this purpose they have issued 7 per cent. bonds, dated October 1, 1869, and due October 1, 1880, interest April and October. Directors (elected January 4, 1870).-M. K. Jesup, Charles H. Dabney and Moses Taylor, New York City; L. D. Mowry, Charleston, S. C.; Edward Padleford, J. C. Levy and Andrew Low, Savannah, Ga.; S. N. Whittle, Peter Solomon, John B. Ross and T. G. Holt, Macon, Ga.; W. L. Redding, Monroe Co., Ga. (Leased in perpetuity to Philadelphia and Reading Company.) .11 miles. Line of Road.-Port Carbon, Pa., to Reevesdale, Pa..... Branches, 12.80; double track, 5.23; sidings, 3.30 miles. Rail, 60 and 64 lbs. to yard. Capital, $576,050, upon which the lessees guarantee 5 p. c. per annum. .54 miles. Line of Road.-Auburn, Pa., to Rockville (Susq. Riv.)................ Sidings and other track, 7 m. Gauge, 5 ft. 8 in. Rail, 45, 60 and 64 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 7. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, mail and express, 2; freight, 21; coal, 67-total, 92 cars. Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869: Trains run-passenger, 78,715; freight, 47,885; coal, 28,470-total, 155,070 miles. Passengers carried-through, 2,4544; way, 75,7944-total, 78,259. Freight moved-coal, 325,579; lumber, 16,449; other, 67,350-total, 409,378 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $34,665 35; freight, $58,342 47; mail, $1,622 50; coal, $76,074 28; other, $1,789 01-total, $172,493 61. Operating expenses, including taxes, etc., $145,101 46. Nett earnings, $27,302 15. No dividends. General Balances.-Capital stock, 25,383 shares, $1,269,150; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, due May 1, 1866, $97,000; floating debt, $106,120 36total stock, bonds and debt, $1,472,270 36. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $1,300,701 76. Directors.-H. Pratt McKean, A. E. Borie, R. B. Cabeen, J. B. Lippincott, John Ashhurst and Stephen Colwell, Philadelphia, Pa. FRANKLIN B. GOWEN-President.... Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. | Chief Engineer-Chas. E. Byers... Pottstown, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. . No. 227 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. PORT KENNEDY RAILROAD. (Operated by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-Port Kennedy (Schuylkill Riv.) to Gardens, Pa.......2.8 miles. Open: P. K. to Lime Quarries, 1.2, and sidings, 0.3 mile. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. General Balances.-Capital stock, 300 shares, $10,550. Cost of road, $12,047 63. FRANKLIN B. GOWEN-President..... ... Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary-Wm. H. Webb...... Philadelphia, Pa. | Treasurer-Samuel Bradford..... Philadelphia, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Philadelphia, Pa. PERKIOMEN RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.) Line of Road.--Pauling's Bridge (27 m. W. Phila.), Pa., to Emans, Pa..36 m. In operation: Pauling's Bridge (274 m. W. Phila.), Pa., to Schwenksville, Pa..11 Sidings, etc., 1.9 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. General Balances.-Capital stock, 793 shares, $37,305; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, due April 1, 1897, $393,500; floating debt, $222,980 85-total stock, bonds and debt, $654,130 85. Per contra: Cost of road, $518,739 37. A. H. SEIPT-President... Skippackville, Pa. Sec. & Treas-J. W. Jones..... Philadelphia, Pa | Superintendent-G. A. Nicolls........ Reading, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. .Philadelphia, Pa. COOPERSTOWN AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY RR. .16 miles. Line of Road.-Cooperstown, N. Y., to Collier's Station....... Branch 1 mile, and sidings, 0.25 mile. Gauge, 4 ft. 84 in. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 1. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, 1; freight, 5. Operations for the year ending September 30, 1869.-Trains run, 4,352 miles. Passengers carried, 12,245; carried one mile, 138,875. Freight moved, 2,263 tons; moved one mile, 33,945 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $6,943 90; freight, $4,086 65; other, $594 37-total, $11,624 92. Operating expenses, etc., $2,764 16. General Balances.-Capital stock, authorized, $350,000; subscribed, $256,100 ; paid in, $246,895; funded debt, 1st mortgage bonds, $97,700; floating debt, $46,078— total stock, bonds and debt, $380,673. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $365,129 44. Directors.-John F. Scott, Ellery Cory, G. Pomeroy Keese, James I. Hendryx, J. P. Sill, Charles W. Smith, George W. Ernst, A. H. Watkins, William Brooks, Robert Quaif and A. A. Jarvis, Cooperstown, N. Y.; George Hinds, Hartwick, N. Y.; Charles Childs, Oakville, N. Y. CAZENOVIA AND CANASTOTA RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Cazenovia, N. Y., to Canastota, N. Y...... .14.75 miles. Capital stock authorized, $300,000; subscribed, $283,400; paid in, $73,978 90. Cost of construction to September 30, 1869, $55,698 43. Directors.-Benjamin F. Jervis, Lewison Fairchild, Charles Brown, Orrin W. Sage, Charles Stebbins, Jr., and George L. Rouse, Cazenovia, N. Y.; David H. Rasbach, Charles Stroud, Ralph H. Avery, Thomas N. Jarvis and Daniel Lewis, Canastota, N. Y.; John Wilson, Fenner, N. Y.; Theodore Mead, Perryville, N. Y. LEWISON FAIRCHILD-President........ .... Cazenovia, N. Y. Sec. & Treas-Benjamin F. Jervis. | Chief Engineer-John B. Jervis. | Res. Eng'r-Reuben W. Stroud. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS........Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y. DUBUQUE AND MINNESOTA RAILWAY (Projected). .263 miles. Line of Road.-Dubuque, Iowa, to Lake Crystal, Minn...... Capital stock authorized, $10,000,000. Funded debt authorized, $5,500,000. Directors (elected first Wednesday of January, 1870).—E. H. Williams, Clermont, Iowa; Amos Pearsal and J. H. Merrill, McGregor, Iowa; R. B. Mason, Chicago, Ill.; J. K. Graves, H. L. Stout and Platt Smith, Dubuque, Iowa. PLATT SMITH-President.... Secretary.. .H. A. Weltse. | Treasurer...... .C. H. Booth. | Chief Engineer. J. E. Ainsworth. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Dubuque, Iowa. ZERBE VALLEY RAILROAD. (Owned and operated by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.) Line of Road.-Treverton, Pa., to Port Treverton (Susq. River).....15.10 miles. Sidings and other track 4.70 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Capital stock, $20,000 shares, $1,000,000. Directors.-A. E. Borie, H. P. McKean, R. B. Cabeen, J. B. Lippincott, John Ashhurst and Stephe Colwell, Philadelphia, Pa. FRANKLIN B. Gowen-President.... Philadelphia, Pa. .Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary...... ..Albert Foster. | Treasurer..............Samuel Bradford. | Superintendent........E. C. Hanna. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. WYOMING GRAVITY RAILROAD (Projected). Capital authorized, 50,000 shares, $2,500,000; paid in, $18,760. Directors.-John C. Phelps and Ziba Bennett, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Washington Lee, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; A. T. McClintock and George S. Bennett, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ; James Archbald and Elisha Phinney, Scranton, Pa.; John Brisbin, Newark, N. J.; John J. Phelps, Moses Taylor, William E. Dodge and George Bliss, New York City; Joseph J. Albright, Scranton, Pa. Line of Road.-Norfolk, Va., to Petersburg, Va. Sidings and other track, 4.35 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. .81 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 9. Cars-passenger, 7; baggage, mail and express, 2; freight (box, 93; live stock, 2; platform, 58), 153-total, 162 cars. Also, 2 timber trucks Operations for the year ending September 30, 1869 : Trains run-passenger, 59,130; freight, 65,154; other, 14,546-total, 138,830 miles. Freight moved, 95,689 tons; Gross earnings, $304,527 37. earnings, $121,170 35. moved one mile, 6,842,337 tons. Operating expenses, taxes, etc., $183,357 02. Nett General Balances-Capital stock-ordinary, $1,361,300; guaranteed, $137,500; preferred, $300,000-total, $1,798,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage bonds, due January 1, 1877, sevens, $110,500; eights, $303,000; 2d mortgage eights, due January 1, 1869, $6,000; funding bonds, eights, due January 1, 1872, $73,000-total, $493,000; State loan, $300,000; floating debt, $253,716 94. Per contra: Cost of road and rolling stock, $2,479,355 33; other assets, $622,890 76. Directors (elected December, 1869).-On the part of Stockholders: G. C. Walker and W. H. Turner, Norfolk, Va.; on the part of the State: L. H. Chandler and R. Burgess, Richmond, Va.; J. H. Clements, Portsmouth, Va. WILLIAM MANONE-President.. .Lynchburg, Va. Treasurer-James E. Cuthbert... Petersburg, Va. Road Master-G. W. Paine. Norfolk, Va. Secretary-N. M. Osborne. Lynchburg, 66 Supt. Transp.-Henry Fink.. Master Mechanic-J. S. Whitworth.. 66 PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Main street, Norfolk, Va.____ WRIGHTSVILLE, YORK AND GETTYSBURG RAILROAD. (Leased in perpetuity and operated by the Northern Central Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-York, Pa., to Wrightsville (Penn. RR.), Pa........ .13 miles. Sidings, etc., 1 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Operations for the year ending December 31, 1869).-Passengers carried, 41,587. Freight moved, 95,414 tons. Gross earnings, $61,436 70. Operating expenses, including taxes, etc., $41,110 07. Nett earnings, $20,326 63. Rent paid lessors, $11,872 68. No dividends. General Balances.-Capital stock, 6,341 shares, $317,050; floating debt, $76,484 79. Cost of road, etc., $393,534 79. J. D. CAMERON-President.. .Harrisburg, Pa. . Baltimore, Md. Secretary-R. S. Hollins....... .Baltimore, Md. | Treasurer-John S. Leib...........Baltimore, Md. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.... HASTINGS AND DAKOTA RAILROAD. .200 miles. 30 Line of Road.-Hastings, Minn., to Territorial Line, Dakota.... In operation: Hastings, Minn., westwardly..... Gauge of track, 4 feet 84 inches. Weight of rail, 50 pounds to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 1; baggage, mail and express, 1; freight (box 16; platform, 5), 21-total, 23 cars. Capital stock, $20,000 per mile. Funded debt, 1st mortgage bonds at the rate of $20,000 per mile, due 1899, interest 7 per cent., principal and interest payable in gold. The Company has a land grant of 550,000 acres. Directors (elected July 19, 1869).-Wm. G. Le Duc, P. Van Auken, E. B. Allen, J. C. Meloy and Stephen Gardner, Hastings, Minn.; Wm. L. Ames, St. Paul, Minn.; Oliver Ames, Peter Butler and John B. Alley, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM G. LE DUC-President.. Hastings, Minn. Treasurer Stephen Gardner..... Hastings, Minn. | Master Mach'y-C. C. Clements.. Hastings, Minn. Secretary-E. P. Howell... Supt. & Eng'r-A. M. Williams... 66 44 Gen. Tkt. Agt.-E. P. Stowell.... " 86 PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Line of Road. Cairo, Ill., to Dunleith, Ill., opp. Dubuque, Iowa..560.95 miles. Total length of road owned by Company. Second track, sidings, etc., 110 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 84 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The leased lines in Iowa have been increased during the year by 1034 miles. The 49 miles of the Iowa Falls and Sioux City RR. were brought into use in August. The Cedar Falls and Minnesota RR. was opened by sections during the year. The bridge across the Mississippi River between Dunleith and Dubuque was opened January 1, 1869. During the year 1869, 85.35 miles have been relaid with new iron, and 75.43 miles with repaired iron. The construction of a railroad between Cairo, Ill., and Columbus, Ky., a distance of 24 miles, is proposed, which will give the Illinois Central Railroad a direct connection with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and through that line with the Southern railroads generally. The trains of the Illinois Central Railroad Company run over certain portions |