Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 21. Cars-passenger, 27; baggage, mail and express, 12; freight, box, 80; stock, 18; and platform, 175; and coal, (4-wheel,) 121-total, 433. Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.-Car mileage, 2,800,823. Passengers carried, 194,167; carried one mile, 6,329,822. Freight moved, 242,210 tons; moved one mile, 11,697,085 tons. Financial Statement, June 30, 1872.-Capital stock not given; other liabilities, $110,464.54. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $6,976,238.03; and other assets, $110,464.54. HECTOR L. LANGEVIN, Minister of Public Works.......Ottawa, Ca. George Taylor. | Road Inspector.. Locomotive Superintendent.....William Johnston. William Marshall. Arthur Bush. E. Shaffer. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS......Richmond street, Halifax, N. Scotia. CHILLICOTHIE AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-Brunswick, (186 m. W. St. Louis,) Mo., to Chillicothe, Mo.36.25 m. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessees. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Gross earnings, 13 months ending January 31, 1873, $28,546.34; operating expenses, $34,097.92. Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $365,000; and funded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent mortgage bonds, guaranteed by lessees, dated July 1, 1869, and due July 1, 1894, $500,000-total stock and bonds, $865,000, which represents the cost of the railroad. J. H. HAMMOND, President... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .Chillicothe, Mo. .....Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo. ST. LOUIS, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA RAILROAD. (Leased perpetually by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company.) .180.0 miles. 41.5 66 Line of Road.-Chillicothe, Mo., to Council Bluffs, Ia . In operation: Chillicothe, Mo., to Pattonsburg, Mo...... Sidings and other tracks, 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessees. Operations.-Included in lessees' returns. Lease rent, $65,000 per annum. Financial Statement.-Capital stock ($6,000,000) paid in, $1,100,000. Funded debt proposed, $16,000 per mile, but no account of their issue has been received. J. H. HAMMOND, President.. ...Chillicothe, Mo. G. M. Dodge, Vice-President. Treasurer-William Taussig. .Council Bluffs, Ia. General Supt.-W. C. Van Horne..." 66 66 PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Fiscal and Transfer Agency.. Road Master-B. F. Haller.... ...........Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo. .Fourth st., St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company.) .76.25 miles. Line of Road.-St. Joseph, Mo., to North Lexington, Mo...... Sidings and other tracks, 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. This road, completed July 22, 1870, forms a connection by steam ferry with the Lexington and St. Louis Railroad, and a continuous line, by the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, between St. Joseph and St. Louis. It was sold under foreclosure in September, 1871, and came into possession of purchaser October 1, 1871. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessees. turns. Operations for ten months ending January 31, 1873.-Included in lessees' reLessees pay 30 per cent of gross receipts. Earnings, $118,246.88; operating expenses, $106,443.98. Financial Statement, (before sale.)—Capital stock paid in, $1,000,000; 1st mortgage 6 per cent gold bonds, due November 1, 1893, $1,000,000; interest unpaid, (one year,) gold, $60,000; advances from North Missouri Company, $400,000; and floating debt, about $200,000-total, $2,660,000. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. .St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Mo. ST. LOUIS AND CEDAR RAPIDS RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-Coatesville, Iowa, to Ottumwa, Iowa...... .43.25 miles. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Earnings, 13 months ending January 31, 1873, $90,320. Operating expenses, $87,889.05. No financial statement furnished. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .St. Louis, Mo. CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD.' .45 miles. Line of Road.-Hartford, Ct., to Saybrook, Ct...... Sidings and other tracks, 4.67 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 6. Cars-passenger, 12; mail, baggage and express, 5; and freight, 100-total revenue cars, 117. Also 40 construction and service cars. Operations for the year ending September 30, 1872.-Trains run, passenger, 43,575; freight, 20,650; and other, 2,068; total, 66,293 miles. Passengers carried, 205,441; carried one mile, 3,072,001. Freight moved, 16,070 tons; moved one mile, Net earnings, $45,763.44. Paid for interest, $38,373.08; surplus, $7,390.36. Financial Statement, September 30, 1872.-Capital stock paid in, $1,033,500; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, principal payable December 31, 1900, $998,000; and floating debt, $973,000-total stock, bonds and debt, $3,004,500. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $2,649,764.28. (Leased January 1, 1864, in perpetuity to Chicago and Alton Railroad Company.) ..37.7 miles. Line of Road.-Joliet, Ill., to Chicago, Ill.. Sidings and other tracks, 4.2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, steel, 60 lbs. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. The lessees pay dividends in quarterly instalments, (J., A., J. and O.,) equal to 7 per cent per annum, free of tax; and also interest on bonds and contribution to sinking fund. Up to January 1, 1873, the company have purchased $151,000 of said bonds, the whole amount of which will be retired at maturity. Financial Statement, January 1, 1873.-Capital stock, $1,500,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent sinking fund bonds, interest payable January and July, and principal July 1, 1882, $349,000-total stock and bonds, $1,849,000. Directors.-John Crerar, J. McGregor Adams, T. B. Blackstone and John B. Drake, Chicago, Ill.; and D. Willis James, New York City. JOHN CRERAR, President...... Secretary-W. M. Larrabee .Chicago, Ill. . Chicago, Ill. | Register for Co.-U.S. Trust Co.. New York City. Transfer Agts.-M. K. Jesup & Co., N. York City. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Chicago, Cook Co., Ill. ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. (Reorganization, January 2, 1872, of the North Missouri Railroad.) Line of Road.-St. Louis, Mo., to Junction (H. & St. J. RR.)......265.50 miles. Branch: Moberly, (146 m. N.W. St. Louis,) Mo., to State Line, Iowa... 87.50 .353.00 miles .43.25 .22.00 .76.25 ..36.25 ...41.50 St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha RR.. ... Total line owned, leased and operated.. ....581.75 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 25 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 to 60 lbs. The St. Louis and Cedar Rapids Railroad extends from the terminus of the Moberly Branch, Coatesville, Iowa, to Ottumwa. Proposals are pending for a perpetual lease. The Boone County and Jefferson City Railroad forms a branch from Centralia to Columbia. Proposals for a perpetual lease are pending. The St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad extends from North Lexington to St. Joseph, and is leased for 3 years, at a rent of 30 per cent of receipts. The Chillicothe and Brunswick Railroad forms a branch from Brunswick to Chillicothe, no terms of lease being yet agreed on; and the St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad, forming the extension from Chillicothe to Pattonsburg, is leased in perpetuity at the rent of $65,000 per annum. From the Junction to Kansas City, 9.5 miles, the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad is used, at an annual rental of $6,000, and half the cost of maintaining the road. The bridge over the Missouri River at St. Charles is held under a perpetual lease, at an annual rental of $170,000, and the bridge at Kansas City at a rent of $55,000 per annum. The above lines were operated by the North Missouri Railroad Company. They are now operated by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern RR. Company under temporary arrangement, but negotiations are pending for their lease. The sale of the North Missouri Railroad took place at St. Louis on the 26th day of August, 1871, under the provisions of the second mortgage issued by that company, and was purchased by parties from whose hands it passed into the possession of this company. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 78. Cars-passenger, 45; sleeping, 8; baggage, mail and express, 4; caboose, 32; box, freight, 555; stock, 348; platform, 447; and coal, 147-total revenue cars, 1,586. Operations for fiscal year ending January 31, 1873.-Trains run, 2,893,281 miles. Passengers carried, 428,957; freight moved, 517,528 tons. Net earnings, $748,139.52. Payments: Interest on bonds, $420,000; dividends on preferred stock, $240,000; for rents, taxes, etc., $404,067.23. The total net income was $1,062,294, of which $290,000 were from construction fund, and balance, besides net earnings, from dividends on bridge stock, rents, etc.; all of which was paid out as above stated, leaving a debit balance of $1,775.23. $1,529,278.95 were expended for construction during the year. The company came into possession of the railroad under the sale February 6, 1872, so that the statements given above embrace a period of only 11 months and 22 days. The funded debt consists of 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, maturing July 1, 1895, issued by the North Missouri Railroad Company and assumed by this company. A separate line from the Junction into Kansas City is in process of construction, and new grounds have been acquired in St. Louis for the better transaction of business. The operations on the various leased lines have been as follows: Boone County and Jefferson City RR. earnings, 13 months, less rental.... .$11,581 71 20,511 98 25,892 18 3,032 17 28,882 70 32,135 34 St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha RR. loss... Directors.-T. B. Blackstone, Chicago, Ill.; Thomas A. Scott, Philadelphia; Robert E. Carr, St. Louis; Solon Humphreys, New York; James B. Eads, St. Louis; John J. Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo.; Jacob N. McCullough, Pittsburg; Adolphus Meier, St. Louis; Joseph A. Jameson, New York; James H. Britton, St. Louis. (Leased for 999 years from July 1, 1869, to Pennsylvania Company.) Line of Road.-Pittsburg, Pa., to Chicago, Ill............ Branches: .468.30 miles. (Newcastle and Beaver Valley RR. (Homewood to Newcastle). 15.00 Total length of road operated................ 66 ...500.70 miles. Second track and sidings, 159 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. |