San Antonio Southern

Here are some statistics from the 1920 Texas Railroad Commission report



Valuation :  $708,487 (This includes track, rolling stock, buildings and more.)
The railroad, then called the Artesian Belt, was valued at $554,572 in March 1914. By 1920 the track was 3.52 miles shorter. The line between Macdona and Kirk was abandoned.

Liabilities :  $308,547 (This includes bonds and other debts.)
The S.A.S. was created in 1920, after the Artesian Belt went into receivership a second time.
Revenues
Freight :                                  $182,725, up 73.95% from previous year
Passenger :                               $10,703, up 9.38% from previous year
Total, including mail & other :  $200,661, up 65.46% from previous year
Freight & Passenger Totals:
148,525 tons of freight were carried, at an average of $1.23 a ton.
 13,512 passengers were carried, at an average of $0.79 per passenger.
Its expenses were
Total:  $143,460, up 41.31% from previous year.
At 71.49% of revenue, it was running at a profit.
Total milage traveled on the S.A.S's 38.72 miles of track
Freight:              1,695
Passenger:       NONE
Mixed :            39,500
Special :          NONE
Switching :        4,078
Non-revenue :      373

Total :             45,646

(Note no exclusive passenger miles. Almost all their trains were mixed consists.)
Freight carried by railroad in tons:

Products of Agriculture
Corn :   2,659
Oats :   67
Flour & Meal :   209
Other Mill Products :   218
Hay, straw & Alfalfa :   113
Cotton :   845
Cotton Seeds & Products (not oil) :   565
Pototatoes :   35
Other fresh vegetables :   1,078

Total :   5,789
Products of Animals :
Horses & mules :   117
Cattle & calves :   8,048
Sheep & goats :   22
Hogs :   28

Total :   8,215
Products of Mines
Clay, gravel sand & stone :   58,899
Crude petroleum :   24,931
Salt :   41

Total :   110,392
Products of forests:
Logs, posts, poles & cordwood :   2,136
Ties :   508
Lumber, timber, box shooks, staves & headings :   4,386
Other products of forests :   20

Total :   7,050
Manufactures & Miscellaneous
Refined petroleum and its products :   9,237
Bar & sheet iron, structural iron and iron pipe :   3,194
Castings, machinery & boilers :   642
Cement :   379
Brick & artificial stone :   215
Lime & plaster :   27
Agricuturl implements & vehicles(non-automobile) :   35
Automobiles & trucks :   58
Household goods & second hand furniture :   492
Ice :   146
Fertilizers (all kinds) :   172 Other manufactures & miscellaneous :   150
Merchandise - all less than carload freight) :   2,332

Total :   17,079

GRAND TOTAL :   250,333
Employment:
Total number of employees : 56. Total Payroll : $70,331

Selected list of employee categories (from over 40)

Officers :   9
Clerks :   3
Station Masters & Assistants :   NONE
Station Agents :   3
Engineers(Train) :   1 (Freight)
Conductors :   1 (Freight)
Firemen :   1 (Freight)
Brakemen & Flagmen :   2 (Freight)
Railroad Equipment
Engines :  3
Other freight :   2
Passenger coach :   3

TOTAL :   8
This small line used IGN rolling stock. After 1925 it would have none of its own.
Accidents:
Passengers : None killed, NONE injured
Employees : None killed, 1 injured
Other         : None killed, NONE injured.

TOTAL     : None killed, 1 injured

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