water, William Hull, H. G. Lewis, J. B. Hotchkiss, H. P. Frost, N. D. Sperry and J. H. Leeds, New Haven, Conn.; J. H. Bartholomew, Ansonia, Conn. On part of New Haven-The Mayor, ex officio, and P. Ward, New Haven, Conn. 46 Treasurer...... Charles Attwater. | Secretary......F. E. Harrison. Chief Eng......M. O. Davidson. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .New Haven, Conn. BENNINGTON AND RUTLAND RAILROAD. (Consolidated February, 1870, with Lebanon Springs Railroad, under the name of the New York and Harlem Extension Railroad.) .....59 miles. Line of Road.-Rutland, Vt., to Bennington, Vt...... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 5 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.—Locomotive engines, 4. Cars-passenger, 3; baggage, mail and express, 3; freight (box, 15; platform, 25), 40—total, 46 cars. Operations. By first mortgage trustees. No returns furnished. General Balances (December 31, 1869).—Capital stock, $332,000; funded debt— 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, due January 1, 1856, 1861 and 1867, $400,000; 2d mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, due September 1, 1862, $300,000-total funded debt, $700,000—total stock and bonds, $1,032,000. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $1,125,000. WEBSTER SNYDER-President...... Bennington, Vt. Cashier, etc..............D, W. Craig | Master Transp.. F. C. White | Gen. Fgt. & Pass. Agt..J. R. Faukner. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. .Rutland, Vt. TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILWAY. (Consolidation, July 1, 1865, of Toledo and Wabash Railway, the Great Western Railway of 1859, the Quincy and Toledo Railroad and the Illinois and Southern Iowa Railroad. In 1869 the Decatur and East St. Louis Railroad was taken into the consolidation.) Line of Road.-Toledo (Lake Erie), O., to Camp Point, Ill... Branches: { 454.8 m. Bluffs City, Ill. (414 m. W. Toledo) to Naples, Ill........ 4.0 Claytown, Ill. (448 m. W. Tol.) to Hamilton (opp. Keokuk). 41.2— 45.2 “ Total length of road owned by Company... Leased: Chic., Burl. & Quincy RR.-Camp Point, Ill., to Quincy, Ill.......... 500.0 m. 22.0" ..522.0 m. Total length of road owned, leased and operated............... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 21.1 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. No part of the Decatur and East St. Louis Railroad was operated by the Company in 1839. The Hannibal and Naples Railroad, leased by this Company, was brought into use in April, 1870. The D. & E. St. L. RR. will probably be finished during the current year. Rolling Stock.-Locomotives, 115. Cars-passenger, 50; smoking, 4; mail and baggage, 29; freight (box, 1,300; stock, 391; platform, 280; coal, 206; caboose, 48'; dumping, 30), 1,946-total, 2,027 cars. Operations for four years and a half ending December 31, 1869: General Balances.-Abstract of general account at close of years: The funded debt outstanding December 31, 1869, consisted of the issues noted in the following statement: 1st mtge.: 2d mtge. : Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis RR.. 167 miles.. 7 Feb. & Aug. 1890 $900.000 1890 2,500,000 7 May & Nov. 1890 500.000 300,000 1,000.000 —all payable, principal and interest, in the City of New York. Directors.-Azariah Boody, Isaac H. Knox, A. M. White, William Kidd, Abraham B. Baylis, William I. Schenck and Horace F. Clark, New York City; William Mason, Taunton, Mass.; George Cecil, Logansport, Ind.; James Spears, Lafayette, Ind.; C. M. Smith, Springfield, Ill.; C. A. Savage, Quincy, Ill.; Amasa Stone, Jr., Cleveland, O.; E. B. Phillips, Chicago, Ill.; John N. Drummond, Toledo, Ill. (Owned and operated by the Michigan Central Railroad Company.) .94 miles. Line of Road.-Jackson, Mich., to Grand Rapids, Mich... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 6.5 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Capital stock authorized, $1,000,000. Funded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent. bonds, guaranteed by Michigan Central Company, due July 1, $1886, $1,000,000. The original organization of this Company is dispensed with, the Michigan Central Company assuming the proprietorship and control of the road in April, 1870, and it will hereafter be operated under its management, under the name and title of the Grand River Valley Division of the Michigan Central Railroad. CHAS. B. BUSH-Local Supt...... . Grand Rapids, Mich. NOVA SCOTIA RAILWAY. (Built, equipped and operated by the Provincial Government.) Line of Road.-Halifax, N. Sco., to Pictou, N. Sco.... Branch: Junction (15 m. N. Halifax) to Windsor.... ..145 miles. Total length of main and branch lines.... Sidings, etc., 14 miles. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, H 63 and T 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock (June 30, 1868).—Locomotives, 19. Cars-passenger (1st class, 13; 2d class, 8); baggage, mail and express, 5; freight, 233, viz.: box, 44; stock, 27; platform, 162), 259. Also 60 4-wheel coal cars. Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Gross earnings-passenger, $127,252. Mail, etc., $8,660; freight, $145,226-total, $281,138. Gross earnings 1866–67, $207,965; 1867-68, $250,279; 1868–69, $281,138. OSAGE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILROAD. (Leased June 15, 1868, for 30 years to Pacific RR. of Missouri.) Line of Road.-Booneville (Mo. Riv.) to Tipton (Pac. RR.), Mo.......25 miles. Sidings, etc., 2 miles. Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Gross earnings-See Pacific RR. Rental, 35 per cent of gross earnings. General Balances.-Capital stock, $375,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 10 per cent. bonds, dated July 1, 1868, and payable in 5 or 20 years, $200,000; other liabilities, $25,000. Cost of road, etc., $600,000. JOSEPH L. STEPHENS-President... Treasurer....... ..J. A. Eppstein. | Secretary..... Booneville, Mo. .F. Swapp. | Engineer........ H. E. Barnes. KENT COUNTY (Del.) RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Massey's Cross Roads, Md., to Deeplong, Md....... .28 miles Branch line: Capt. Bawn, Md., to Chestertown, Md... Gauge of track, 4 feet 84 inches. Weight of rail, 45 lbs. to yard. 4 At Massey's Cross Roads connection is made with the Kent and Queen Anne Railroad, and through that road with the Delaware Railroad at Townsend, 29 miles south of Wilmington. The road was opened to Kennedyville in April, 1870, and is now in rapid progress to Chestertown. The Company have issued 6 per cent. 20 year bonds to the extent of $600,000, and the County of Kent 6 per cent. aid bonds, dated June, 1868, and payable 186979, $100,000. Construction commenced in July, 1868, and the road as far as Chestertown will probably be in operation July, 1870. GEORGE VICKERS-President.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. . Chestertown, Md. ..Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. ST. LOUIS, LAWRENCE AND DENVER RR. (in Progress). .....58 miles. Line of Road.-Pleasant Hill, Mo., to Lawrence, Kansas.... This road was undertaken as a cut-off to make the line to the West, via the Pacific RR. of Missouri and the Kansas Pacific, a more direct one. When completed it will effect a saving of 14 miles over the line via Kansas City. The Company intend to issue 1st mortgage bonds, 6 per cent., principal and interest payable in gold, $1,020,000. The road is to be leased to the Pacific Co. of Missouri for an amount sufficient to secure the interest on these bonds. Directors.-Geo. W. Deitzler, S. O. Thacher, P. D. Ridenour, B. W. Woodward, L. Bullene, H. M. Simpson, Chas. Wellemsen, Jas. Blood, J. G. Sands, B. W. Ludington and C. W. Babcock, Lawrence, Kansas. NASHVILLE AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILROAD. (Operated under agreement with Receiver by Nashville and Chattanooga Co.) Line of Road.-Nashville, Tenn., to Hickman, Kentucky..........172.5 miles. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 7.2 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 20. Cars-passenger, 4; baggage and mail, 2; freight (box, 118; flat, 33)-total, 167 cars. Line of Road.-Phillipsburg, N. J., to Elizabethport, N. J Extension (1864): Elizabeth, N. J., to Jersey City, N. J.... .74 miles. .15 Total length of line owned and operated by Company. Leased: South Branch RR.-Somerville to Flemington..... Second track, 74; 3d rail, 57 m. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock (January 1, 1869).-Locomotive engines, 107. Cars—passenger, 104; mail, 15; freight, 505; coal, 1,092-total cars, 1,716. Also, 91 road and service cars. Operations for the year ending Dec. 31, 1869.-Gross earnings, $4,010,121 73. Operating expenses, taxes, etc., $2,642,163 37. Nett earnings, $1,367,958 36. General Balances.—Capital stock, 150,000 shares, $15,000,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, interest Feb. and Aug., due 1870, $900,000; 2d mortgage 7 per cent bonds, interest May and Nov., due 1875, $600,000; 3d mortgage (new) 7 per cent. bonds, interest Feb. and Aug., due 1890, $1,900,000-total, $3,400,000; floating indebtedness, $647,734 20. Total stock, bonds and debt, $19,047,734 20. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $10,871,242 38. The Company have also a large property in lands, docks, machinery, etc., at Communipaw, etc. The above is taken chiefly from the New Jersey State Reports, the Company having declined to furnish any statement. For extended statements for former years, consult MANUAL for 1869-70. Directors (elected May, 1870).-John Taylor Johnston, John C. Green, Moses Taylor, Adam Norrie and Sidney Dillon, New York City; Benjamin Williamson, Elizabeth, N. J.; F. T. Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J.; Henry D. Maxwell, Easton, Pa.; Asa Packer, Mauch Chunk, Pa. |