OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905. COMPILATIONS FROM RAILROAD RETURNS ARE FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1905. RALEIGH: E. M. UZZELL & Co., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 1905. SIR: As required by law, we hand you herewith our annual report for the year 1905, being the seventh annual report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission. This report contains the law establishing the Corporation Commission, as revised and brought forward in the Revisal of 1905, and the laws pertaining to the Department enacted by the General Assembly of 1905; the tariffs and classifications of railroad and express companies in North Carolina, together with the rules and regulations of the Corporation Commission; cases disposed of by the Corporation Commission; the annual reports of fifty railroad companies, nine street railway companies, two telegraph companies, and the Southern Express Company, as of June 30, 1905; also reports of 236 State, private and savings banks of condition of business on the 9th day of November, 1905. This report also contains the assessment of all properties required to be assessed by the Corporation Commission and the distribution thereof to counties and municipalities, and the amount of incomes returned for taxation, with the amount of taxes computed thereon, and the distribution of same by counties. RAILROADS. There are within this State 3,859.09 miles of railroad, not including double and side-tracks-an increase over last year of 59 miles. Of our railroads, 2,839.51 miles are operated by the Southern Railway Company, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and Seaboard Air Line Railway, divided as follows: Southern Railway Company, 1,279.56 miles; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, 947.83 miles; Seaboard Air Line Railway, 612.12 miles. Gross earnings JUL 31 1918 344412 |
