Canada Yearbook - 1920

EXPRESS COMPANIES 483
30.—Earnings of Express Companies for the years ended June 30,1915-1919, and for
the Calendar year 1919.
Companies.
American Railway Express
Canadian National Express
Total, 1919, Dec. 31
Total, 1919, June 30
Total, 1918, June 30
Total, 1917, June 30
Total, 1916, June 30
Total, 1915, June 30
$
2,717,036
25,408
6,456,806
2,587,495
77,527
34,361,681
12,497,409
30,651,772
18,116,383
16,353,461
13,428,645
10,917,619
Money
Orders,
foreign.
S
91,438
21,575
Money
Orders,
domestic.
120,489 1,089
333,502
215,427
267,154
239,754
203,458
186,580
1,089
1,337
19,790
20,727
23,670
15,239
Revenue
from
transportation.
Travellers'
Cheques,
domestic.
$
2,527
Travellers'
Cheques,
foreign.
$
_
-
2,635 1,076
5,162
1,617
1,698
4,171
1,515
3,429
1,076
3,023
4,311
2,269
429
1,704
Companies.
Canadian National Express
Total, 1919, Dec. 31
Total, 1919, June 30...
Total, 1918, June 30..
Total, 1917, June 30...
Total, 1916, June 30...
Total, 1915, June 30..
"C.O.D."
Cheques.
$
53,541
29,005
99,927
182,473
163,837
157,933
133,813
116,780
110,829
Other
earnings.
$
185,828
51,053
5,461
329,196
571,538
506,158
112,819
83,179
84,133
76,398
Total
earnings.
$
2,717,036
25,408
6,790,140
2,689,128
82,988
13,051,821
Total
expenses.
Net
earnings.
$ $
3,033,386 - 316,350
24,113 1,295
6,618,837 171,303
2,408,722 280,406
75,871 7 117
14,169,873 -1,118,052
35,356,531 26,330,803 -974,381
31,543,071 33,395,517 -1,753,446
18,680,088 18,376,353
16,836,374 16,010,649 303,736
13,874,902 1 13,087,310 835,735
11,338,752 2 11,366,157 787,693
-37,405
1 Includes $14,273 revenue from outside operations.
2 Includes $26,954 revenue from outside operations.
NOTE.—"American Railway Express" includes the American Express Co., Great
Northern Express Co., Wells, Fargo & Co.," consolidated during the war under the operation
of the United States Government.
CANALS.
Canal Systems.—There are six canal systems under the control
of the Dominion Government in connection with navigable lakes and
rivers. They consist of the canals (1) between Port Arthur or Fort
William and Montreal: (2) from Montreal to the international
boundary near Lake Champlain; (3) from Montreal to Ottawa; (4)
from Ottawa to Kingston and Perth; (5) Trenton, Pake Ontario,
to Lake Huron (not completed); and (6) the St. Peter's canal from
the Atlantic ocean to Bras d'Or lakes, Cape Breton. The total
length of the waterways comprised within these systems is about
1,594 statute miles, the actual mileage of canals constructed being
117-2.
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