Profit and Loss:

Revenue from express

178 36

27,498 58

Revenue from freight.

175,955 42

44,780 19 236 10

Other income.

Operating expenses.

Rents..

Sinking funds chargeable to income.

Tabulated Statements from Returns of Railroad Corporations-Continued.

Total number of freight cars equipped with grab irons.

Total number of freight cars equipped with automatic couplers.

Total number of engines equipped with "driving wheel" brake.
Total number of engines equipped with "air brake'

* Deficit.

York Harbor &
Beach Railroad.

INSPECTION AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS FOR

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1913.

BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY.

This company on November 30, 1913, operated 630.52 miles of road of which 573.47 miles were owned and 57.05 were leased. The roadbed, track and buildings have been carefully maintained during the year and are in excellent condition.

Two hundred and fourteen tons of relaying 85 pound steel rails with trimmed ends, were relaid between Presque Isle and Caribou,-1.61 miles,-replacing 70 pound steel rails, and six hundred and twenty seven tons of relay seventy pound steel rails with trimmed ends were relaid on Patten Branch,— 5.51 miles, replacing steel rails weighing 56 pounds.

One hundred thirteen thousand, nine hundred thirty-seven standard cedar cross ties were used in renewals, and one hundred and nine sets of cedar switch ties and one set of cross over ties were put in; six hundred twenty five hard pine bridge ties were used in renewing bridge floors.

Forty three thousand, three hundred and fifty cubic yards. of gravel and cinders, were used for ballast during the year. Twenty nine thousand, five hundred cubic yards of material were removed from ditches by the ditching machine.

Eight thousand tie plates were used during the year.

The bridges have been well maintained and are in good condition. Standard steel guards, or safety rails, were applied to forty-four bridges in addition to those previously protected in this manner.

Two trestles at Stockton 243 feet and 151 feet respectively, were filled.

One concrete culvert with earth fill, was built to replace a

trestle of 16 lineal feet in length, near Caribou. Seven cattle passes, seven concrete culverts and one hundred and nine cast iron pipe culverts were put in, replacing wooden cattle passes and culverts.

For bank protection along the St. John River at several places near Madawaska, hard pine piles were driven for about thirty lineal feet at each place.

To prevent sliding of mud into ditches from slopes of cuttings, crib work of ties, supported by piles driven a few feet apart, of varying height up to four feet above top of rail, was built as follows:

On the Northern Maine Seaport Railroad between Prospect and Winterport, 1200 linea! feet of crib work; on the St. John River extension between Madawaska and Fort Kent, 443 lineal feet of crib work and 736 lineal feet of piling faced with ties.

At Cape Jellison about 800 lineal feet along the face of Wharf No. 1 were dredged to a depth of 7.5 feet at mean low

water.

New sidings were built aggregating 1.92 miles, and .04 of a mile were taken up.

New buildings were erected and other facilities were supplied as follows:

At Millinocket, concrete ash pit was built open on one side for loading on depressed track.

At Oakfield five stalls were added to engine house making a total of eleven stalls; a new machine shop was erected and a concrete ash pit was built open on one side for loading on depressed track.

At Sheridan a combination passenger and freight station was built with necessary platforms and with separate combination toilet and oil house.

At Fort Kent a steel tank for storage of gasolene oil for motor car was erected: at Caribou a concrete oil house was built; at Hanford and Blackstone flag station awnings and platforms were built; at Ludlow and Maysville dwelling houses were purchased for rental to sectionmen, and at Washburn new stock yard was built.

At Presque Isle a new concrete sidewalk from Main street

to the station was built and at Island Falls, Mapleton, McShea, and St. John, freight loading platforms for ties and gravel were erected.

At Stockton the engine house of two stalls was moved to Caribou making a total of eight stalls at the latter place.

At St. Croix the water station was moved to Howe Brook. Automatic crossing alarm bells were placed at the crossing of the Limestone Road in Caribou.

During the year ending June 30, 1913, the company made the following additions to its equipment :

Forty-nine box cars, six flat cars and one stock car with steel under frames have been received to replace similar cars destroyed, and contracts have been awarded for 68 flat cars and 18 box cars for delivery in December and January. Twelve flat cars have been equipped with racks for pulpwood service and 569 cars have been raised to standard height; 51 cars have had new roofs applied and 706 cars have been equipped with standard appliances to conform to Federal Regulations.

The old type engines have been sold, and official car Number 200 has been sold to the Canadian Government.

Three new lathes and one acetylene welder and cutter have been installed at the Milo shops.

BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.

Besides the maintenance repairs to road bed, track and buildings, permanent improvements were made as follows: At Wells Depot and West Groveland, Bridges No. 82 and 176 respectively, were rebuilt.

At Biddeford, track changes were made, siding was extended and new fence was built.

At Kennebunk, the express building was repaired, and at Kennebunkport a side track was put in for B. F. Emery.

A new turntable was installed and the passenger station platform repaired at Gorham.

At Waterboro, the water station which was destroyed by fire, was rebuilt.

Between Chicks and West Kennebunk, ballasting of the track