Communications intended for this company should be addressed corner Fifty-first street and Seventh avenue, city and county of New York. The undersigned has caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this company, from the books and records, and has examined them as far as practicable, and believes them to be correct. (Signed) HENRY MCCABE, Secretary and late Treasurer. C. GODFREY GUNTHER, President, and HENRY VAN SINDEN, acting Superintendent of operations of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad Company, being severally sworn, each for himself deposes and says, that the statements in the annexed report, which has been signed by each of them, at the end thereof, are true and correct, according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. (Signed) C. GODFREY GUNTHER. HENRY VAN SINDEN. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 7th day of December, 1870. R. ORMISTON CURRIE, Notary Public, in and for Kings County, N. Y. ... Total amount now of funded and floating debt t Average rate, per annum, of interest on funded debt.... 80,090 61 7 per cent. * The road was foreclosed on a second mortgage, subject to the first mortgage, and sold to C. GODFREY GUNTHER, September 8, 1868. A new company organization has not yet been perfected. + Ex. interest. Number of horses and mules... Length of main line of road from Greenwood to DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION. Number of passengers (all classes) carried in cars Number of tons, of 2,000 pounds, of freight carried in cars 7 miles. 7 45 pounds. 10 15 2 2 7 miles. 201,756 Nominal. The rate of fare for passengers, charged as follows: For through passengers For way passengers ... 3 cents per mile. The average time consumed by passenger cars in passing over the road... 50 minutes. EXPENSES OF MAINTAINING THE ROAD, OR REAL ESTATE OF THE CORPORATION. Repairs of road-bed and railway, including iron, and repairs of buildings and fixtures Taxes on real estate ... $4,861 65 345 53 Total cost of maintaining road and real estate, $5,207 18 EXPENSES OF OPERATING THE ROAD, AND FOR REPAIRS. Watchmen, starters, switchmen, roadmen, etc.. 1,524 82 Repairs of dummy cars.. 5,295 64 Repairs of cars and sleighs.. Repairs of harness, including material and Horseshoeing, including material and labor Stable expenses Feed, grain, hay, etc., including expense of grinding. Fuel, gas and lights Oil and waste Water tax Damages to persons and property, including medical attendance Rents, including use of other roads, ferries, etc., Insurance.. Advertising and printing.. United States tax on earnings Contingencies 327 27 3,789 30 558 18 88 00 27 17 1,138 53 310 00 579 29 869 13 *118 91 Total expense of operating road, and repairs, $22,120 57 Payments, other than for construction: For transportation expenses, maintenance and repairs. ACCIDENT. $27,327 75 Employes. Killed. 1 John Brown, an engineer, was fatally injured near Weir's Hill, while attempting to tighten machinery while the engine was in motion, on the 26th day of June, 1870, and died in the city hospital, Brooklyn, on the 6th day of July, 1870. Verdict on inquest: Accidental death from injuries from engine, on Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad. No blame attached to company or employes. NAMES OF OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY. Communications intended for this company should be addressed corner Twenty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, Kings county, New York. |