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ATLANTA AND RICHMOND AIR LINE RR. (in Progress).

Line of Road.-Atlanta, Ga., to Charlotte, N. C...................

.250 miles.

The railroad, as projected, will lie within the States of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. There are necessarily three charters: one from the State of Georgia, covering the line from Atlanta to the Savannah River, near Anderson, S. C.; another from the State of South Carolina, covering the line from the Savannah River to the State line of North Carolina, in the direction of Charlotte, N. C.; and a third from the State of North Carolina, covering the short link in that State. The Georgia charter entitles the road within that State the "Georgia Air-Line Railroad," and the Carolina charters the "Air-Line Railroad in South Carolina" and the "AirLine Railroad in North Carolina," respectively. These charters provide for the consolidation of the entire line under one organization and name.

Preliminary steps to this consolidation, under the name of "The Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad Company," have been taken, and it is expected to be effected without delay. Georgia gives her bonds in aid of the work at the rate of $12,000 per mile on the line within the limits of that State. Stock to the amount of over $500,000 has been taken, and twenty miles of road next Atlanta are under contract and the work is in progress. The road is designed to pass from Atlanta, nea Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg, S. C., to Charlotte, N. C., and when completed, will open a link in the Piedmont line between New Orleans, Mobile and Montgomery, to Richmond, Washington and the Northern cities.

Directors.-A. S. Buford (President of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company), Richmond, Va.; A. Austell, S. R. Hoyt, Joseph Winship and E. M. Johnto n, Georgia; J. N. Reed and J. N. Harrison, South Carolina; R. Y. McAden, North Carolina; W. T. Sutherlin, Virginia; L. R. Clark and E. M. Barnum, New York.

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QUINCY, ALTON AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD (in Progress).

Line of Road.-Quincy, Ill., to Carrollton, Ill....... .69 miles. Directors.-James W. Singleton, P. Alexander, Edward Wells, William Bowles, A. J. T. Prevost, E. C. Luhern, C. H. Curtis and Robert Bennesen, Quincy, Ill.; C, L. Higby, Pittsfield, Ill.

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CHILLICOTHE AND DES MOINES CITY RR. (in Progress).

Line of Road.-Chillicothe, Mo., to State Line of Iowa...

.62 miles.

The entire line is under construction to be completed early in spring, 1871. The road is being constructed by means of bonds of Grundy and Mercer Counties, through which the road runs.

Directors-J. H. Shanklin, Stephen Peery, George W. Moberly and W. B. Ro gers, Trenton, Mo.; M. V. Thompson, Edinburg, Mo.; Wm. Dunlap, Rural Dale, Mo. Ira B. Hyde, R. B. Ballew, Israel Patton and H. J. Alley, Princeton, Mo.; Peter Cain Cainesville, Mo.; J. B. Bell and Smith Turner, Chillicothe, Mo.

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Line of Road.-Kansas City, Mo., to Emporia, Kansas...

C. V. ESKRIDGE-President..

H. J. Canniff-Superintendent...

110 miles

Emporia, Kansas.
Prairie City,

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PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

Emporia, Kansas.

CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.

(Consolidation July 8, 1869, of the Charlotte and South Carolina and the Columbis
and Augusta Railroads.)

Line of Road. C. & S. C. RR.: Charlotte, N. C., to Columbia, S. C...109.6 m.
C. & A. RR.: Columbia, S. C., to Augusta, Ga......

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Total length of road owned and operated by Company.....

Sidings, turnouts, etc., 13.22 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard.

85.0" 194.6 m.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 18. Cars-passenger, 1st class, 5; 24 class, 5; mail and baggage, 5; freight (box, 79; stock, 8; platform, 49), 136—total cars, 152.

Operations for the year ending December 31, 1869.-Gross earnings-passenger, $199,516 94; freight, $188,765 39; malis, $14,467 48; other, $1,035 68-total, $403,785 49. Operating expenses, including taxes, etc., $226,536 59. Nett earnings, $177,248 90.

General Balances (January 1, 1870).-Capital stock (C. & S. C. RR., $1,541,900, and C. & A. RR., $1,016,277 77), $2,558,177 77; funded debt-1st mortgage 7 p. c. coupon bonds (C. & S. C. RR.), due January 1, 1866, to 1890, $295,000; 1st mortgage 7 p. c. bonds (C. & A. RR.), due January 1, 1890, $551,003; 1st mortgage consolidated 7 p. c. bonds (authorized to the extent of $2,000,000, the old bonds of the separate Companies are exchangeable for consolidated bonds at par), dated July 1, 1869, interest semi-annually January and July, and principal January 1, 1895, at New York, $358,116 65-total funded debt, $1,204,116 65; floating debt-bills payable, $335,320 03; taxes due U. S. and State, $23,934 70; due A. T. & O. RR. Co., $200,801 22; due for railroad iron, $164,223 24; due for sundries, $1,576 41-total floating debt, $725,855 60; due other companies, $13,308 26; interest coupons, $39,539; earnings, August 1 to Dec. 31, 1869, $218,798 03; due to C. & A. RR. Co., $285,957 37, and to C. & S. C. RR. Co., $99,129 81.

Per contra Railroad and equipment, $4,722,075 56; available assets-real estate, $9,603 53; bonds, $23,406 75; stocks, $114,325; due from sundries, $262 78; current

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accounts, $34,362 84; cash, $12,776 73-total, $224,737 63; operating exprenses August 1 to December 31, 1869, $105,113 05; interest account, amount due and not paid, $76,282 06; discount on stocks and bonds, $18,674 19.....Total, $5,146,882 49.

Directors (elected July 8, 1869).—Wm. Johnston, A. B. Davidson, W. E. Jackson, S. D. Heard, Charlotte, N. C.; W. R. Robertson and J. H. Rion, Winnsboro', S. C.; G. J. Patterson and Jno. J. McLevre, Chester, S. C.; A. B. Springs, York, S. C.; Jno. Fisher, J. J. Cohen, J. Sibley, J. H. Wilson, P. Quattlebaum, C. D. Melton, Ed. Hope, F. N. McMaster, R. Barringer, Columbia, S. C.

WILLIAM JOHNSTON-President.....

. Charlotte, N. C. Bec. & Treas.. C. H. Manson. | Supt. Caleb Bouknight. | Gan. Tkt. & Fgt. Agt. E. R. Dorsey. Mast. Mach'y.. .T. D. Cline. | Mast. Car Rep's. W. F. Brown. Road Master..... B. F. Burus.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

Columbia, Richland Co., S. Car.

HIGH BRIDGE RAILROAD.

Line of Road.-High Bridge Station, N. J. (C. RR. of N. J.), to the Taylor Iron Works, including sidings..

Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Weight of rail, 50 lbs. to yard.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive, 1.

..1.24 mile.

Built in 1868 by the Taylor Iron Works, at a cost of $18,000; owned and operated by them principally for their own use. Freight handled, mostly iron, coal and iron ore, and will amount to about 30,000 tons per annum.

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Line of Road.-Vallejo, Cal., to Sacramento, Cal.....
Davis Junction, Cal., to Marysville, Cal....

Branches: Adalanta, Cal., to Calestoga, Cal....

Steamboat Ferry: Vallejo, Cal., to San Francisco, Cal............

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Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 13. Cars—passenger, 14; baggage, mail and express, 5; freight, 150-total, 169.

General Balances.-Capital stock, $3,500,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, principal and interest payable in coin, due January 1, 1889, $2,500,000. Bond holders' Trustees-Faxon D. Atherton and Milton S. Latham, San Francisco California.

Directors (elected January 3, 1870).—D. W. C. Rice, E. L. Sullivan, Jackson Temple and J. P. Jackson, San Francisco, Cal.; A. D. Starr and L. C. Fowler, Vallejo, Cal.; C. G. Boekins and W. K. Hudson, Marysville, Cal.

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BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE RAILROAD.

The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad was organized for the purpose of opening a through railroad line by the consolidation of existing and the construction of new roads from Boston via Blackstone, Mechanicsville, Willimantic, Hartford and Waterbury, to Fishkill on the Hudson River. For this purpose provision was made for the consolidation of the Norfolk County Railroad and the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad with the lines constructed in Massachusetts, and their connection and extension by new constructions. The Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad, as it now exists, extends from Providence, R. I., to Waterbury, Conn., 123 miles. To complete the line between Boston and Fishkill, the consolidated Company are to construct a line from Mechanicsville, Conn., to Willimantic, Conn., 26 miles, and another line from Waterbury, Conn., to Fishkill, N. Y., 77 miles, both of which are now in progress. A new line of 18 miles, from Southbridge to Palmer, will also be constructed, and connect the Company's road with the Boston and Albany Railroad.

The total length of railroad in the consolidation will ultimately be about 400 miles. This will be chiefly made up of the following constituents:

Lines in Massachusetts and Connecticut (now in use)...

Line from Mechanicsville to Willimantic (nearly completed)...
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad (existing).....................
Fishkill Extension (partly completed)..................

Extension from Southbridge to Boston and Albany Railroad....

108 miles.

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Although the Boston, Hartford and Erie Company have acquired the right to purchase the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad, they have not yet availed themselves of this privilege, and said railroad continues to be operated by the trustees of the bondholders, as heretofore. The same may be said of the Norfolk County Railroad, excepting that it is operated under lease as a part of the main line of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad.

Leased Railroads.-The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company hold under lease and operate the Norfolk County, the Norwich and Worcester, and the Dutchess and Columbia Railroads:

1. The Norfolk County Railroad (Dedham to Blackstone, 25.97 miles) is leased for three years from December 1, 1866, at the rental of $42,000 per annum, and has since been operated as a part of the main line of the lessees. Since September 1, 1854, this road has been in the hands of trustees, default having been made on the Company's 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds to the amount of $414,350. On the satisfaction of these bonds, either by conversion into the bonds of the B., H. & Erie Co., or by cash payment, the road will become the property of the last named company.

2. The Norwich an Worcester Railroad (Worcester, Mass., to Norwich and Allyn's Point, Conn., 61.4 miles), is leased for 100 years from February 1, 1869, at the rental of $335,430 per annum, payable semi-annually, January 1 and July 1, in equal sums of $117,715. The lessees are also bound to pay all taxes, rates, charges and assessments, ordinary or extraordinary, which may be assessed on said property.

3. The Dutchess and Colum'ni Rulroad (Fishkill on the Hudson, N. Y., to the Connecticut State line, near Millerton, 58 miles).

The operating accounts of No. 2 and No. 3 are not included in the accounts of the B. H. & Erie RR., as given hereafter for the year 1868-69.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 48. Cars-passenger, 84; baggage, mail express, 27; merchandize, 528; gravel, 146-total, 785 cars.

Operations (on 108 miles) for the year ending November 30, 1869 :

Trains run-passenger, 268,209; freight, 147,924; other, 44,608-total, 460,741 miles.

Passengers carried, 1,305,627; carried one mile, 14,038,169.

Freight moved, 233,271 tons; moved one mile, 6,015,251 tons.

Gross earnings-passenger, $294,335 88; freight, $332,925 80; mail, $5,871 81; express, $5,102 22; rents, $1,054 26; other, 767 08-total....

$640,057 05

Operating expenses, including taxes, etc....

464,332 39

Nett earnings, after deducting expenses.

175,724 66

General Balances (covering the whole transactions of Company):

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Directors.-E. C. Sherman, Plymouth, Mass.; Henry L. Pierce, Dorchester, Mass.; John S. Eldridge, Canton, Mass.; Mark Healey, Lynn, Mass.; Henry P. Farwell, Boston, Mass.; Joseph W. Clark, Dedham, Mass.; James W. Converse, Boston, Mass.; James S. Whitney, Brookline, Mass.; George M. Bartholomew, Hartford. Conn.; William H. Chandler, Thompson, Conn.; Roger Averell, Danbury, Conn.; Wareham Williams, Norwich, Conn.; Edward Harris, Woonsocket, R. I.; Samuel Currey, Providence, R. I.; Henry Thompson, New York City; Oakes Ames, North Easton, Mass.; George M. Barnard, A. H. Rice and Lyman Nichols, Boston, Mass.

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Line of Road.-Harrington, Del., to Queenstown, Md...................

.28 miles.

In connection with the Junction and Breakwater Railroad, recently completed, this road will form a line across the Peninsula, and by means of steamers on the opposite coasts, with Baltimore on one side and the railway system of New Jersey on other. Surveys have been made and contracts given out.

THOMAS C. HAMBLY-President..

J. M. Barry & Co.-Contractors.

Queenstown, Md.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS......Queenstown, Queen Anne Co., Md.

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