REPORT OF CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. FOR 1914.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. TRANSMITTING REPORT OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. FOR THE YEAR 1914.

JANUARY 13, 1915.-Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.

THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO.,

New York, January 12, 1915.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith, as required by law, a report of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to the Congress of the United States for the year 1914.

It has not been possible to close the accounts for December; therefore the results of the operations of the company for that month have been estimated, and the estimated amounts have been included in the report.

Upon the closing of the accounts a report showing the actual results for the entire year will be submitted to supplement the report now made.

Very respectfully, yours,

F. H. BETHELL, President.

Annual report of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to the Congress of the United States for the year 1914 (December estimated).

Receipts on account of operations in the District of Columbia for the

calendar year 1914....

Expenditures on account of operations in the District of
Columbia for the calendar year 1914:

General administrative expenses and taxes...
Operating expenses (central office operating, pay-
station commissions, directories, advertising, can-
vassing, and collecting)......

$1,894, 677. 13

$162, 293.97

444, 222. 82

Maintenance expenses (current repairs, renewals, and replacements)..

466, 046. 19

Rentals, pole and roof attachments, and insurance..

97, 153.99

Total.....

1, 169, 716. 97

Revenue balance applicable to interest and dividends..
Receipts on account of capital in the District of Columbia for the
calendar year 1914......

$724, 960. 16

152, 668.68

Expenditures on account of capital in the District of Columbia for the calendar year 1914...

STATE OF NEW YORK, County of New York, 88:

152, 668.68

Frank H. Bethell, being duly sworn according to law, on his oath says that he is president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., and that the foregoing report is correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief.

FRANK H. BETHELL.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 13th day of January, 1915.

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LINCOLN JONES,

Notary Public, Kings County, Certificate filed in New York County, No. 17.

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63D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( DOCUMENT 3d Session. No. 1490.

REPORT OF GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR & RAILWAY CO., 1914.

LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR & RAILWAY CO., TRANSMITTING ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR & RAILWAY CO. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1914.

January 15, 1915.-Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.

Hon. CHAMP CLARK,

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 14, 1915.

Speaker House of Representatives.

SIR: We desire to transmit herewith annual report of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator & Railway Co. for the year ending December 31, 1914, in pursuance with section 5 of the act of Congress of September 26, 1888, incorporating said company.

Yours, very truly,

HAMILTON, YERKES & HAMILTON, By JOHN J. HAMILTON.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Assembled:

The Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator & Railway Co., a corporation incorporated by act of Congress approved September 26, 1888, in pursuance to the fifth section of the said act of incorporation, respectfully submits the following report:

The stock of said company, consisting or 500 shares, is held as follows:

The earnings and expenses for the calendar year 1914 were:

The undersigned, H. L. Bond, jr., vice president, and C. W. Woolford, secretary, of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator & Railway Co., on oath state that the facts contained in the foregoing report are true as therein stated.

HUGH L. BOND, JR.,

Vice President.

C. W. WOOLFORD,

Secretary.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of January,

A. D. 1915.

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GEO. W. HAULENBEEK,

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Notary Public.

ENTERTAINMENT OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN

DELEGATES.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

SUBMITTING

AN ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT, IN THE SUM OF $50,000, TO EXTEND TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AN INVITATION TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO A CONFERENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, AND REPRESENTATIVE BANKERS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISHING CLOSER AND MORE SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THEIR COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES.

JANUARY 16, 1915.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be

printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, January 15, 1915.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for the consideration of
Congress an estimate of appropriation, which has been approved by
the President, in the sum of $50,000, to extend to the Governments
of Central and South America an invitation to send representatives
to attend a conference with the Secretary of the Treasury, in the city
of Washington, and representative bankers of the United States
invited to attend said conference with a view to establishing closer
and more satisfactory financial relations between their countries and
the United States, and for the expenses incident to the meeting and
for the entertainment of the foreign conferees. Draft of desired
authority in the matter is submitted herewith.

Respectfully,

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W. G. McADOO, Secretary.