| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| December 20, 1864 |
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| Wilmington & Weldon Railroad |
| The Wilmington, N. C., Journal
learns that the gross receipts of this road for the fiscal year ending
30th Sept. 1864, |
| were |
$3,010,039.97 |
| Expenditures |
1,864,224.34 |
| Nett Receipts |
$1,145,815.63 |
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"
" 1863 |
809,652.67 |
| Increase for 1864 |
$336,162.96 |
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| The gross receipts for 1863
were $1,402,831, over which the gross receipts for 1864 show an
increase of $1,607,208.37, while the nett receipts for the same time
show as above only an increase of $336,162.96. This is due to the
immense increase in the cost of all labor and materials which has
swelled the expenditures in ration far exceeding that attained by the
increase of receipts. The Government is the great employer of
Railroads, and its rate of compensation in the present state of the
currency is not much more than nominal. |
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