Seventh Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, January 1920, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, January 1920, Vol. 2: Statistics and Returns to December 31, 1919Annual returns for the year ended December 31, 1919, have been received from thirty-two railroad corporations, also Federal returns from five of these companies. Returns have been received from a canal company and a sleeping car company, and Federal returns have also been received from these companies.During the year the Boston & Lowell, Connecticut River, Fitchburg, and the Lowell & Andover Railroads have been consolidated with the Boston & Maine, and, therefore, have been dropped from the list.During the year one new company has been formed and added to the list, namely, the Fore River.There was returned the past year an increase, of 2.21 miles of railroad line located in this Commonwealth, caused by additions, remeasurements and abandonments. There was an increase of .39 of a mile of second main track, and an increase of .09 of a mile of third main track and 5.82 miles of side track.There are now in Massachusetts 2, 126.68 miles of main and branch railroad line. The total length of railroad track within the Commonwealth, including second, third and fourth main track and side track, is 5, 015.48 miles.Statistics.The following compilations of statistics are from the returns of the several railroad companies to the Commission for the year ended December 31, 1919.The 4.32 miles of road owned by the Hartford & Connecticut Western, located in this Commonwealth and operated by the Central New England, are not included in the following tables and statistics.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.