10 REPORT OF THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY.

with the accumulation of vacation time. These two increases alone
represent 11.10 per cent increase in our pay roll. |

The following statement gives the number of trains handled during
the year ending June 30, 1908, and also a comparison between the
months of June, 1908 and 1907.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INOTUMD OUI ise re er ae Ge i 5018 890 | 6,808 | 42 | 32,904 | 32,946 | 39,754
SOUDMDOUN Ga see Sa ee eG ae | 6,359 © 889 | 7,248 | 66 | 31,181 31,247 | 38, 495
Total year ending June 30, 1908.....- L2H, | 1,779 | 14,056 | 108 | 64,085 64,193 | 78,249
Average Number per: day. 3-8 sees es | 33. 6) BO 38.014) Qos W(S20 1 76.9.1) 21a
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pe LOO tie eA eee Se 1,100 3 184 |. 1,284) 8 2,082, 2,890; 3,874
DECTCASC ALTAINS aris ee a ee | 221 | 30 Bolas — 2)41.903 : a1. 901 | a1. 650
Mecreases per CON ts ee ee ee 20:09 | 16.30} 19.55 | 25.00 473.70 473.40 | @ 42.59
Average decrease per day in June, 1908, | |
OVE JUNE 90 (ctralnS 2 eo ee es | 14 105| $24) .07 | 468.4 ° @63.4 a@ 50.0

 

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a Denotes increase.

NotE.—The largest number of trains passing through any one blockin eight hours was 240, by Pedro
Miguel, but as many as 293 train movements have been made in the same period by one point (Mira
Flores).

MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT.

The expenses of this department show an increase of $49,714.01, or
14.93 per cent. A very large portion of this increase is due to the
inaintenance of additional equipment purchased during the previous
year, viz, 24 locomotives, 23 passenger coaches, 500 box cars. We
have equipped a number of the best of the smaller cars with auto-
matic couplers for safer operation in trains, entailing certain increased
expenditures, but the old equipment is being gradually destroyed as
being unsafe, and in accordance with policy previously adopted. :

When the Secretary of War authorized certain increases of pay due
to longevity service, effective July 1, 1907, it immediately increased
our shop pay roll about 3 per cent. re

The action of the commission in deciding that vacation pay would
not be accumulative, caused our forces to immediately take up their
vacations, and our pay roll on this account increased 166 per cent, or
from $4,216.45 to $11,253.85. In future years these vacation pay-
ments will naturally be less and more nearly on an equality.

The following new equipment has been received, erected complete,
and placed in service: Two first-class coaches, length 68 feet; 8 sec-
oo coaches, length 68 feet; 2 baggage and mail cars, length 68
eet. :

At the shops of the railroad company there have also been erected
for the Isthmian Canal Commission: |

Ey abCeSuCel Gn Cals. Sk 500
Western dump cars, 80,000 pounds capacity, completing order of 300............ 164
p 0 Non wooden fabcars: 8 ee 300
Bay, Uniyapile drivers 5.000 os oe Z,
Model 20;ton Marion steelshovel «9 8520 5 oe 1
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