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Sidings and other tracks not above enumerated
Same in New Hampshire.

Total length of track, computed as single track Same in New Hampshire.

Total length of steel rails in tracks, not including steel-top rails

Weights per yard, 60 and 72 lbs.]

Roads and Branches belonging to other Companies operated by this Company under lease or contract.

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Eastern R. R. of Massachusetts and branches, length*
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester R. R.,
Eastern R. R. in New Hampshire,

Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R. R.,

Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway R. R.,

Wolfeborough R. R.,

Chelsea Beach R. R.,

Newburyport City R. R.,

Portsmouth & Dover R. R.,

Danvers R. R.,

Newburyport R. R.,

Lowell & Andover R. R.,

West Amesbury Branch R. R.,

Dover & Winnipesaukee R. R.,

Kennebunk & Kennebunkport R. R.,
Total length of above roads

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in New Hampshire

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in other States

Eastern R. R. of Mass. and branches in Mass.

Worcester, Nashua & Rochester R. R.,

Chelsea Beach R. R.,

Newburyport City R. R.,

R. R.,

Danvers R. R.,

Lowell & Andover R. R.,

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West Amesbury Branch R. R.,

Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R. R., in Maine.
Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway R. R.,

Kennebunk & Kennebunkport R. Ř.,

Total length of above roads

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in Massachusetts

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* 2.75 miles of Methuen Branch are operated by the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad.

Total miles of road operated by this company in

New Hampshire

Number of stations in New Hampshire on all roads operated by this company

Number of telegraph offices in same

Number of stations on all roads owned by this com

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November 19, 1885. John Hamil, a trespasser, was found lying dead between the tracks near Powwow River; he was supposed to have been struck by the night freight train.

December 1.- John E. Littlefield, brakeman, in coupling cars at Greenland, was caught and had his hand crushed.

December 2.- James C. White, an employe, in coupling cars near Portsmouth, was caught by his foot in a frog and run over and killed. December 7.-James Rollins, a passenger, attempted to get upon a train after it had started from East Kingston, and fell under the wheels and had his left foot cut off.

January 22, 1886. Clarence Champion, a section-foreman, in getting out of the way of a moving freight train at Milton, fell, and two wheels of the train passed over him, cutting off his leg.

February 7.- Eugene M. Hazeltine, brakeman, fell under a moving train near Hampton, and had one foot badly jammed.

February 9.-Calvin S. Haines, a brakeman, was struck by timber falling from a car, near Ossipee Centre, and had an arm fractured. February 17.- Augustus L. Whitney, brakeman, fell from the top of a moving freight train near North Wakefield, and was run over, receiving injuries from which he soon afterward died.

February 19.-Stephen E. Jones, an employe, in coupling cars at Portsmouth, slipped and broke one of his legs.

July 8. James Clark, a trespasser, lying upon the track leading to the engine-house at Portsmouth, was run over and killed by an engine.

July 28. John Brown and Mrs. Adam Walker, occupants of a buggy, and reputed to have been intoxicated, attempted to cross the tracks in advance of an approaching train at Union, and were struck, the woman being killed and the man severely bruised.

August 23.-E. F. Nute, a passenger, jumped from a train after it had started from Dover and fell, receiving severe injuries on the head.

August 27.-Timothy Sullivan, a trespasser on the tracks at Portsmouth, had both legs cut off by an engine on its way to the engine-house.

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GENERAL INFORMATION.

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Maximum weight of locomotives in working order.
Average
Maximum weight of tenders full of fuel and water
Average

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Maximum weight of passenger cars

Average

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of mail and baggage cars
of 8-wheel box freight cars

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Length of heaviest engine and tender, from center of forward truck-wheel of engine to center of rear wheel of tender

Total length of heaviest engine and tender over all

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longest

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Number of locomotives equipped with train brake .
[Kind of brake, Westinghouse and Smith's vacuum.]
Number of cars equipped with train brake
[Kind of brake, Westinghouse and Smith's vacuum.]
Number of passenger cars with Miller platform and

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Number of miles of road operated by this company
not furnished with telegraph facilities .
From Bradford, Mass., to Georgetown, Mass.

BRIDGES.

Number of trestle bridges of 25 feet length and upwards *

Aggregate length of same for single track 72 ft. Number of spans of iron bridges of 25 feet and upwards*

Aggregate length of same for single track

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double

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185 ft.

321 ft.

Number of spans of timber bridges of 25 feet and up-
wards * .

Aggregate length of same for single track
Number of crossings of highways at grade*

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of highway bridges 18 feet above track
of highway bridges less than 18 feet above

track

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Number of crossings at which gates or flagmen are maintained

16

Number of crossings at which there are neither signals nor flagmen

27

Number of railroad crossings at grade:
Concord R. R., Newmarket Junction.

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Number of railroad crossings over other railroads :'
Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad,
Salmon Falls.

RATES OF FARE, ETC.

Average rate of fare per mile (not including season tickets) for local passengers on roads operated by this company

*

*On miles of road owned in New Hampshire.

2.14 cents.

Average rate of fare per mile received from passengers to and from other roads

Average rate of fare per mile for season-ticket pas

sengers

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Average rate of fare per mile received from all passengers

Average rate of local freight per ton per mile † Average rate of freight per ton per mile received from freight to and from other roads

Average rate of freight per ton per mile received from all freight

CAPITAL STOCK.

Capital stock authorized by charter

Capital stock authorized by votes of

company

$7,000,000.00

7,000,000.00

Capital stock issued (number of shares, 70,000);

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amount paid in

$7,000,000.00

Total amount paid in (as per books of the com

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Bonds due January 1, 1893; rate of interest, 7 per cent

Interest accrued on same during year $105,000.00 Bonds due January 1, 1894; rate of interest, 7 per cent

Interest accrued on same during year $140,000.00 Improvement bonds, due February 2, 1905; rate of interest, 4 per cent.

Interest accrued on same during year $34,493.77
Total amount of funded debt

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NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF OFFICERS.

$1,500,000.00

2,000,000.00

926,000.00

$4,426,000.00

George C. Lord, President, Newton, Mass.; James T. Furber, General Manager, Lawrence, Mass.; William J. Hobbs, Auditor, Malden, Mass.; William Merritt, Jr., Superintendent Western Division, Boston, Mass,; Daniel W. Sanborn, Superintendent Eastern Division, Portland, Me.; John W. Sanborn, Superintendent North

* Reckoning twelve passengers per week for time of each season ticket. Rates as per tariff.

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