Mileage of loaded freight cars-north, east, south, or west.. 288,606 Mileage of empty freight cars-north, east, south, or west.. 110,505 Average number of freight cars in train. 15 Average number of loaded cars in train 10 Average number of empty cars in train 15 100 Average number of tons of freight in train Average number of tons of freight in each loaded car.. 10 FREIGHT TRAFFIC MOVEMENT.-(Company's material excluded.) Operated by Western Union Telegraph Company, 76 miles of line. Number of stations on all roads operated by this company in California, 21; number of stations on all roads owned by this company in California, 21. DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Date of Opening. 1. Date when the road or portions thereof were opened for public use: From Avila to Castro... ..Feb. 1, 1876. Dec. 1, 1876. George C. Perkins, President of the Pacific Coast Railway Company, and Edwin Goodall, Secretary of the said company, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the statements, tables, and answers contained in the foregoing thirty-four sheets have been compiled and prepared by the proper officers of said company, from its books and records, under their direction and supervision; that they, the deponents, have carefully examined the same, and that, as now furnished by them to the Board of Railroad Commissioners, they are in all respects just, correct, complete, and true, to the best of their knowledge, and, as they verily believe, the same contain a true and full exhibit of the condition and affairs of said company on the thirty-first day of December, 1888. GEO. C. PERKINS. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this twenty-seventh day of August, 1889. JAS. KING, SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. HISTORY. 1. Name of common carrier making this report: Sonoma Valley Railroad Company. 2. Date of organization: July 24, 1878. 3. Under general laws of State of California. 4. Reference to charters of each, and all amendments of same: Last meeting of stockholders for election of Directors: Second Monday in July, 1887. |