GENERAL INFORMATION-Continued. Length of heaviest engine and tender, from center of forward truck Number of passenger cars with Miller platform and buffer....... 105 Number of miles of road operated by your Company not furnished with telegraph facilities, specifying location of same: From Orono to Upper Stillwater, number of miles. 3 Are charges for the transportation of company's supplies included in the earnings as reported for your road? No. †Number of spans of bridges, of 25 feet and upwards...... ..... †Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track. +Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track. Portland & Rochester, Westbrook Junction. Grand Trunk, Yarmouth Junction. 232 76 .... 68 5 460 32 16 6 26 8 Grand Trunk, Danville Junction. Sandy River, Farmington Junction. +Number of railroad crossings over other railroads. *Two spans. +In Maine, on miles road owned. Lewiston & Auburn, at Auburn GENERAL INFORMATION-Concluded. RATES OF FARE, ETC. *Average rate of fare per mile, including season tickets, for local passengers on roads operated by this company ........... ....... ....... Average rate of fare per mile received from passengers to and from ............ .... 01.77 66 CAPITAL STOCK. Capital stock authorized by charter........ ...... $5,000,000 00 5,000,000 00 3,593,600 00 632 414 Capital stock issued, number of shares, 35,936; amount paid in... Killed. Injured. Killed Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Total in Maine. Total on whole road operated. STATEMENT OF EACH ACCIDENT IN MAINE. October 10 1888-At Augusta, Mr Fitzgerald of Augusta, about seventy years of age, was run over and killed by an engine backing out of engine house. October 16 1888-At Belfast, William Gray, a flagman, while attempting to hold a horse at crossing, was thrown against rear end of passenger-train No. 87 and injured so badly that he died a few hours later. November 12 1888-At Livermore Falls station, Frank Burger, eleven years old, while running across the track, was struck by train No. 67, and injured so that he died the same evening. Coroner's jury exonerated company and employes from blame. November 27 1888-About one mile south of Lewiston lower station, train No. 54 found body of Tim Walsh on the track. He was probably killed by train No. 79 or 80 of the night before. Coroner's jury attached no blame to the company or employes. *Rates as per tariff. STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS-Continued. December 6 1888-Near Pittsfield, Philip Vigue of St. Joseph, P. Q., while leaning from the platform of an express car on train No. 2, was struck by the freight platform and injured so badly that he died the same night. Vigue was stealing a ride. Coroner's jury attached no blame to the company or employes. December 29 1888—At Danforth, Hiram Osgood, brakeman on train No. 55, was fatally injured by being jammed between engine and flat car. Coroner's jury exonerated the company and employes from all blame in the matter. January 10 1889-At Hallowell, Arthur Ellis, ten years of age, was run over by train No. 28 while working at that station. The boy's leg was crushed at the ankle. He was supposed to be at play near by and attempted to cross the tracks. January 18 1889-At Belfast, A. F. Cornforth, brakeman on the Belfast branch, while assisting to switch a snow plow, was struck on the head by the hook of the switch rope, and injured so that he died the next day. February 20 1889-At Bason Mills, Fred Gulliver, of Oldtown, was found with both legs cut off below the knees after the departure of train No. 11. He was intoxicated and is supposed to have got off the train, and fallen under when attempting to get on again. February 23 1889-At Kingman, Fireman H. J. Goodman of Vanceboro, Postal Clerk Mudgett of Dexter and Mail Agent John Campbell of St. John, N. B., were buried in wreck of train No. 71, and burned to death, in accident caused by a misplaced switch. Engineer Angell was severely cut and Postal Clerk Cabel Palmer had his foot jammed. March 7 1889-At Rolling Mill, Patrick Norton, while on his way to his work at 6.30 PM, was run over by an engine and had his leg crushed above the ankle. March 19 1889-Near Mattawamkeag, William Kelly, brakeman, fell between the cars and had one leg crushed. May 29 1839-At Skowhegan, Mazaire Fortier, was run over and killed by an engine backing from the depot. Coroner's jury exonorated company and employes from all blame. June 10 1889-At Crowell's brook, near Oakland, train No. 13, from Portland to Skowhegan, ran into a washout, fatally injuring Roscoe Stevens of Skowhegan, express messenger. Mail Agent Petterson of Belfast had both legs broken. Mail Agent Libby of Portland had ribs broken, and Engineer Underwood, Fireman Coburn, Baggage-master Harrigan, Brakeman Royal and Mail Agent Spear of Gardiner, received injuries more or less severe. July 4 1889-At Vanceboro' yard, William Sears of Vanceboro', eighty-five years old, was run over and instantly killed by an engine backing east from the station. July 16 1889-At Bangor, John Ryan of Chatham, N. B., was run over by cars handled by shifter at Bangor, and had both legs crushed below the knee. He was intoxicated and lying across the rails. Died the next morning. July 19 1889-At Mattawamkeag, Thomas Higgins of St. Louis, Mo, while stealing a ride, jumped or fell from train No. 64, and had one leg cut off. He was carried to Bangor and died the same day. August 14 1889-At Scott's, Will C. Collier, thirteen years old, while riding on a construction train was thrown from the cars by the starting of the engine, falling beneath the wheels was killed. He had been warned often to keep away from the train. STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS-Concluded. August 28 1889-Two or three miles west of Bangor, train 71 run over the body of John Carmel. He was probably killed by train No. 2 of previous evening. A bottle of liquor was found near by. September 10 1889-At South Gardiner, train No. 64 struck a team loaded with logs fatally injuring the driver, Charles N. Brown of Skowhegan. NAME AND RESIDENCE OF OFFICERS. President-Arthur Sewall, Bath, Me. Vice President-Payson Tucker, Portland, Me. General Manager-Payson Tucker, Portland, Me. Division Superintendent-Jonas Hamilton, Portland, Me. General Freight Agent-W. S. Eaton, Portland, Me. General Passenger and Ticket Agent-F. E. Boothby, Portland, Me. Treasurer-J. A. Linscott, Farmington, Me. Clerk of Corporation-J. H. Drummond, Portland, Me. Name and Residence of Directors Last Elected-Arthur Sewall, Bath, Me. Geo. C. Lord, Newton Mass. Amos Paul, South Newmarket, N. H. Wm. G. Davis, Portland, Me. Frank Jones, Portsmouth, N. H. S. C. Lawrence, Medford, Mass. John Ware, Waterville, Me. H. N. Jose, Portland, Me. Richard Olney, Boston, Mass. Darius Alden, Augusta, Me. J. S. Ricker, Deering, Me. Thomas W. Hyde, Bath, Me. Francis W. Hill, Exeter, Me. Proper Address of the Company-Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, Me. Report of the Monson Railroad Company, for the Year Ending 1,360 73 Balance for the year, deficit Balance at commencement of year, deficit. 1,308 69 From local passengers. 294 08 From through passengers, to and from other roads 4,980 67 $4200 00 780 67 4,489 77 88,682 61 93,172 38 ANALYSIS OF EARNINGS. 1,062 60 367 06 236 35 327 47 From mails....... ...... 262 32 12,747 26 Total transportation earnings..... 10,730 08 702 92 $700 00 1,522 21 General salaries, office expenses, and miscellaneous... Iron rails.... ..... ...... ........ 50 77 555 14 70 00 2,039 43 298 12 Repairs of passenger, mail and baggage cars.... 2,165 73 Salaries, wages and incidentals of passenger trains... 463 66 Damages and gratuities freight 6 12 1,047 05 200 49 284 68 ........ 450 00 ...... 10 41 3,141 14 601 47 8,866 18 Total expenses 10,942 10 |