Passengers carried, 467,538; carried one mile, 22,208,215.

Freight moved-through, 242,706; local, 208,336 tons; carried one mile, 35,730,006 tons.

Gross earnings-passenger, $700,547 22; freight, $829,429 26; mail and express, $114,056 91; other earnings, $36,283 15; other sources, $29,392-total, $1,709,708 54. Current expenses-way and structures, $249,587 94; power and cars, $425,447 01 ; transportation, $305,467 15; general expenses, $1,118,018 79. Nett earnings, $562,297 75; less loss on operating D. & W. RR. ($42,652 42), $519,645 33. Interest paid, 111,452 45; dividends, 6 per cent. and U. S. tax, $330,554 47; new equipment, $14,260 09; surplus, $63,378 32.

General Balances.-Capital Stock-Little Miami, $3,572,400; Columbus and Xenia, $1,786 200-total, $5,358,600. Funded debt-1st mortgage, L. M. RR., 6 per cent. bonds, due May 2, 1883, $1,480,000; 1st mortgage, C. & X. RR., 6 per cent. bonds, due September 1, 1890, $248,000; 1st mortgage D. & W. RR. bonds, due January 1, 1905, 6 per cents., $440,000; 7 per cents., $275,000; and Cincinnati 6 per cent. loan, due December 31, 1880, $100,000-total, $2,543,000. Total stock and bonds, $7,901,600. Cost of roads, etc.-Little Miami, $3,887,853 74; Columbus and Xenia, $1,482,840 46; Dayton and Western, $850,000; Dayton and Xenia, $600,000; Cost of rolling stock, $965,774 90-total cost of property owned and leased, $7,786,469 10. The interest on the bonded debt is to be paid by the lessees. The Little Miami Company own $425,650 of the C. & X. stock.

Directors (elected January 25, 1870).—Hugh J. Jewett, Richard Lewis, William H. Clement, J. H. Rogers, L. B. Harrison, Charles P. Cassilly, Edmund Dexter, Joseph C. Butler and Henry Hanna, Cincinnati, Ohio; Abraham Hivling, Xenia, Ohio; John Bacon, Springfield, Ohio; Joseph R. Swan, Columbus, Ohio.

(Leased for 99 years from January 1, 1865, to Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia Railroad Company; re-leased December 1, 1868, to Little Miami Company, and re-leased December 1, 1869, to Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Company.)

Line of Road.-Dayton, Ohio, to Richmond, Ind..... ..42 miles. Sidings and other track, 3 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 10 inches. Rail, 53 lbs. to yard. Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Included in Little Miami returns. Loss to the lessees on the year's operations, $42,652 42. The lessees pay interest on the bonded debt. Stock worthless.

General Balances.-Capital stock, $309,276; funded debt, 1st mortgage bonds, due January 1, 1905, 6 per cents., $440,000; 7 per cents., $275,000-total, stock and bonds, $1,024,276. Cost of railroad, $850,000.

President...... Valentine Winters. | Secretary......Leonard Moore. | Treasurer....

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

Reuben Winters.

.Dayton, Ohio.

DAYTON, XENIA AND BELPRE RAILROAD.

(Owned by Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia Railroads, and leased December 1, 1869, to Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Company.)

Line of Road.-Xenia (65 m. N. Cincinnati), O., to Dayton, O........................ 16 miles. Sidings, etc., 1.42 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 10 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard.

Sold under foreclosure, February, 1865, and purchased by Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia Railroad on joint account, for $415,000.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

Cincinnati, O.

COLUMBUS AND XENIA RAILROAD.

(Leased for 99 years and renewable forever from December 1, 1868, to Little Miami Company, and re-leased December 1, 1869, to Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Company, which latter is now operating it.)

Line of Road.-Xenia, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio....

.54.5 miles.

Sidings, turnouts, etc., 13 miles. Gauge 4 feet 10 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Included in returns to Little Miami Railroad Company which paid dividends, one of 3 and one of 3 per cent. free of tax, etc., on the capital stock and interest on the bonds. Also, $2,500 for the maintenance of organization.

General Balances.-Capital stock, $1,786,200; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds due September 1, 1890, $248,000.

President Joseph R. Swan....... .Columbus, O. | Sec. & Treas.-Cyrus Fay........... Columbus, O. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

.Columbus, Ohio.

PENINSULAR RAILWAY OF MICHIGAN.

Line of Road.-Lansing, Mich., to Milton (State line), Ind..... .108.0 miles. In operation (March, 1870):-Lansing, Mich., to Battle Creek, Mich...... 45.5 Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 3. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, 1; freight (box, 6; platform, 31), 37-total, 40 cars.

General Balances.-Capital stock authorized, $1,500,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage sinking fund 7 per cent. gold bonds, dated May 1, 1869 and due May 1, 1899, interest May 1 and November 1, at New York or London, England.

Directors (elected January 19, 1870).—Martin S. Bracket, Bellevue, Mich.; William Wallace, L. D. Dibble and A. Noble, Battle Creek, Mich; Stephen Eldred, Climax, Mich.; S. T. Read, Cassopolis, Mich.; I.. Aldrich, Edwardsburg, Mich.; S. W. Hopkins and F. H. Collins, New York City.

LEONIDAS D. DIBBLE-President and Gen. Supt. Battle Creek, Mich.
Secretary-Martin S. Brackett.... Bellevue, Mich. | Chief Eng.-C. F. Miller
Treasurer-C. Wakelee... .Battle Creek,
Asst. Treas.-William Miller.. South Bend,

PRINCIPAL Office and ADDRESS..

Battle Creek, Mich.

Mast. Mech.-T. G. Templeton.
Gen. Fgt. Agt.-C. M. Wakelee

..Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich.

PENINSULAR RAILROAD OF INDIANA.

Line of Road.-State line of Michigan to State line of Illinois...................82 miles. Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard.

This line continues the Peninsula of Michigan through the State of Indiana, and at that point connects with the Chicago, Blue Island and Indiana Railroad, extending thence to Chicago. These three roads will be consolidated, forming a line of 205 miles between Chicago and Lansing, and thence to Port Huron is 112.5 miles. The whole length is expected to be in operation before the end of the current year. Seven per cent. gold bonds, to the extent of $16,000 per mile, will be issued.

Directors.-Gilman Ford, Robert Montgomery and H. G. Niles, Mishawaka, Ind.; T. S. Stanfield, John H. Keedy and William Miller, South Bend, Ind.; S. Anthony, Delos Skinner and M. S. McClelland, Valparaiso, Ind.

WILLIAM MILLER-President........

. South Bend, Ind.

Treasurer J. A. Henricks...... South Bend, Ind. | Secretary-H. G. Niles....... .Mishawaka, Ind. PRINCIPAL Office and ADDRESS.. South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Ind.

CHICAGO, BLUE ISLAND AND INDIANA RAILROAD.

.27 miles.

Line of Road.—Chicago, Ill., to State line, Ind.................. [This road forms the Illinois division of the line of roads in progress of construction from Port Huron, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., a distance of 325 miles.]

Directors (elected July 10, 1868).—Henry Fuller, G. S. Hubbard, C. B. Sammons, H. H. Massey, J. P. Young, George F. Bailey, H. S. Rexford, F. Sawerteig, Royal Fox, A. N. Hart, Michael Brand, W. L. Bancroft, Leonidas D. Dibble, Thos. S. Stanfield, S. L. Reed, S. H. Anthony, John Bienfeldt and L. P. Hilliard.

(Leased in perpetuity to Chicago and North-Western Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska...

271.6 miles.

2.5

Branch line: Clinton, Iowa, to Lyons, Iowa....... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 28.4 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rental for two years from January 1, 1866, $1,400 per mile of road, and for three years from January 1, 1868, $1,750 per mile. From January 1, 1871, the rental is to be $700 per mile out of the $1,500 per mile of nett earnings, and one-third of the gross earnings in excess of the last-named sum of $1,500 and up to $4,500 per mile. Such an amount earned per mile would give an annual rental of $1,700. When the gross earnings shall exceed $4,500 per mile, the lessors are to receive, in addition to the sums previously provided, 20 per cent. of such excess.

Gross earnings for year ending May 31, 1869, $2,489,536 78. Rental at $1,750 per mile, $475,300. The receipts for the four years ending May 31, 1869, were $152,690 23, $265,819 41, $419,848 34 and $475,300 respectively.

Cost of road, about $15,000,000. Capital stock, about $8,000,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 p. c. bonds, February and August, or May and October, $7,620,000. No accurate statistics are attainable. The land grant of this Company is about 1,200,000 acres, donated under acts of May 15, 1856, and June 2, 1864.

Directors (January, 1870).-John I. Blair, Blairstown, N. J.; D. C. Blair, Belvidere, N. J.; James Blair, Scranton, Pa.; Charles E. Vail, Blairstown, N. J.; Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, North Easton, Mass.; P. S. Crowell, East Dennis, Mass. ; William T. Glidden and F. Nickarson, Boston, Mass.; A. W. Johnson, Belfast, Me.; R. G. Hazard, Peace Dale, R. I.; W. W. Walker, John F. Ely and John Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; James Hawthorne, Nevada, Iowa.

JOHN I. BLAIR-President and Treasurer......... Blairstown, N. J. W. W. Walker- Vice-President and Secretary.. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Asst. Sec.-Charles E. Vail...... Blairstown, N. J. | Asst. Supt.-H. P. Stanwood.. Superintendent-I. B. Howe........... Clinton, Ia. | Asst. Chief Eng.-L. Burnett.. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

Clinton, Ia.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.

Line of Road.—Richmond, Va., to Danville, Pa....
Branch line: Main line, near Richmond, to Rockett's..
Leased: Piedmont RR.-Danville, Va., to Greensboro', N. C.....................

.190.5 miles.

Rail, 58 lbs.

Total length of road owned, leased and operated.... Sidings-on R. & D. RR., 11.25; on P. RR., 1.98. Gauge, 5 feet. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 24. Cars-passenger, 17; baggage, mail and express, 8; freight (box, 125; platform, 64), 189; coal (6-wh.), 49—total, 264 cars. Also, 5 road and other cars.

Operations for the year ending September 30, 1869 :

Trains run-passenger, 162,999; freight, 115,158; coal, 4,420; service, 29,562total, 312,139 miles.

Passengers carried-east, 44,258; west, 44,570-total, 88,828; carried one mile, 4,860,625.

Freight moved-east, 35,325; west, 63,998-total, 99,323 tons; moved one mile, 6,271,192 tons. Included in freight are receipts at Richmond—tobacco leaf, 11,364 tons; tobacco stems, 535 tons; manufactured tobacco, 1,025 tons; grain, 310,868 bushels; coal, 20,433 tons, etc.

Gross earnings-passenger, $208,489 95; freight, $375,191 02; express, $11,891 98; mail, $13,613 48; telegraph, $216 37-total, $609,402 80. Working expenses, taxes, etc., $352,332 95. Nett earnings, $257,069 85. Rent of Piedmont RR., $45,000.

General Balances.-Capital stock, $4,000,000; funded debt, State loan of 185354, redeemable in 34 years, by payment of an annuity of 7 per cent., $600,000; State guaranteed 6 per cent. bonds, due January 1, 1875 and '76, $159,100; 1st mortgage consolidated 6 per cent., due May 1, 1873 to 1875, $1,713,000; bonds to Roanoke Valley RR., due 1869 to 1876, $127,600; old bonds, $81,000-total, $2,680,700; bills payable, $84,874 40; other liabilities, $143,799 45; balance of transportation account, $1,906,158 30.

Per contra: Increase of capital, $2,000,000; cost of road, etc., $4,929,000; fund

for redemption of $600,000 loan, $92,908 65; own stocks due, $18,702 50; stock of of Piedmont RR., $1,488,500; Piedmont RR. Co., $190,941 38; bills receivable, $3,488 72; sundry accounts, $71,089 67; cash, $20,901 23.............Total, $8,815,532 15. Statement of financial condition and operations for three years:

1866-67. 1867-68. 1868-69.

Capital Funded

Cost of

Total Stock Road and Gross Operating Nett Stock.* Debt. and Bonds. Equipment. Earnings. Expenses Earnings.

$4.000,000 $1,901,891 $5,901,891
4,000,000 2,612,091 6,612.091
4,000,000 2,680,700 6,680,700

$4.929.000 $639.662 $359,451 $280,211 4,929.000 574,020 329,855 244,165 4,929,000 609,403 352,333 257,070

Capital stock, increased."

*Of this $2,000,000 is represented, per contra, as Directors (elected December 9, 1869).—On part of Stockholders: A. S. Bufford, Richmond, Va.; William L. Owen, Black Walnut, Va.; John E. White, Richmond, Va. On part of State : L. M. Shumaker, Danville, Va.; J. B. Edmunds, News Ferry, Va.; A. Y. Stokes, Richmond, Va.

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Line of Road.-Cleveland (L. Erie), O., to Wellsville (Ohio R.), O.......101 m.
Wellsville, O., to Rochester (P., Ft. W. & C. RR), Pa..
Yellow Creek, O., to W. Wheeling and Bellair, O.........47
Bayard (69 m. S. Cleveland), O., to New Philadelphia, O..321

Extensions:

Hanover Branch: Hanover Junction to Hanover, O................

แ

66

14-1024 m.

203 m.

Total length of main line and branches owned by Company.... Double track, 2; sidings, 49 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 10 in. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Rented ($85,000 p. an.): Pitts., Ft. Wayne & Chi. RR-Rochester to Pittsb'g..26 m. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 78. Cars-passenger, 1st class 34 and 2d class 5; baggage and express, 20; caboose, 27; paymaster's, 1; box freight, 336; stock-box, 35, and slat, 39; gondola, 1,139; platform, 15-total revenue cars, 1,651. Also, 167 wood, gravel and other service cars.

Operations for the year ending November 30, 1869 :

Trains run-passenger, 322,648; freight, etc., 781,351; other, 590,203-total 1,694,202 miles.

Passengers carried—local, 522,500; foreign, 76,955—total, 599,455; carried one mile, 18,860,218.

Freight moved, 1,113,647 tons; moved one mile, 85,048,631 tons. Included in freight were: coal, 515,243; iron ore, 164,931; copper ore, 1,561; fire clay and stone, 24,051; live stock, 23,585; animal products, 1,694; grain, 20,793; flour, 9,509; wool, 1,438; butter and cheese, 2,339; other agricultural products, 12,696; lumber, 31,060; other products of the forest, 13,984; pig and bloom iron, 47,129; iron and iron ware, 69,091; glass and glass ware, 8,933; fire-brick and earthenware, 21,502; grindstones. 2,706; petroleum, 24,558; general merchandize, 116,848-total, 1,113,647 tons.