$35,131 93; freight, $41,277 87; mails, $1,300; express, etc., $2,372 86-total, $80,082 66. Current expenses, $58,067 69. Nett earnings, $22,014 69. Interest on bonds, $12,000; surplus, $10,014 69. General Balances.-Capital stock, $170,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, $200,000; profit and loss, $11,496 50. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $370,000. Of the bonds, $100,000 are owned by the Eastern Company. Directors.-George M. Browne and Nathaniel Hooper, Boston, Mass.; Ichabod Goodwin, W. H. Y. Hackett, Portsmouth, N. H.; G. W. Burleigh, Great Falls, N. H. GEORGE M. BROWNE-President... .Boston, Mass. Superintendent-A. A. Perkins.. Great Falls, N. H. | Treasurer-John B. Parker......... Salem, Mass. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Great Falls, Strafford Co., N. H. Line CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Road.-Cincinnati, O., to Chattanooga, Tenn...... 340 miles. Preliminary surveys are now being made, and the construction of the road is to be commenced as soon as the requisite grant to cross Kentucky shall have been obtained. The City of Cincinnati has proposed to aid this Company by a loan of its credit to the amount of $10,000,000, but as yet without success, owing to the interposition of legal obstacles. Trustees.-Miles Greenwood, William Hooker, E. A. Ferguson, Philip Heidelbach and R. McZ. Shok, all of Cincinnati, O. MILES GREENWOOD-President... Secretary-H. H. Tatem. . Cincinnati, O. ..Cincinnati, O. | Chief Engineer-William A. Gunn.. Cincinnati, O. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. The whole line is under contract to completed by May 1, 1871. At Pollard this road will connect with the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad, now completed to Pollard, and with it will form a direct line from Selma to Pensacola, Fla. It will thus form the most direct practicable route from the coal fields and valuable deposits of iron of Central Alabama to the Harbor of Pensacola, which is the best in the Gulf in the territory of the United States, and the only one accessible and convenient for large vessels. The State of Alabama guarantees the first mortgage bonds of the Company to the extent of $16,000 per mile, as far as it is opened, as a first-class road in every respect. At Pollard it will also connect with the Mobile and Montgomery RR., now in operation. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, mail and express, 1; box freight, 2; platform, 7; service, 1-total, 13. General Balances.-Capital stock, $25,000 per mile. Bonded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent. bonds, principal and interest .payable in gold, guaranteed by the State of Alabama, $16,000 per mile. Ala.; Directors.-D. C. Smyly, T. K. Fergusson, J. W. Lapsley, Wells R. Bill, Selma, E. G. Barney, Patona, Ala.; P. D. Roddey, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; N. F. Schaffer, Montgomery, Ala.; Henry Clews, Seneca M. Bell and Henry V. Poor, New York City. D. C. SMYLY-President.... Selma, Ala. .. Selma, Ala. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. . Selma, Ala. .Roddey, Bell & Co., 127 Pearl St., New York. ELIZABETHTOWN AND PADUCAH RAILROAD. Line of Road.—Elizabethtown (42 m. S. W. Louisville), to Paducah, Ky..184 m. Gauge of track, 5 feet. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 1; freight, 2—total, 3. The road is now (May 1, 1870) ironed 19 miles, and cars are running thus far. By July 1, 1870, about 31 miles are to be in operation. Capital stock subscribed, $3,950,000, chiefly by Louisville and the counties traversed. Cost to date, about $1,000,000. First mortgage bonds to the extent of $3,000,000 have been authorized for issue, and will be used in finishing and equipping the line. Directors.-J. B. Wilder, Dennis Long, J. S. Lithgow, S. B. Thomas, James Trabue and R. A. Robinson, Louisville, Ky.; L. D. Husbands, Paducah, Ky. W. H. DULANEY-President.. ...Louisville, Ky. Treas. and Sec.-A. A. Gordon...Louisville, Ky. | Chief Engineer-George McLeod... Louisville, Ky. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. ...Sixth St., Louisville, Ky. ST. JAMES AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.-St. James (104 m. W. St. Louis), Mo., to Little Rock, Ark.240 m. Chartered February 2, 1869. Capital, $5,000,000. The line from St. James, on the South Pacific Railroad, to Salem, in Dent Co., 32 miles, has been surveyed, located and will soon be put under contract. Directors.-William James, St. James, Mo.; C. C. Simmons, W. P. Billings and N. H. Parker, St. Louis, Mo.; Charles E. Moss, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; D. S. Donegan, Licking, Texas Co., Mo.; Marion Sides, Salem, Dent Co., Mo.; Benjamin Alsup, West Plains, Howell Co., Mo.; John A. Rice, Alton, Oregon Co., Mo.; D. C. Reed, Shannon Co., Mo.; L. A. Thompson, Montgomery Co., Mo. C. C. SIMMONS-President... William James-Vice-President.. St. Louis, Mo. 64 Treasurer-W. P. Billings........St. Louis, Mo. | Secretary-Nathan Parker..........St. Louis, Mo. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... ...No. 410 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS AND SANTA FE RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.-Holden (Pac. RR. of Mo., 232 m. W. St. Louis), Mo., to State Line, Ks....... .38 miles. This road is under contract to be completed from Holden to Harrisonville, 20 miles, by September 1, 1870, and to the Kansas Line by July 1, 1871. Capital stock, $700,000, of which $255,000 has been taken by counties. Bonds to the extent of $20,000 per mile will be issued to the contractors. Directors.-Jehiel C. Stevenson and Edward N. Peyton, Morristown, Mo.; William B. Nichols, David Natron, William M. Coventry and Lewis Cheney, Holden, Mo.; Hugh G. Glenn, James H. Williams, Peter W. Sheidler, William J. Terrell, Robert A. Brown, William H. Barrett and N. M. Givan, Harrisonville, Mo. N. M. GIVAN-President...... William B. Nichols-Vice-President.. Harrisonville, Mo. Treasurer......... .R. A. Brown. | Secretary.. ........Wm. J. Terrell. | Gen. Supt......J. C. Stevenson. PRINCIPAL Office and ADDRESS.. Harrisonville, Cass Co., Mo. SELMA AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD. (Formerly Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad.) 81.3 miles. Line of Road.-Selma, Ala., to York Station, Ala.................. { ..119.3 miles. Total length of road owned, leased and operated................ Rolling Stock.-Locomotives, 13. Cars-passenger, 1st class, 7; 2d class, 1; baggage, mail and express, 2; box freight, 68; stock, 1; platform, 31-110. Also, 7 boarding, 16 hand and 14 push cars. Operations for the year ending December 31, 1869.-Gross earnings-passenger, $110,588 98; freight, $158,019 51; mail, $7,079 48; car rents, $1,418 31; other, $5,108 84-total, $282,215 12. Operating expenses, taxes, etc., $152,919 83. Rent paid Alabama and Chattanooga RR. Company, $9,722 21. Extraordinary expenses, $114,171 34, chiefly for construction and rolling stock. General Balances (last statement March 1, 1868).-Capital stock, $999,050; funded debt (1st mortgage, $79,830; 2d mortgage, Confederate, $52,000; 3d mortgage, issued July 2, 1866, $665,000), $796,830; profit and loss, $25,521; receipts, $337,869; floating debt (U. S., $57,441; charge bills, $2,430; suspense account, $21,183; State of Alabama, $37,824; bills payable, $211,799; rents-North-East and South-West Alabama Railroad, $18,417; North-Western Railroad, $12,948; corpoations, individuals and agents, $191,438), $553,481. Per contra: Construction and equipment, $2,163,564; interest account, $79,352; taxes, $2,802; transportation expenses, $399,692; bills, $217; due by corporations, etc., $59,736; cash, etc., $7,388.... .....Total, $2,712,571. This road was placed in the hands of a receiver, under a decree of the U. S. District Court, granted March 20, 1868, and has since then been operated under his direction. STREET (Horse) RAILROADS IN STATE OF NEW YORK. A TABULAR STATEMENT of their Length and Cost, Capital, Bonds, etc., and their Earnings in the Year ending September 30, 1869. WILMINGTON, CHARLOTTE AND RUTHERFORD RR. Line of Road.-Wilmington, N. C., to Rutherfordton, N. C....... .272 miles. Completed: Wilmington, N. C., to Pee Dee River, N. C....... Charlotte, N. C., to Sharon, N. C................ 123 25-148 แ Sidings, turnouts, etc., 3.6 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 8. Cars-passenger, 4; mail and baggage, 2; freight (box, 44; platform, 62), 106; trucks, 6-total, 118 cars. Also, 18 hand and 4 crank cars. Operations for the 11 months ending July 31, 1869.-Eastern Division.-Trains run, 110,338 miles. Passengers carried, 7,567; carried one mile, 321,295. Gross earnings-passengers, $14,494 73; freight, $142,580 79; U. S. mail, $3,525; other, $713,40-total, $161,313 92. Operating expenses, $87,289 90. Nett earnings, $74,024 02. Western Division.-Gross earnings-passenger, $8,180 10; freight, $19,767 03total, $27,947 13. Operating expenses, taxes, etc, $24,596 48. Nett earnings, $3,350 65. The W. C. & RR. R. is completed and in running order 148 miles. It is graded and substantially ready for the superstructure 50 miles additional. It has cost in gold $3,600,000, and would cost to-day in currency, $6,000,000. This $3,600,000 used in construction was obtained as follows: Loaned by the State of North Carolina.... $2,000,000 1,200,000 400,000 The State, by act ratified Dec. 20, 1866, waived the priority of its lien and permitted the Company to place upon their entire road built, and to be built, a 1st mortgage of $4,000,000, the State reserving to itself the right of a second mortgage only. This first mortgage was delivered to Le Grand Lockwood and others, of New York City, and bonds secured thereby issued in accordance with its provisions. None of these, however, have been sold, but $1,200,000 have been hypothecated as security for $300,000 floating debt. Directors (October 20, 1869).—Elected by Stockholders: R. H. Cowan, Wilmington, N. C.; H. W. Guion, Charlotte, N. C.; B. H. Sumner, Lincolnton, N. C.; W. L. Steele, Rockingham, N. C.; S. W. Cole, Wadesboro, N. C.; A. R. Holmesly, Shelby, N. C.; appointed by Governor: William Sloan and John L. Brown, Charlotte, N. C.; R. C. Badger, Raleigh, N. C.; S. V. Sperrell, Lincolnton, N. C.; Joseph Cannon, John F. Aydlett and James McDonald. WILLIAM SLOAN-President........... Charlotte, N. C. Treas, and Sec.-C. J. Cowles.... Charlotte, N. C. Mast. Mechanic-W. Gill..... Laurinburg, N. C. Gen. Supt. & Chf Eng.-B. S. Guion. Lincolnton. Mast. Transp.-W. H. Allen.... Wilmington Road Master-L. J. Everett....Laurinburg, N. C. Gen. Freight Agent-P.D.Gowan PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Wilmington, N. C. PEORIA, PEKIN AND JACKSONVILLE RAILROAD. PEORIA, Line of Road.-Peoria, Ill., to Jacksonville, Ill. (completed July 1, 1869)...83 m. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 6.36 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 10. Cars-passenger, 8; baggage, mail and express, 4; freight (box, 39; platform, 10; coal, 80; cabocse, 4), S3-total, 25. |