REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS 
OF THE 
Western & Atlantic Railroad 
 
FOR THE 
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1912 
 
 REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS 
OF THE 
Western & Atlantic Railroad 
 
ATLANTA, GA., October 1, 1912. 
 
To His Excellency, Hon. Jos. M. Brown, Governor of Georgia: 
 
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of an Act of the Legis- 
 
lature of the State of Ge.orgia, approved November 12, 1889, pro- 
 
viding for the lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the annual 
 
report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, is herewith sub- 
 
mitted: 
 
RECEIPTS. 
 
Freight______________________________________$ 2,051,791 81 
 
Passenger __________________________________ _ ~ail _______________________________________ _ ECxpress _____________________________________ _ Other Sources_______________________________ _ 
 
553,842 03 78,597 95 
113,086 15 124,794 54--$ 2,922,112 48 
 
OPERATING EXPENSES. 
 
~aintenance of Way and Structures ___________ $ 196,580 60 
Maintenance of ECquipmenL _________________ _ 443,238 16 Traffic ECxpenses ____________________________ _ 105,287 28 
Transportation ECxpenses ____________________ _ 1,283,715 04 (;eneral ECxpenses ___________________________ _ 74,772 28--$ 2,103,593 36 
 
Net ECarnings _________________________._________________ $ Flental_______________________________________ $) 420,012 00 
 
Taxes--------------------------------------Improvements------------------------------- 
 
18,112 38 6,455 6Q--$ 
 
818,519 12 444,579 98 
 
Surplus------------------------------------------------ $ 373,939 14 
 
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STATISTICS. 
 
FISCAL YEAR 1911-1912. 
Total number of passengers carried __________________ _ 504,080 Amount received from each passenger_ ___________ _ 
Total number of passengers carried one mile __________ _ 26,145,498 Average receipts per passenger per mile __________ _ 
Total tons of freight carried_________________________ _ 2' 114,821 Average amount received on each ton carried_____ _ 
Total tons of freight carried one mile ________________ _ 215,096,693 Average receipts per ton per mile ________________ _ 
 
1.0987 .0212 .9702 .0095 
 
OPERATIONS DURING LEASE. 
 
The receipts and expenditures from December 27, 1890, to ]Une 30, 1912, twenty-one and a half years, have been: 
 
Receipts ____________________________________ _ Operating Expenses _________________________ _ 
 
$47,066,785 45 32,659,566 42 
 
Net Earnings____________________________ 
 
$14,407,219 03 
 
Rental_;-------------------------------------$ 9,034,774 26 Interest ____________________________________ _ 326,633 63 Taxes ______________________________________ _ 268,820 25 
Improvements ______________________________ _ 793,103 90 
 
$10,423,332 04 
 
Surplus________________________________________________ $ 3,983,886 99 
 
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IMPROVEMENTS. 
The improvements during the year were: Steel Rails-Difference in Weight-Value _________________________ $ 2,084 70 Siding and Spur Tracks___________________________________________ 280 14 Terminal 1lards-------------------------------------------------- 2,985 34 Interlocking Plants---------------------c------------------------ 379 02 Change of Alignment_____________________________________________ 726 40 
Total--------------------------------------------------------$ 6,455 60 Respectfully submitted, 
J. W. THOMAS, ]R., 
President.