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CATSKILL AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY RR. (Projected.)

Line of Road.—Catskill, N. Y., to Central Bridge (Alb. and Susq. RR.).40 miles. Organized July 27, 1871. Capital stock, $460,000; subscribed, $45,000, and paid in, $4,500. Expended to September 30, 1872, $4,571.78.

Directors.-Charles L. Beach, A. M. Osborne, Samuel L. Penfield, Hiram Van Sternburgh, Charles E. French, Jacob H. Ulrich, J. A. V. Cook, O. T. Humphery, Joshua Fiero, Jr., and Joseph Cornell, Catskill, N. Y.; William Paddox, Oakhill, N. Y.; Liberty P. Moore, Durham, N. Y.; and Charles E. Cornish, New York City.

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.40 miles.

Line of Road.-Cayuga Bridge, N. Y., to Ithaca, N. Y.... Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. 12 miles of coad have been completed. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars-passenger, 6; baggage, mail and express, 3; and freight, (box, 5; and platform, 19,) 24-total revenue cars, 33. Also 20 service cars.

The company commenced operating 12 miles of road on the 26th day of November, 1872.

Operations from November 30, 1872, to March 1, 1873.-Earnings from passengers, $2,097.34; freight, $1,691.85; and from other sources, $200-total gross earnings, $3,989.19. Operating expenses, $2,795.03. Net earnings, $1,194.16.

Financial Statement, (October 1, 1872.)-Capital stock-authorized, $1,000,000 ; subscribed, $527,700; and paid in, $354,434.66. The company have issued their 7 per cent 30 year gold bonds to the extent of $20,000 per mile. Total funded debt, $800,000. Cost of road to date, $712.974.43.

Directors.-Henry Wells, Henry Morgan, T. Delafield and J. C. Colton, Aurora, N. Y.; J. J. Thomas and David Anthony, Union Springs, N. Y.; W. B. Leonard, New York City; F. Collins, Philadelphia, Pa.; H. O. Grant and L. Freeman, Ithaca, N. Y.; A. H. Clark, Lansing, N. Y.; Samuel Adams, Northville, N. Y.; and L. A. Pelton, Cayuga, N. Y.

HENRY MORGAN, President....
John J. Thomas, Vice-President.

Treasurer.........

...Aurora, N. Y. ..Union Springs, N. Y.

......... T. Delafield. | Secretary......Charles H. Adams. | Eng. and Supt..... Charles Ellis. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... ...Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Financial Agency..(Leonard, Sheldon & Foster) No. 10 Wall street, N. Y. City.

BINGHAMTON, DUSHORE AND WILLIAMSPORT RR.

(Projected.)

Line of Road.-Binghamton, N. Y., to Tonawanda, Pa

Organized March 28, 1872.

.40 miles.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $250,000; subscribed, $16,100; and paid in, $1,610. Per contra: Expended in surveys, $550.

Directors.-D. M. Halbut, Walton Dwight, Charles McKenney, Lewis Leyman, Moses T. Morgan, Alonzo C. Matthews, A. Birdsall, Charles O. Root, Robert M. Hagamon and Byron Marks, Binghamton, N. Y.; Henry A. Fonda, Henry R. Pierson and Joseph H. Ramsey, Albany, N. Y.

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BRESLAU AND FIRE ISLAND RAILROAD. (Projected.)

Line of Road.-Farmingdale, N. Y., to Islip, N. Y..
Organized February 15, 1872.

.15 miles.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, authorized, $300,000. Right of way has been secured and about two miles of the road graded.

THOMAS WELLWOOD....

President.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS......15 Willoughby st., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BUFFALO AND JAMESTOWN RAILROAD. (Projected.)

Line of Road.—Buffalo, N. Y., to Jamestown, N. Y..................
Organized March 23, 1872.

..20 miles.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $2,000,000; subscribed, $1,509,700; and paid in, $20,210; and floating debt, $45,000. Per contra: expended in securing right of way and engineering, $41,476.11.

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BOSTON AND HENDERSON HARBOR RR. (Projected.)

Line of Road.-Henderson Harbor, N. Y., to Salisbury, N. Y. ......80 miles. Organized September 10, 1872.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $2,000,000; subscribed, $80,000; and paid in, $8,000.

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CLAYTON AND THERESA RAILROAD. (Projected.)

of Road.-Clayton, N. Y., to Junction with Black R. & M. RR..15.86 miles. Organized February 7, 1871.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $300,000; subscribed, $206,and paid in, $195,774.75. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $78,021.85. Directors.-Alden F. Barker, Clayton, N. Y.; Russell B. Biddlecom, Lafargeville, N. Y.; Thomas Rees, Richard M. Esselstyne, James Johnson, John Johnston and John Dorr, Clayton, N. Y.; Stephen A. Johnston, Clayton, N. Y.; William Whalley and John A. Snell, Orleans, N. Y.; William Rogers, Orleans, N. Y.; Nathan Holloway, Orleans, N. Y.; and Horatio Still, Theresa, N. Y.

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Line of Road.-Hopewell, (D. and C. RR.,) N. Y., to Silver Lake, N. Y..4.25 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 1 mile. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard.

Operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 2,700; and freight, 5,868-total, 8,568 miles. Passengers carried, 3,452; carried one mile, 12,082. Freight moved, 41,302 tons; moved one mile, 196,185.

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Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $150,000; subscribed, $150,000; and paid in, $150,000; and floating debt, $2,591.03. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $150,696.39.

Directors.-John Q. Hoyt, Andrew McKinney and A. A. Marsh, New York City ; William H. Hoyt, Elmford, N. Y.; M. H. Crosby, D. A. Baldwin and W. J. Osborne, New York City; and E. L. Viele, Lake Mahopac, N. Y.

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Line of Road.-Canandaigua, N. Y., to Bath, N. Y........

Organized March 8, 1872.

48 miles.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $1,000,000; subscribed, $48,

000; and paid in, $4,800.

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CAZENOVIA AND DE RUYTER RAILROAD. (Projected.)

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.....14.50 miles.

Line of Road.—Cazenovia, N. Y., to De Ruyter, N. Y.. Organized January 26, 1872. Financial Statement.-Capital stock, authorized, $500,000; subscribed, $16,500; and paid in, $10,688; and floating debt, $17,943.95. Per contra: Expended in engineering, $28,632.29.

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CAYUGA NORTHERN RAILROAD. (Projected.)

Line of Road.—Cayuga, N. Y., to the C. & H. R. RR., near Port Byron,N. Y..12 m. Organized April 22, 1872.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $200,000; subscribed, $132,000; and paid in, $51,000.

HENRY MORGAN, President..

Vice-President..... .....Ellingham T. Brown. | Treas. and Sec.....

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

..Aurora, N. Y.

.Talmadge Delafield.

.Aurora, N. Y.

CANANDAIGUA, PALMYRA AND ONTARIO RR. (Projected.)

Line of Road.-Canandaigua, N. Y., to Lake Ontario, N. Y....
Organized March 20, 1872.

..35 miles.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock-authorized, $1,000,000; subscribed, $41,900; and paid in, $3,900.

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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND. (In progress.)

Line of Road.-Flushing, N. Y., to Bethpage, N. Y....

Branch: Garden City, N. Y., to Hempstead, N. Y................

Total length of railroad owned and operated......

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Sidings and other tracks, 3 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 64 lbs. to yard.

Work was commenced on the road in April, 1871, and only a portion has yet come into operation.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 6. Cars-passenger, 10; and freight, 17. Operations.-Not reported.

Financial Statement, September 30, 1872.-Capital stock, $500,000; paid in, $297,800. Funded debt, $687,000; floating debt, $497,598.29-total, $1,459,616.17; being cost of railroad to date.

Directors.-Conrad Poppenhusen, Hamburg, Germany; Adolph Poppenhusen and Herman C. Poppenhusen, College Point, N. Y.; John D. Locke, Whitestone, N. Y.; F. A. Boker, New York City; E. B. Hinsdale and Loomis L. White, Flushing, L. I.; Charles A. Hoyt and J. C. Hadden, Brooklyn, N. Y.; H. Karstedt, Herman Funke and Ivan von Auw, College Point, N. Y.

CONRAD POPPENHUSEN, President..
Loomis L. White, Vice-President.

..Hamburg, Germany.
.Flushing, (L. I.,) N. Y.

Whitestone.

.Flushing.

Treas-Herman C. Poppenhusen...College Point. | Secretary-E. B. Hinsdale
Superintendent-R. D. Tucker.... .Flushing. Chief Engineer-H. A. St. John.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS....No. 11 Mercer street, New York City.

CHEMUNG RAILROAD.

(Leased to the Erie, and sub-leased to the Northern Central Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.-Elmira Junction, N. Y., to Jefferson, N. Y.........17.36 miles. Gauge, 6 feet and 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 58 lbs. to yard.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $380,000. Cost of road, etc., $400,000. Annual rental, $30,000. Dividends quarterly, January, April, July and October, each 11 per cent.

Directors.-J. D. Cameron, J. M. Forster and J. N. Du Barry, Harrisburg, Pa.; Thomas A. Scott and Edmund Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. D. F. Slee, J. A. Redfield, S. T. Reynolds, E. Wiseman, H. C. French and E. Eldridge, Elmira, N. Y.; and J. S. Leib and S. Little, Baltimore, Md.

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PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Northern Central RR. Co., Elmira, N. Y.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.

(Leased from May 1, 1863, for 490 years to the Erie Railway Company.)

.142 miles.

Line of Road.-Buffalo, N. Y., to Corning, N. Y..... Sidings and other tracks, 13.72 miles. Gauge, 6 feet. Rail, 56 and 65 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessees.

Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Lease-rent, interest on bonded debt, contribution to sinking fund, sufficient to satisfy bonds at maturity and 7 per cent on capital stock.

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