EUROPE.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
VIENNA.
(From United States Consul-General Rublee, Vienna, Austria.)
BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT.
The three principal warehouses in Vienna are the Lagerhaus der
Stadt Wein and the warehouses of Erste Oesterreichisehe Aktienge
sellschaft, and the Allgemeine Oesterreichische Transportgesellschaft.
The dimensions and original cost of these are as follows:
The Lagerhaus der Stadt Wien consists of two warehouses, one of
which has 38,833 square meters (46,444 square yards) ground area,
157,051 square meters (187,832 square yards) surface space, and a
weight capacity of 35,100 tons. The original cost can not be exactly
given, as the buildings were furnished by the municipality of Vienna
and were erected for the exposition of 1873. The cost for additional
buildings since has been $357,770.
The warehouse of the Erste Oesterreichische Aktiengesellschaft
consists of two warehouses, one of which has 14,000 square meters
(16,744 square yards) ground area, 27,000 square meters (32,292
square yards) surface space, and a weight capacity of 20,000 tons;
the other, 6.000 square meters (7,176 square yards) ground area,
14,000 square meters ( 16,774 square yards) surface space, and a
weight capacity of 11,500 tons. The original cost was $800,000.
The warehouse of the Allgemeine Oesterreichische Transport
gesellschaft consists of one building covering a ground area of 800
square meters (957 square yards). The cost of erection was $69,000.
There are a number of small warehouses conducted by express
agents and companies, which are so insignificant as not to come into
consideration.
The Lagerhaus der Stadt Wien is owned and conducted bv the
municipality; the Erste Oesterreichische Aktiengesellschaft and the
Allgemeine Transportgesellschaft are stock companies.
No detailed data are obtainable as to the receipts and expenditures
on account of service. The average yearly receipts and expenditures
of the warehouses mentioned above are: Lagerhaus der Stadt Wien,
receipts $148,332, expenditures $135,611; Erste Oesterreichische
Aktiengesellschaft, receipts $88.440; expenditures $76,330; Allge
meine Oesterreichische Transportgesellschaft, receipts $14,000,
expenditures $12,400.
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