Show V WAS A GREAT YEAR Summary of Rio Grande Western Annual An-nual Report The annual report of the Rio Grande Vcatern for the year ending Juno SO V 1100 has bccn received I gives an Interesting In-teresting account of the Utah road for that period which was the best year In the history of the road In amount V of gross receipts which were 1510603 an Increase of S1157G15 orOlVi percent Alter paylng qperatlpg expenses taxes Insurance fixed charges and dividends thcsurpliyj was30566 2 Of this sum S500000 wis appiopriated for another I dividend 25000 for the Insurance I tlldcld fund 50000 for the betterment fund I and 19000 for the Scofield relief fund Tho following are extracts from President Presi-dent Palmers report The physical condition of the road Is better than It 1 has ever heretofore been Over 440000 passengeis were carried during the rear of whom but one was slightly In lured and none were hilled We have not escaped however our full share of expensive accldents V Credit Is duc the general superintendent superin-tendent and his asslstantu for the energy and skill with which under such unfavorlng conditions this heavy V expansion of business has been promptly handled promJl looal business shows a V gain or 5512207 over the previous V year or 35 per cent The local tonnage gained over GO per cent and constituted 64C per cent of the total tonnage The following extracts are points of Interest taken at random from the various tables Average receipts per mile 7270 average net per mile 2G8G amount expended for equipment 400 11133 amount expended for main line changes andV betterments 18563220 tons freight moved 1C31G7G freight revenues 3394073 passengers carried 410108 revenues for Rame 032G30G7 The report also covers all brunches built changes and Improvements mude additions to plants and other features of the year hut these have been given In detail from time to time |