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  Aktiengesellschaft, ­
  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  Transportgesellschaft ­
  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;  Allgemeine ­
  Oesterreichische  Transportgesellschaft,  receipts  $14,000,
expenditures  $12,400.

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