tion was commenced Dec. 1, and the first ten miles completed Dec. 31, 1869. The ultimate terminus northward is the confluence of the Niobrara River with the Missouri, a distance of some 180 miles. The Company propose to have 50 miles in operation by the close of the current year.] Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger and baggage, 2; and freight, 30-total, 32 cars. Capital stock authorized, $2,000,000; subscribed and paid in, $400,000. No bonds have as yet been issued. Directors.-John I. Blair, Blairstown, N. J.; W. W. Walker, S. P. Wisner and J. S. Cooke, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; T. P. Kenasch, Lincoln, Nebr,; N. B. Stout, Blair, Nebr.; and George Douglass, Cedar Rapids, Ia. JOHN I. BLAIR-President and Treasurer.... Blairstown, N. J. S. P. Wisner-Vice-President and Secretary. Asst. Secretary-O. S. Crosby.....Fremont, Nebr. Gen. Supt.-L. Burnett....Missouri Valley, Iowa. Chief Eng.-W. W. Walker.. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | Assistant Supt.-L. Richards...... Fremont, Nebr. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Fremont, Nebraska. OMAHA AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Omaha, Nebr., to mouth of Niobrara River, Nebr...175 miles. Company organized Nov. 27, 1869, and road completed 10 miles Feb. 2, 1870. Have a State land grant of 2,000 acres per mile for 50 miles, selected ten years ago, and now worth from $3 to $10 per acre, and county subscriptions to the amount of $350,000. Capital stock authorized, $1,000,000, with power to increase it as necessary. No bonds yet issued. Directors.-J. E. Boyd, J. A. Horbach, E. Millard, E. Creighton, A. Kountze, John I. Redick, Jonas Gise, C. H. Downs and J. A. Morrow, all of Omaha, Nebr. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Thirteenth, cor. Farnham St., Omaha, Nebr. OWENSBORO AND RUSSELLVILLE RAILROAD (in Progress). .21 Line of Road.-Owensboro (Ohio River), Ky.) to Russellville, Ky.....73 miles. Graded and ready for the iron: Owensboro, Ky., to Livermore, Ky................... Gauge of track, 5 feet. Weight of rail, 50 lbs. to the yard. The following bonds have been subscribed in aid of the road: Owensboro City 10 p. c. bonds, dated Jan. 1, 1869, and payable Jan. 1, 1874... $75,000 Daviess Co. 6 p. c. bonds, dated Jan. 1, 1869, and payable Jan, 1, 1874, '79, '84 and '89. 250,000 50,000 Total municipal bonds subscribed to May 31, 1870. $375,000 Directors (elected June, 1869).-Camden Riley, S. D. Kennedy, Richard H. Tay lor and D. M. Griffith, Owensboro, Ky.; J. W. Belt, Livermore, Ky.; and J. C. Rudd and Samuel Wing, Owensboro, Ky. JAMES WEIR-President..... Treasurer..... W. B. Taylor. | Secretary..... .Owensboro, Ky. .A. L. Ashby. | Chief Eng......Edmund Turner. . Owensboro, Davies Co., Ky. ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD. ..86.74 miles. Line of Road.-Atlanta, Ga., to West Point, Ga........ Sidings, etc., 8.27 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock (July 1, 1869).-Locomotives, 14. Cars-passenger, 6; baggage, 4; express, 1; cab, 2; shanty, 1; box, 54; stock, 18; and platform, 21-total, 107 Additional engines and cars are ordered. Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Passengers carried-through, 10,514; and way, 39,738-total, 50,252. Freight, including 28,943 bales of cotton, 54,525 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $130,986 41; freight, $203,231 88; mail, $8,649 96; express, $6,240 44; and U. S., etc., $15,556 95), $362,665 64; and expenses (ordinary, $222,572 82; and extraordinary, $20,931), $243,503 82; nett profits, $119,161 82. Dividends, (4x4), $103,764 20; surplus, $15,397 62. General Balances (July 1, 1869).-Capital stock, $1,232,200; Company bonds, $47,000; dividends unpaid, $2,100; due to agents and connecting roads, $10,711 44; profits and loss, $46,380 91. Per contra: Road and outfit, $1,200,235 26; bills receivable, $21,357 20; Alabama & Florida RR. Co., $26,586 29; supply fund, $2,500; due by agents and connecting roads, $28,091 50; cash, $59,622 10............. .Total, $1,338,392 35. Directors (1869–70).—Richard Peters, L. B. Lovelace, John E. Robinson, W. B. Berry, Ferdinand Phinizy and John F. Moreland. LAFAYETTE, BLOOMINGTON & MISSISSIPPI RR. (in Progress). Line of Road.-Indiana State Line to Bloomington and Warsaw, Ill. 178 miles. Graded 30 miles east of Bloomington, and under contract to Indiana State line, in all 85 miles, which portion of the road will be built this year. At Bloomington, it will connect with the Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad, now in progress. Capital stock authorized, $1,000,000; subscribed, $467,000. Funded Debt authorized, $1,300,000, to be used for iron and equipment. Directors.-J. E. McCleen and A. B. Ives, Bloomington, Ill.; W. H. Pells, Paxton, Ill.; C. W. Holden and O. T. Reeves, Bloomington, Ill.; S. T. Bano, Seraix P. O., Ill.; W. H. Higgs, Saybrook, Ill.; M. L. Sullivant, Chattsworth, Ill.; J. E. Davis, J. E. McCleen-Vice-President.. Treasurer.........C. W. Holden. | Secretary... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Bloomington, Ill. CHICAGO, PEKIN AND SOUTH-WESTERN RR. (in Progress). Line of Road.—Chicago, Ill., to Pekin, Ill............. Graded and bridged: Pekin to Marseilles, 65 miles. expected to be finished by January 1, 1871. .135 miles. The whole line to Chicago is Funded Debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent. gold bonds, £1,500 per mile. Directors (elected January 11, 1870).-B. S. Prettyman, Peter Weyrich, George Gregg and C. R. Cummings, Pekin, Ill.; B. H. Harris, Groveland, Ill.; J. W. Daugherty and W. A. Ross, Washington, Ill.; Craige Sharpe and H. R. Kippe, Minonk, Ill.; J. S. R. Overholtze and Isaac Deifenbach, Reading, Ill.; and R. Clark and E. T. Pierce, Marseilles, Ill. PEKIN, LINCOLN AND DECATUR RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Pekin (Illinois River), Ill., to Decatur, Ill............65 miles. Capital stock issued to counties for bonds, $625,000; and to contractors for work, $825,000. Funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent. gold bonds, $1,000,000. Directors (elected May, 1869).-R. B. Latham and A. Manyfield, Lincoln, Ill.; S. C. Beane, Mt. Pulaski, Ill.; J. K. Warren, Decatur, Ill.; and C. R. Cummings, Ties Smith and B. S. Prettyman, Pekin, Ill. Line of Road.-Ohio R. (opp. Evansville, Ind.), Ky., to Tenn. State line.110 miles. Ohio River, Ky., to Madisonville, Ky.... Completed: Hopkinsville, Ky., to Tenn. State line.. .51 24-75 To be completed Oct. 1, 1870 (Madisonville, Ky., to Hopkinsville, Ky.).... 35 No returns are made of operations and earnings. The 24 miles north of the Tennessee line are operated in connection with the Edgefield and Kentucky RR. The Company issued in 1867 their 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, redeemable July 1, 1897, to the amount of $1,000,000. Directors (elected October 6, 1869).—J. T. Boyle, Louisville, Ky.; John H. Barrett, W. J. Marshall and P. B. Matthews, Henderson, Ky.; P. Semonin and J. A. Reitz, Evansville, Ind.; William Bradley, Madisonville, Ky.; Thomas Green, Hopkinsville, Ky.; and E. G. Sebree, Trenton, Ky. J. T. BOYLE-President...... Treas. & Sec.-Phelps Sasseen....Henderson, Ky. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ..Louisville, Ky. Chief Engineer W. B. Johnson. Madisonville, Kỵ. BANGOR AND PISCATAQUIS RAILROAD. Line of Roa .-Oldtown, Me. (on E. & N. A. RR.), to Dover, Me......40 miles. Road opened in December, 1869. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock (January 1, 1870).—Locomotive engines, 4. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, 1; and freight, viz.: box, 12, and flat, 34-total, 49. General Balances (Jan. 1, 1870).-Capital stock, $390,000; funded debt, $600,000, due the City of Bangor, and secured by 1st mortgage on the road, bonds issued April 1, 1869, and payable, principal, April 1, 1890; and interest, 6 per cent., April and October, in Boston or Bangor. Per contra: Cost of road, including $86,000 for rolling stock, about $1,000,000. Directors (elected June 2, 1869).-Isaiah Stetson, John B. Foster, Albert G. Wakefield and Charles Hayward, Bangor, Me.; Stanly T. Pullen and Josiah B. Mayo, Foxcroft, Me.; Phineas Tolman, Milo, Me.; Franklin Muzzey, Joab W. Palmer, Moses Giddings and Franklin A. Wilson, Bangor, Me.; and Alexander M. Robinson and Charles E. Kimball, Dover, Me. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 0.75 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. and carried 1,768 passengers. Gross earnings, 15,473 09. General Balances (January 1, 1870).-Capital stock, $75,000; bills payable, $4,000; and other liabilities, $6,000. Per contra: Cost of road, $78,000; and of rolling stock, $8,400; real estate, $4,000; materials and fuel, $1,500; bills receivable $100; other assets, $1,327 50. HENRY ISMON--President..... ........ ..Paw-Paw, Mich. Paw-Paw, Mich. . Treas. & Sec.-G. H. Stephenson..Paw-Paw, Mich. | Engineer-S. E. Munger. NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Providence, R. I., to Groton (opp. New London), Ct.. 62.5 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 inches. Rail, 56 to 60 lbs. to yard. Ferry to New London, 1.5 mile. Rolling Stock (September 1, 1869).—Locomotive engines, 17. Cars-passenger, 19; baggage, mail and express, 6; and freight, viz.: box, 84, and platform, 42–151. Also, 10 service cars. Operations for year ending August 31, 1869.-Trains run, 338,201 miles. Passengers carried, 488,278, and freight moved, 164,780 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $368,633 73; freight, $244,493; mail, etc., $12,351 54; rents, $10,478 74; gas, $99304; dividends, Stonington Steamship Company, $62,238—$699,188 05; and operating expenses, including taxes ($33,970 70), $463,729 84. Nett earnings, $235,458 21. Interest on funded debt, $37,908 50; dividends, 7 per cent., $132,875; unclaimed interest and dividends, $1,620; interest on floating debt, $22,085 04; extraordinary expenses, $21,065 88; surplus, $21,010 79. General Balances (October 1, 1869).—Capital stock, $1,887,400; funded debt (1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, due August 1, 1873, $94,000; due August 1, 1878, $100,000, and due November 1, 1878, $200,000; improvement 7 per cent. bonds of 1866, due July 1, 1896, $100,000, and November 1, 1881, $50,000; improvement 7 per cent. bonds of 1869, due July 1, 1899, $439,000), $883,000, etc. Per contra: Cost of road and rolling stock, $2,568,000; stock, Stonington Steamboat Company, $518,650; other assets, $112,771 62. The floating debt has been funded in a new series of bonds. Directors (elected last Tuesday in September, 1869).—Samuel D. Babcock, James B. Johnson, Henry Morgan and William F. Cary, Jr., New York City; Nathan F. Dixon, Westerly, R. I.; John A. Burnham, Boston, Mass.; David S. Babcock and Edward Morgan, New York City; and S. B. Stone, Stonington, Ct. SAMUEL D. BABCOCK—President. No. 37 William St., New York City. David S. Babcock- Vice-President.Pier 33 N. River, Treas.-Henry Morgan. 39 William st., N. Y. City. | Mast. Transp.-Thomas Nixon..Providence, R. I. Secretary-F. B. Noyes.. ..Stonington, Ct. Tkt. & Fght. Agt.-F. B. Noyes...Stonington, Ct. Superintendent-A. Š. Mathews... Purchasing Agt.-A. S. Mathews.. Mast. Mechanic-J. H. Anderson. Providence, R. I. | Transfer Agt.-M. Morgan's Sons.39 Wm.st., N.Y. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Stonington, Ct. 46 ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD (in Progress). (Consolidation the North-East and South-West Alabama and Wills Valley RRs.) Line of Road.-Chattanooga, Tenn., to Meridian, Miss., about.......300 miles. Meridian, Miss., north-east to terminus in Ala.... 50 Constructed: Chattanooga, Tenn., south-west to terminus in Ala........125 Gauge, 5 feet. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. |