56 BELLEFONTE AND SNOWSHOE
Characteristics of Road.
Length of main line of road, from intersection with Bald Eagle
Yalley road to Snowshoe .. 20^ miles.
Length of road laid. 20 “
Length of double track, including sidings. mile.
Grange of road. 4 ft. 8-J in.
Weight of rail per yard on main track. 45 pounds.
Branch roads owned by company, viz :—1, one and a half miles long.
Roads leased by the company, viz :—1, four miles in length.
Number of engine houses and shops. 2
Number of engines... 2
Number of second class passenger cars, (rated as eight wheel
cars,) one, cost. ... $1,000 00
Number of baggage, mail and express cars, 3 four wheel cars,
average cost of each. 225 00
Number of freight cars, (rated as four wheel cars,) 6 charcoal
and 30 lumber trucks, average cost of each. 136 00
Number of coal cars 56, average cost of each. 145 00
Number of iron bridges. None.
Number of wooden trestle bridges. 9
Number of stone bridges...;. None.
Number of railroads crossed at grade. None.
Number of depots on main road ...* . 3
Number of wood and water stations on main road. 2
Yalue of real estate held by the company, exclusive of road-way . Cannot say.
Doings of the year in Transportation, and total Miles Run.
No passenger train ; a passenger car attached to and run with coal trains.
Number of miles run by coal trains. 12, 465
Number of through passengers for the year on main road. 4,029
Number of passengers (all classes) carried in cars. 5, 247
Number of tons of 2,000 lbs. of through freight, for the year
on main road.. 18,018 tons, 1,906 lbs.
Gross amount of tonnage for the year. 18,018 tons, 1,906 lbs.
Average rate of speed adopted by freight trains, (includ-ing stops). 8 miles per hour.
Average weight in tons of freight trains, exclusive offreight...
70 tons.