sees, and here stated separately. Trains run, 19,720 miles. Passengers carried, 21,758. Freight moved, 10,701 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $13,580 57; freight, $20,378 75; and other, $1,096 25-total, $35,055 57. Operating expenses, $17,645 33. Nett revenue, $17,410 23. Lease rent, $18,000. Deficit, $589 77. General Balances.-Capital stock, $125,000. CHARLES SHAW-President... Dexter, Me. MACHIASPORT RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Whitney, Me., to Machiasport, Me........ .7.5 miles. This railroad is owned by a manufacturing company, and was constructed for the purpose of transporting timber from their mills, on the Machias River, to the port on tide-water. It has cost about $120.000. No returns are made of operations. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... ...Machiasport, Washington Co., Me. NESQUEHONING RAILROAD (in Progress). (Leased to Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company for the term of 999 years.) Line of Road.-Mauch Chunk, Pa., to Hometown (Catawissa RR.)........16 miles. Branches or extensions to coal mines.... .....12 The road from Mauch Chunk to Hometown is to be finished and in working order by April 1, 1870. Capital stock, 10,000 shares, $500,000, of which had been paid up Jan. 1, 1870, $400,495. No bonds have been issued. The lessors will receive 10 p. c. per annum on their investment. Directors (elected January 10, 1870).—George Whitney, S. M. Felton, William G. Moorhead, Isaiah V. Williamson and S. V. Merrick, Philadelphia, Pa.; Fisher Hazard, Mauch Chunk, Pa.; Francis R. Cope, M. Baird, E. W. Clark, Charles Wheeler, George F. Tyler and John S. Ilsley, Philadelphia, Pa. J. B. MOORHEAD-President.. Philadelphia, Pa. Treas. & Sec.-W. B. Whitney.. Philadelphia, Pa. | Purchasing Agt.-E. M. Cook... Philadelphia, Pa. Chief Eng.-J. Dutton Steele... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS...No. 122 South 2d St., Philadelphia, Pa. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Baltimore, Md., to Potomac River...... Branch: Huntington, Md., to Washington, D. C........ Gauge of track, 5 feet 84 inches. Weight of rail, 64 lbs. to yard. Terminus at Potomac River not yet determined on; if at Pope's Creek main line will be 72 miles, or if at Acquia Creek 81 miles. A large portion of the road is graded and ready for the superstructure. General Balances (January 1, 1870).-Capital stock paid in, 8,780 shares, $439,000; funded debt-1st mortgage 6 p. c. gold bonds of 1869, due January 1, 1909 (authorized, $3,000,000)—$527,000. Per contra: Cost of railroad to date, $966,000. Directors (elected September 2, 1869).—George B. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa.; William T. Walters, Baltimore, Md.; James C. Clarke, Cockeysville, Md.; Samuel Cox, Port Tobacco, Md.; Eli J. Henkle, Brooklyn, Md.; Wm. D. Bowie, Croom, Md. ODEN BOWIE-President............. .....Annapolis, Md. Chf. Eng.-Charles S. Emack.. Baltimore, Md. 66 No. 7 Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. WARREN AND PINE GROVE RAILROAD. ........11 miles. Line of Road.-Warren, Pa., to State Line, N. Y......... This road is a part of the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburg, a separate organization being kept up in accordance with State law. Work will be commenced early in 1870. Capital stock authorized, $100,000; subscribed, $87,500; and paid in $4,375. Expended for surveys, etc., about $4,500. Directors.-J. S. Alden, A. W. Wood, J. R. Clark, F. A. Phillips, L. F. Watson and P. Falconer, Warren, Pa.; and Thomas Sloan, Pine Grove, Pa. .63.50 miles. 66 Line of Road.-Wilmington, Del., to Birdsboro', Pa.... Completed (Jan. 1, 1870): Wilmington, Del., to Hibernia Iron Works, Pa.36.12 Second track, 1; and sidings, etc, 2.95 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 84 in. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Operations for the month ending Oct. 31, 1869 (on the line between Coatesville and Embreeville, 7 miles).-Gross earnings-passenger, $183; and freight, $1,070 82 ―total, $1,253 82. Operating expenses, $1,061 88. Nett earnings, $191 94. The track from Coatesville to Wilmington was completed Dec. 24, and the total business on the whole line opened from October 1 to Dec. 31 was as follows: Passengers carried, 3,709; and freight, paying, 11,1144; Company's, 3,3134 tons. Gross earnings -passenger, $826 34; and freight, $2,602 47-total, $3,428 82. Operating expenses, $2,197 51. Nett earnings, $1,231 31. The track between the Hibernia Iron Works and Birdsboro', 27.38 miles, will be ready for traffic early in the coming spring. General Balances (October 31, 1869).-Capital stock paid in, $734,812 07; 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, due April 1, 1887, $789,300; interest received, $16,529 40 ; and earnings, $1,253 82. Per contra: Road, $1,162,279 31; and equipment, $36,915 30; discount on bonds, $141,112 50: coupons and U. S. tax, $26,333 74; salaries, etc., $26,964 80; operating expenses, $1,061 88; balance on hand, $147,227 76..... .Total, $1,541,895 29. Directors.-Hugh E. Steele, Coatesville, Pa.; George Brooke, Birdsboro, Pa.; Hiester Clymer, Reading, Pa.; Charles Huston, C. E. Pennock, J. L. Pennock and S. B. Worth, Coatesville, Pa.; Edward Betts, Joseph Tatnall, Irene Du Pont, Victor Du Pont, Evan C. Stotsenburg and Charles Warner, Wilmington, Del. HUGH E. STEELE-President........ Coatesville, Pa. Sec. & Treas.. Wm. S. Hilles. | Chief Engineer..J. Dutton Steele | Eng. & Gen. Supt. .J. C. Sharpless. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ...Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa. PENNSYLVANIA COAL (gravity) RAILROAD. 47.00 miles. .15.87 Line of Road.-Hawley, Pa., to Port Griffith, Pa............... Branch: Hawley, Pa., to Lackawaxen, N. Y. (leased to Erie Co.)......... . . Second track, 47; and sidings, 6 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 34 in. Rail, 36 lbs. to yard. Equipment.-Stationary engines, 23. Cars-passenger, 4; and freight (box, 14; flat, 26; and horse, 10), 50-total, 54 cars. Also, 2,000 (4-wheel) coal cars. Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869.-No account of passenger traffic. Freight moved-coal, 1,090,733; merchandize, 2,741; lumber, 9,354; and other, 202-total, 1,103,030 tons. Freight moved in 1861-62, 657,329; in 1862–63, 754,893; in 1863-64, 845,278; in 1864-65, 507,425; in 1865-66, 593,403; in 1866–67, 970,958; in 1867-68, 1,055,005; and in 1868-69, 1,103,030 tons. Dividends quarterly, February, May, August and November, each 5 p. c. on $3,200,000—$640,000. General Balances.-Capital stock, 64,000 shares, $3,200,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 p. c. bonds, due August 1, 1881, $592,500; floating debt, $383,000-total stock, bonds and debt, $4,175,500. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $2,000,000. The remaining portion of the capital and debt is used in the coal business. Directors. John Ewen, Isaac L. Platt, Wm. F. Havemeyer, Jonathan Thorne, William R. Griffiths, Charles Morgan, John Q. Jones, George L. Brown and E. Judson Hawley, all of New York City. JOHN EWEN-President.... New York City. New York City. Secretary....... Edwin H. Mead. | Treasurer.......George A. Hoyt | Superintendent...John B. Smith. PRINCIPAL Office and ADDRESS.. SOUTH MOUNTAIN IRON RAILROAD. 17.12 miles. Line of Road.-Carlisle, Pa., to Pine Grove, Pa....... Sidings, etc., 1.25 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail, 51 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Cars-passenger, 1; and freight, 10. General Balances.-Funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 p. c. bonds, due December 1, 1888, $200,000; and 2d mortgage 7 p. c. bonds, due March 1, 1884, $169,000. Cost of road and equipment, $340,525 08. The Railroad Company has no capital stock, the South Mountain Iron Company having authority under a supplement to their charter to build a railroad by the issue of bonds. The 1st bonds are held by the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company. HENRY D. MOORE-President..... Philadelphia, Pa. Carlisle, Pa. .Carlisle, Pa. Treasurer A. Boyd......... Philadelphia, Pa. | Superintendent-F. C. Arms..... SUMMIT BRANCH RAILROAD. (Lessees of the Lykens Valley Railroad.) The road owned by this Company is about half a mile in length, extending from the Summit Mines to the Lykens Valley Railroad, which is leased and operated by them. For the use of the Lykens Valley RR. the lessees pay $62,500 a year. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars-passenger, 1; baggage, 1; and freight, 2. Coal cars are furnished by operators. Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869.-Passengers carried, 9,803; and freight, chiefly coal, 439,690 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $4,488 08; freight, $226,988 18; and other, $6,673 66-total, $238,149 92. Operating expenses, including taxes, $115,149 42. Nett earnings, $123,000 50. Interest, $18,600; rent of Lykens Valley RR., $62,500; dividends, Jan., 5, and August, 3 per cent., $36,021 20; and miscellaneous, $5,879 30. General Balances.-Capital stock, 50,045 shares, $2,502,250; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, due July 1, 1870, $273,000; and July 1, 1875, $228,000— total stock and bonds, $3,030,250. Construction, including Lykens Valley RR., (leased), $988,902 37. Directors.-J. Edgar Thomson, Wistar Morris and E. C. Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa.; George P. Sanger, Boston, Mass.; H. J. Lombaert, Philadelphia, Pa.; and J. D. Cameron and J. N. Du Barry, Harrisburg, Pa. J. N. DU BARRY-President...... ..Harrisburg, Pa. William B. Fowle-Sec., Treas. and Gen. Manager....Boston, Mass. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.....No. 38 City Exchange, Boston, Mass. WESTCHESTER RAILROAD. (Operated under lease by Westchester and Philadelphia Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-Westchester, Pa., to Intersection (Penn. RR.)..........9 miles. Sidings, etc., 0.5 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotives, 1. Cars-passenger, 1; freight, 1—total, 2 cars. General Balances.-Capital stock, $165,000. Cost of road, etc., $202,886 79. M. B. HICKMAN-President.............. Westchester, Pa. Thomas H. Hall-Secretary and Treasurer....... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS......No. 3,119 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. ST. LOUIS AND KEOKUK RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road. Wentzville (N. Mo. RR) via Hannibal, Mo., to Keokuk, Ia..130 m. The road will start from Wentzville, on the North Missouri RR., 42 miles N. W. from St. Louis, thence to Hannibal, 75 miles, and from Hannibal to Keokuk, 55 miles. For the division from Wentzville to Hannibal the Company have subscriptions of 10 per cent. county bonds to the amount of $700,000, or about $9,000 per mile, or sufficient to grade, bridge and tie the road. For ironing and equipping the road the Company are preparing to issue a 1st mortgage bond. A portion of the road north of Hannibal has been graded by the Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Company, with which consolidation is intended. Directors (elected third Monday of May, 1869).-James B. Eads, Josiah Fogg, Levin H. Baker, Isaac L. Garrison, Freeman Barnum, James Duncan, James McKensie, Abraham McPike and Edwin Hayden, St. Louis, Mo.; N. S. Dimmitt, New London, Mo.; W. W. Freeman, Spencersburg, Mo.; and Walton Perkins, Troy, Mo. JOSIAH FOGG-President..... .St. Louis, Mo. Secretary-Nathan S. Parker....... St. Louis, Mo. | Treasurer-L. E. Alexander.... St. Louis, Mo. CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD. (Successors, October 10, 1862, to St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad Company.) Line of Road.—Chicago, Ill., toEast St. Louis, Ill............. The Joliet and Chicago RR., which is included above in the Company's line of road, is leased in perpetuity and virtually owned by the Chicago and Alton Company, which, by the terms of the contract, assumed to pay 8 p. c. interest on the bonds and 7 p. c. dividends on the stock of that Company. The bonds are now being taken up by a sinking fund, which will liquidate the whole issue by July 1, 1882. The St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad is leased in perpetuity from June 1, 1868, and the road is now operated as the Jacksonville Division of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The minimum rental is fixed at $240,000 per annum. The rolling stock (15 locomotives, 6 passenger cars, 5 baggage and 183 freight cars) belonging to this Company was purchased by the lessees. The Company are about to extend their road from Delavan to Wenona and Dwight, and for this purpose have executed a 1st mortgage on the line to the extent of $15,000 per mile, the issue to be guaranteed by the Chicago and Alton Company. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines-passenger 20; freight, 47; construction, 11; switching, 18; wooding 1; paymaster, 1; and in shops, average, 10—total, 108, of which 84 are coal-burners and 24 wood-burners. Cars-passenger (incl. 6 smoking, 7 sleeping and 3 dining) 52; baggage, 14; express, 7; freight (Blue Line, 25 ; house, 1,137; stock, 297; platform, 579), 2,038—total, 2,111 cars. Also, 1 wrecking, 1 pay and 3 tool cars. Statement of engines and cars yearly since reorganization : |