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Ypsi-ann Carried 1,994,061 People

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
July
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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YPSI-ANN CARRIED 1,994,061 PEOPLE

The census bureau at Washington has been compiling some facts concerning electric lines and has just issued a bulletin of statistics for the year ending June 30, 1903, which contains some valuable information.

There are twenty-four companies operating roads in the state and their ross earnings were $6,494,691 while their operating expenses were $3,655,328, or 56.28 per cent of earnings. The taxes and fixed charges amounted to $1,077,048 form the roads, dividends paid was $612,00 and surplus of roads $465.048. Of the gross earnings $6, 014,824 was form passengers, the remainder of $479,849 being from freight, mall, express, sale of current for light and power and other miscellaneous items.

Regarding the D., Y., A. A. & J. line the bulletin has the following: Capital liabilities per mile of single track, $56,880; number of passenger cars owned 34; number of passengers carried 1,944,061 all of whom paid fare. No dividend was declared last year.