$181,419 06. Operating expenses, taxes, etc., $148,888 23. Nett earnings, paid into treasury of Pbg., Ft. W. & Chic. Railway Company, $32,530 83. General Balances.-Cost of road and equipment, $1,575,080 75. The price paid for the property by the Pbg., Ft. W. & Chic. Company was $179,829, and the assumption of a mortgage debt amounting to $200,000, reduced by purchase to $153,000. The Clev., Mt. & Del. Co. purchased the whole for 2,000 shares of their stock. See Clev., Mt. V. & Del. RR. Buperintendent-Simon Perkins... .Akron, O. | Auditor & Gen. Fgt. Agt.-E. Mize.....Akron, O. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. CHESTER AND CHICAGO BRANCH JUNCTION RR. Line of Road.-Chester (Mississippi R.), Ill., to Chester Coal Mines..13.5 miles. Sidings, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The road will eventually be carried to a connection with the Illinois Central Railroad. The Company have 18,000 acres of coal lands in Randolph, Jackson and Perry Counties. Capital stock authorized, $500,000. Funded debt authorized, $500,000, viz.: 1st mortgage 10 per cent bonds, dated November 22, 1867, principal payable by the operation of a sinking fund in 10 years. ....... JOHN HOGAN....... ...St. Louis, Mo. HOUSTON TAP AND BRAZORIA RAILROAD. ....50 miles. Line of Road.-Houston, Tex., to Columbia, Tex............... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 3.7 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Is to be continued to Wharton on the Colorado River. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, 1; freight (box, 6; stock, 3; platform, 12), 21-total, 24 cars. Line of Road.-Atsion (N. J. S. RR.) to Stowe Creek, on Del. Bay, N. J.. 45 m. Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The division from Alsion, the point of connection with the New Jersey Southern Railroad, to Vineland, is now being laid with iron and will be open by July, 1870. The division from Vineland to Delaware Bay is under contract to be completed by May 1, 1871. Capital stock authorized, $1,000,000. Funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 p. c. bonds, $750,000. Directors (elected October 20, 1869).-Charles K. Landis, Marcius Willson and Seaman R. Fowler, Vineland, N. J.; David P. Elmer and Franklin Dare, Bridgeton, N. J.; Benjamin F. Maul, Greenwich, N. J.; William A. House, Vineland, N. J. Vineland, N. J. CHARLES K. LANDIS-President.. Treasurer......Marcus Willson. | Secretary...... William A. House. | Chief Engineer..B. F. Hancox. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.... Vineland, Cumberland Co., N. J. .... EVANSVILLE AND INDIANAPOLIS RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Evansville, Ind., to Worthington, Ind........... .90 miles. Directors.-Francis Fellows, Albert G. Potter, George M. Bartholomew, Robert E. Day, John M. Merrit, George Merritt and Richard M. Brown. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... Leavenworth, Ks. ...Oskaloosa, Ks. Secretary James Safford........ ..Topeka, Ks. | Treasurer-Lucien Scott....... Leavenworth, Ks. .. Leavenworth, Ks. INDIANAPOLIS, LA PORTE AND MICHIGAN CITY RR. (Projected). .13 miles. Line of Road.-La Porte, Ind., to Michigan City, Ind.......... Directors.-H. H. Walker, W. R. Bowes, G. Nieman and T. A. Thornton, Michigan City, Ind.; Morgan H. Wier, J. P. Early and C. Houser, La Porte, Mich. H. H. WALKER-President..... Secretary.... ....T. A. Thornton. | Treasurer.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Michigan City, Ind. H. M. Weir. .Michigan City, La Porte Co., Ind. LITTLE ROCK AND FORT SMITH RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Little Rock, Ark., to Fort Smith, Ks..... Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. 153 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 3. Cars-passenger, 3; baggage and mail, 1; freight (box 20 and platform 20), 40—total, 44 cars. This Company have a Congressional land grant of six sections per mile on each side of the road, and will also receive $10,000 per mile in bonds of the State of Ar kansas. Some twenty-five miles are already laid with iron, and it is expected that fifty miles will be in operation by July 1, 1870. The whole road will be open for business by January 1, 1871. The Company have prepared $3,500,000 of 1st mortgage 6 per cent. gold bonds, payable to contractors as the work progresses. CHARLES G. SCOTT-President... Little Rock, Ark. Treasurer-Edward L. Adams.. Boston, Mass. | Chief Engineer—A. P. Robinson, Little Rock, Ark. Sec. & Local Treas.-G.N.Peay. Little Rock, Ark. | Fiscal Agency-No. 1 Pemberton st., Boston, Mass. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Ark. PANA AND LOUISIANA RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.-Pana, Ill., to Louisiana, Mo...... .101 miles. Directors.-L. E. Worcester, I. D. Vedder and J. W. Gregory, Whitehall, Ill.; S. Gobble, Scottville, Ill.; L. Solomon, Van Sell's Point, Ind.; Jonathan Plowman, O. B. Heaton and James H. Henderson, Verden, Ill.; A. Simpson, Taylorsville, Ill.; Thomas Finley, Pana, Ill.; L. Thomas, Rosamund, Ill. L. E. WORCESTER-President....... Whitehall, Ill. Vice-President..James H. Henderson. | Secretary...Jonathan Plowman. | Treasurer...O. B. Heaton. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. . Whitehall, Greene Co., Ill. CONCORD AND ROCHESTER RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.—Concord, N. H., to Rochester, N. H... .....28 miles. Directors.-Nathaniel White, James R. Hill, Benjamin A. Kimball and John V. Barron, Concord, N. H.; Eliphalet Foss, Strafford, N. H.; John M. McDuffee, Rochester, N. H.; John M. Babcock, Barnstead, N. H. NATHANIEL WHITE-President..... Concord, N. H. Treasurer... .L. D. Stevens. | Building Agent.. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. G. A. Pillsbury. .Concord, N. H. MUSCATINE, KEWANEE AND EASTERN RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Muscatine, Ia., to Wenona, Ill.... 105 miles. Directors.-Simon G. Stein, Muscatine, Ia.; Morrison Travis, Andover, Ill.; Ethel V. Bronson and Milo Doty, Kewanee, Ill.; Isaac Spencer, Osceola, Ill.; Jesse L. Jones and Fred. S. Potter, Henry, Ill.; John O. Dent, Wenona, Ill.; A. E. Harding, Pontiac, Ill. E. V. BRONSON-President... Kewanee, Ill. Vice-President-John O. Dent....... Wenona, Ill. | Secretary-Milo Doty..... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Kewanee, Пі. ..Kewanee, Henry Co., Ill. FORT DODGE AND MINNESOTA RAILROAD (in Progress). .117 miles. Line of Road.-Fort Dodge, Ia., to Mankato, Minn.... Mankato, Minn., and St. Paul. Construction has been commenced, and the line is to be completed within two years from May 1, 1870. Directors.-B. F. Gue, J. F. Duncombe, C. B. Richards, W. N. Mezeroy, H. Beecher, James Swain, D. M. Crosley, A. McBame, Charles Pomeroy, E. G. Morgan, E. E. Prusin and W. H. Slauson, Fort Dodge, Ia.; Charles Bergk, Dakota, Ia.; A. C. Call, Algona, Ia. B. F. GUE-President... Fort Dodge, Ia. Vice-President...J. F. Duncombe. | Treasurer.......E. G. Morgan. | Secretary... W. N. Mezeroy. DORCHESTER AND DELAWARE RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Seaford (Del. RR., 84 m. S. Wilm.), Del., to Cambridge, Md.33.5 m. Sidings, etc, 1.7 mile. Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company own a controlling interest in this road. It was opened through in the fall of 1869. W. WILSON BYRNE-President ...... ........... . Cambridge, Md. Sec. and Treas... .D. Stewart Hessey. . Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md. Line of Road.-Missouri line, via Little Rock and Fulton, to Texas line.300 m. This road is an extension of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad of Missouri across the State of Arkansas to the Texas line. That portion of the road in Missouri was sold by the State to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company. The Cairo and Fulton is a land-grant railroad, having under the act of Congress, passed July 28, 1866, ten sections, or 6.400 acres to the mile of road. The whole line is under contract, but no part has yet been completed. The Company intend to issue bonds to the extent of $5,000,000, and they will have the benefit of State aid to the extent of $10,000 per mile. MASON BRAYMAN-President... Vice-President.. E. Cross, Sr. | Secretary... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Little Rock, Ark. W. W. Leverett. | Treasurer.... .S. H. Tucker. JUNCTION AND BREAKWATER RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Harrington (Del. RR., 64 m. S. Wilm.), Del., to Lewes, Del.40 m. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rolling Stock.-Chiefly furnished by Delaware opened through for business in August, 1869. JOHN W. HOUSTON-President.. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Company. The road was .Houston, Del. . Milford, Del. .Milford, Kent Co., Del. BUFFALO BAYOU, BRAZOS AND COLORADO RAILROAD. 200 miles. 66 Line of Road.-Harrisburg, Tex., to Austin, Tex.... Completed and in operation: Harrisburg, Tex., to Columbus, Tex......................854 Sidings, turnouts, etc., 5.9 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 7. Cars-passenger, 8; baggage and mail, 2; freight, 54-total, 64 cars. Since June 15, 1868, this property has been held and operated by the trustees of the bondholders. A new Company will be formed. WILLIAM M. SLEDGE-President....... .Galveston, Tex. .Harrisburg, Harris Co., Tex. Vice-President...John Senley. | Treas. and Sec... Charles Bunker. | Superintendent..Geo. B. Nichols. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. LAKE SHORE RAILWAY. (Consolidation of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula and the Cleveland and Toledo Railroads, and now consolidated in Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.) ..252.10 m. 48.68 Total length of main line and branches owned by Company. Leased: Jamestown and Franklin Railroad.... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 77.39 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 84. Cars-passenger, 49; express and baggage, 8; freight, 2,128; others, 129-total, 2,314 cars. Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Trains run—passenger, 748,570 ; freight, 1,343,403; other, 738,825-total, 2,830,798 miles. Passengers carried, 996,246 ; carried one mile, 59,774,760. Freight moved-through, 2,146,291; local, 728,820— total, 2,875,111 tons; moved one mile, 171,577,016 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $1,710,189 89; freight, $3,269,923 33; mail and express, $224,781 71; other, $47,450 -total, $5,252,344 93. Operating expenses, taxes, etc., $3,180,905 80. Nett earnings, $2,071,439 13. Interest on bonds, $381,416 87; dividends, two of 4 per cent. each, $1,199,884 25; new equipment, $121,494 24; new bridges, $32,600; balance to credit, of income, $336,043 77. General Balances.-Capital stock, $15,000,000; funded debt-sinking fund bonds (C. & T. RR.), $2,014,000; bonds of 1886 (C. & T. RR.), $864,000; new mortgage bonds, $1,500,000; special mortgage (C. P. & A. RR.), $500,000; registered mortgage (C. P. & A. RR.), $1,000,000; 3d mortgage (C., P. & A. RR.), $1,000,000 ; Junction RR. 1st mortgage bonds, $115,000; Income (C. & T. RR.) bonds, $5,000—— total, $3,998,000. Total stock and bonds, $21,998,000. Per contra: Cost of road equipment, etc., $19,280,286 70. See LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RR., page 459. |