San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Financial Report to the Texas Railroad Commission for 1920

San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf Report to the
Texas Railroad Commission for 1920

Every railroad operating within Texas had to have its offices within the state and had to send a detailed report to the Texas Railroad Commission every year. These were published in book form. Here are the highlights of the report submitted by the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf in 1920.

Assets & Liabilities

Valuation : $5,628,942 (This includes track, rolling stock, buildings and more.) The railroad was valued at $5,402,420 in March 1916. By 1920 there was no additioanl track.

Liabilities : $6,408,659. (This includes bonds and other debts.)

Revenues & Expenses

Freight revenue : $882,637, up 55.22% from previous year
Passenger revenue: $461,070, up 3.95% from previous year

Total revenue : $1,442,189 - including mail & other, up 30.90% from previous year
Total Expenses : $1,744,333, up 32.76% from previous year.

The SAU & G was operating at a loss

Total Milage Traveled on the SAU&G's 314.52 Miles of Track

Mixed : 38,278
Freight: 177,753
Passenger: 317,502
Special : 571
Switching : 431,324
Non-revenue : 13,668

Total : 571,110

Freight & Passenger Totals

240,700 passengers were carried, at an average of $1.91 per passenger.
349,320 tons of freight were carried, at an average of $2.52 a ton.

Freight Carried by Railroad in Tons

Products of Agriculture

Corn : 8,275
Oats : 4,992
Other grains : 682
Flour & Meal : 5,195
Other Mill Products : 3,066
Hay, straw & Alfalfa : 4,059
Cotton : 6,886
Cotton Seeds & Products (not oil) : 15,325
Potatoes : 849
Citrus Fruits : 195
Other fresh Fruits : 3,150
Pototatoes : 849
Other fresh vegetables : 26,343
Dried fruits & vegetables : 192
Other products of agriculture 416

Products of Animals

Horses & mules : 1,218
Cattle & calves : 68,590
Sheep & goats : 911
Hogs : 795
Other packing house products : 63
Wool : 75
Other products of animals : 11

Products of Mines

Anthracite coal : 99
Bituminous coal : 15,194
Coke : 32
Clay, gravel sand & stone : 59,770
Crude petroleum : 893
Asphaltum : 29
Salt : 284

Products of Forests

Logs, posts, poles & cordwood : 40,256
Ties : 2,671
Lumber, timber, box shooks, staves & headings : 9,351
Other products of forests : 15

Manufactures & Miscellaneous

Refined petroleum and its products : 13,192
Vegetable oils : 283
Sugar, syrup, glucose and molasses : 512
Iron, pig & bloom : 149
Rails & fastenings : 193
Bar & sheet iron,structured iron & iron pipe : 1,907
Castings, machinery & boilers : 1,411
Cement : 3,819
Brick & artificial stone : 1,206
Lime & plaster : 270
Sewer pipe & drain tile : 18
Agricuturl implements & vehicles(non-automobile) : 285
Automobiles & trucks : 1,595
Household goods & second hand furniture : 3,339
Furniture - new : 74
Beverages : 274
Ice : 9,215
Fertilizers (all kinds) : 452
Paper, printed matter & books : 80
Chemicals & explosives : 34
Textiles : 5
Canned goods (all canned food products) : 303
Other manufactures & miscellaneous : 10,074
Merchandise - all less than carload freight) : 14,963

GRAND TOTAL : 349,320

Employment

Officers : 10
Clerks : 43
Station Masters & Assistants : NONE
Station Agents : 6
Engineers(Train) : 16 (Freight - 10, Passenger - 6)
Conductors : 16 (Freight - 10, Passenger - 6)
Firemen : 18 (Freight - 12, Passenger - 6)
Brakemen & Flagmen : 29 (Freight - 21, Passenger - 8)

Railroad Equipment

Engines : 18
Box car : 55
Flat car : 17
Coal car : 38
Tank car : 9
Cabooses : 5
Passenger coach : 11
Parlor : 4
Baggage/Express : 7
Office/pay : 1
Ballast : 10
Derrick : 1
Steam shovels : 1
Wrecking : 1

Accidents

Passengers : None killed, NONE injured
Employees : None killed, 7 injured
Other : None killed, NONE injured.