1904 Traffic and Financial Summaries

The 1905 Annual Report of the Department of Railways and Canals for the Fiscal Year From July 1, 1903, To June 30, 1904
has 758 pages. This Government of Canada report was made every year. A copy is available at: https://archive.org/details/1905v39i8p20_0265
Towards the back of the report are a series of statistical tables regarding the operations and finances of the steam railways. (There are also similar tables for electric railways and for canals.)

Below are extracts from some of the tables showing information for the Dominion Atlantic Railway, the Halifax and South Western Railway, the Halifax and Yarmouth Railway, and the Midland Railway.

Train Mileage (Table 4 part VI, pp 42-45)
Railroad Name	Route Miles	Passenger Trains Mileage	Freight Trains Mileage	Mixed Trains Mileage	Total Trains Mileage	Engine Mileage	Total Number Of Passengers Carried	Tons of Freight of 2000 lbs Carried	Ave Pass train Speed MPH	Ave Frgt train Speed MPH	Ave Pass train Weight in Motion, T	Ave Frgt train Weight in Motion, T
DAR	220.50	222,006	n.a.	344,620	566,626	566,626	303,716	306,556	30	15	100	200
H&SW	96.00	1,174	n.a.	58,163	59,337	92,348	62,746	41,328	20	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Halifax & Yarmouth	50.20	18,500	n.a.	29,600	48,100	50,315	51,477	9,540	25	17	90	n.a.
Midland	57.87	72,616	n.a.	35,612	108,228	108,228	55,612	33,867	33	20	102	210

Description of Freight Carried (Table 5 part VI, pp 46-55)
Railroad Name	Flour		Grain		Livestock		Lumber of All Types, ft. B.M.		Coal and Other Fuel		Manufactured Goods	Other	Total
	Barrels	Tons	Bushels	Tons	Number	Tons	Feet	Tons	Cords	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
DAR	160,275	16,027	n.a.	4,072	11,009	2,742	45,803,100	68,705	n.a.	28,230	45,100	141,670	306,556
H&SW	18,892	1,889	6,733	111	207	80	8,739,000	13,238	n.a.	7,891	13,172	4,947	41,328
Halifax & Yarmouth	11,299	1,130	27,758	694	115	66	1,548,354	2,323	n.a.	1,861	1,351	2,115	9,540
Midland	6,635	663	44,254	752	511	220	10,733,856	18,784	n.a.	7,267	3,675	2,506	33,867

Summary Statement of Earnings (Table 6 part VI, pp 56-63)
Railroad Name	Passenger	Freight	Mail & Express	Other	Total Gross Earnings	Total Net Earnings	Proportion of Earnings to Working Expenses, p.c.	Earnings per Train Mile
DAR	$581,960.09	$419,126.12	$73,558.07	n.a.	$1,074,644.28	$269,557.99	133	$1.89
H&SW	$26,523.59	$11,328.33	$1,357.10	$675.22	$39,884.24	$9,530.13	131	$0.82
Halifax & Yarmouth	$42,437.93	$32,476.96	$4,392.82	$1,423.95	$80.731.66	$13,861.36	119	$1.36
Midland	$33,146.79	$31,007.71	$530.86	$629.56	$65,314.92	$15,151.73	130	$0.60

Summary Statement of Operating Expenses (Table 7 part VI, pp 64-69)
Railroad Name	Mileage	Maintenance of Way, Buildings &c.	Cost of Motive Power	Maintenance of Cars	General and Operating Charges	Total	Cost of Operating per Train Mile
DAR	220.50	$169,650.18	$302,710.50	$24,552.79	$308,172.82	$805,086.29	$1.42
H&SW	96.00	$24,830.50	$21,640.18	$3,835.61	$16,564.01	$66,870.30	$1.14
Halifax & Yarmouth	50.20	$9,067.15	$10,603.30	$1,685.38	$8,998.28	$30,354.11	$0.63
Midland	57.87	$12,369.58	$19,499.03	$2,986.44	$15,308.14	$50,163.19	$0.46