover depreciation, For repairs of merchandise cars, - For new merchandise cars, to cover depreciation, For repairs of gravel and other cars, Total for maintenance of motive power and cars, : : BERKSHIRE RAILROAD. [Feb. Number of engines, - 6 Number of passenger cars, - 4 lst-class. Number of baggage cars, - Number of merchandise cars, - 80 8-wheeled. Number of gravel cars, - Miscellaneous. For fuel used by engines during the year, viz. Expenses being all borne by Wood, Housatonic Railroad Com- Coal, __---- pany, no answer can be For oil used by cars and engines, - - - made. For waste and other material for cleaning, - For salaries, wages and incidental expenses, charge- able to passenger department, - For salaries, wages and incidental expenses, charge- able to freight department, - For gratuities and damages, - For taxes and insurance, - For ferries, ------ For repairs of station buildings, aqueducts, fixtures, furniture, ------ For interest, - For amount paid other companies, in tolls for pas- sengers, and freight carried on their roads, speci- fying each company, - For amount paid other companies as rent for use of their roads, specifying each company, For salaries of president, treasurer, superintendent, law expenses, office expenses of the above offices, and all other expenses not included in any of the foregoing items, - - - - - $560, which cost is paid from Total miscellaneous, - a fund of $8000 in our own Total expenditures for working the road, stock, owned by the Co. Income during the Year. For passengers:— 1. On main road, including branches owned by company, - 7 per cent, on whole cost of 2. To and from other roads, specifying what, road and equipment. For freight — 1. On main road and branches owned by company, 2. To and from other connecting roads, - U. S. mails, - Rents, ______ Total income, - 42,000 00 Net earnings, after deducting expenses, Dividends. 7 per cent. Total, 42,000 00 Surplus not divided, None.