MIDLAND PACIFIC RAILROAD. ..84 miles. Line of Road.-Nebraska City, Neb., to Seward, Neb...... Sidings and other tracks, 5 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The line will ultimately be carried to Fort Kearney, or to a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad. A branch is also projected to run from the main line, in Otoe County, to the State line in the general direction of Fort Riley, Kan. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars-passenger, 3; baggage, mail and express, 2; freight, box, 30; stock, 20; and platform, 40; and coal, 10-total cars, 105. Operations. The road was opened for traffic to Lincoln June 1, 1871. The company decline to give any information as to the operations of the road. Financial Statement.-Capital stock paid in, $1,500,000; and funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold (free of U. S. tax) bonds, dated August 2, 1867, interest payable February and August, and principal due August, 1899, $1,100,000-total stock and bonds, (representing cost of road, etc.,) $2,600,000. The above statement refers to the line from Nebraska City to Lincoln, a distance of 58 miles. For the extension westward, the company propose to issue bonds at the rate of $20,000 per mile. Directors.-B. E. Smith and William Dennison, Columbus, O.; J. T. Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry Hill, Warsaw, Ill.; F. A. White, Talbot Ashton, S. H. Calhoun and J. N. Converse, Nebraska City, Neb. B. E. SMITH, President.. ....Columbus, O. .Nebraska City, Neb. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... J. H. Wheeler. Superintendent. ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Elwood, (opp. St. Joseph,) Ks., to Fort Kearney, Neb...281 miles. In operation: Elwood to Hastings, Neb...... ..246 66 No recent statement of the operations of this road is furnished by this company, and all information concerning it is refused. It is reported that the road is completed to within 37 miles of Fort Kearney. All the details given below are from the MANUAL for 1872-73. The company have a land-grant from the United States of alternate sections for 10 miles on each side of the road, with the privilege of claiming within 20 miles. The length of the road would entitle the company to receive 1,700,000 acres. Financial Statement.-Capital stock authorized, $10,000,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent bonds, dated August 14, 1869, due August, 1899, interest February 15 and August 15, free of tax, principal and interest payable in gold, the former in New York, the latter in New York, London or Frankfort, at option of holder, $1,500,000; or $13,500 per mile. These bonds are a 1st mortgage on the Eastern Division of 112 miles. First mortgage, sinking fund, land-grant 8 per cent bonds, dated May 14, 1870, due May, 1900, interest February 15 and August 15, free of tax, principal and interest payable in gold, the former in New York, the latter in New York, London or Frankfort, at option of holder, $5,500,000, secured by mortgage on the Western Division of 170 miles, and on the lands belonging thereto. These bonds are receivable at par and accrued interest in payment for any lands sold by the company, and when received are cancelled. The proceeds of all sales of lands are paid to the trustee of this issue, to be applied to the sinking fund. Default has been made in the interest of both classes of bonds issued by this company. Directors.-D. M. Steele, R. W. Donnell, E. N. Morrille, Charles G. Scrafford, Franz Smith, H. C. Tanner, Thompson Pinckney, Augustus Prentice, Horace Leland. H. C. TANNER, President... .St. Joseph, Mo. Secretary-E. H. Saville. .St. Joseph. | Chief Engineer-E. Whiting... Fgt. and Tkt. Agt.-J. W. Atwill. Asst. Sec, and Treas.-F. A. Coffin. New-York City. | Land Commissioner-F. N. Morrill. Gen. Supt and Chief Eng.-L. D. Tuthill.St. Joseph. Treasurer-A. C. V. McNeal.. .St. Joseph. One half the road is under contract to be finished before the 31st of December, 1873, and the rest will be placed under contract the present year. Financial Statement, October 31, 1872.-Capital stock, subscribed, $200,000; and paid in, $92,955. Line of Road.-Phillipsburg, N. J., to Wilkesbarre, Pa..........101.00 miles. Penn Haven Junction to Audenried...... Black Creek Junction to Mt. Carmel and branches...59.34 Branches: Penn Haven to Tomhicken and branches.. Hazleton RR. to Milnsville and branches.. .17.56 .230.08 miles. Total length of main line and branches owned by company. Second track, 89.25; and sidings, 133.25. Gauge, 5 ft. 8 in. Rail, 57 and 60 lbs. Leased Penna, and N. Y. RR.-Wilkesbarre to L. and B. Junction......9.10 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 181. Cars-passenger, 44; baggage, mail and express, 25; freight, 945; and coal, 7,848-total, 8,862. : Operations for the year ending November 30, 1872.—Trains run, (all classes,) 3,676,851 miles. Passengers carried, 967,850. Freight moved, 6,307,604 tons. Net earnings, $2,113,262.50. Payments: Interest, $616,501.61; dividends, $1,964,673.75; and taxes, $239,214.21. Abstract of operations yearly for ten years: Ten per cent extra dividend was paid in January, 1864 and 1866. Financial Statement.--Capital stock paid in, $21,468,800; funded debt, $9,754,000-total stock and bonds, $31,222,800. Per contra: Construction, $14,611,783.22; and equipment, $5,138,642.27-total road property, $19,750,425.49. Statement of the funded debt in detail : Statement of tracks and equipment and of general account yearly for ten years: Track (*) includes 2d and side tracks. Cars (†) of all sorts, irrespective of wheelage. $31,546 58 $3,793,796 58 $3,927,385 12 3,820,377 57 4,491,230 35 Directors, (elected January, 1873.-Charles Hartshorne, William W. Longstreth and William H. Gatzmer, Philadelphia, Pa.; John Taylor Johnston; New York City; Ashbel Welch, Lambertsville, N. J.; David Thomas, Catasauqua, Pa.; George B. Markle and Ario Pardee, Hazleton, Pa.; William L. Conyngham, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Joseph Wharton, William A. Ingham and J. Gillingham Fell, Philadelphia, Pa. ASA PACKER, President... Charles Hartshorne, Vice-President. Treasurer Lloyd Chamberlain..Philadelphia, Pa. 66 .Mauch Chunk, Pa. .Easton, Pa. Master Mech.-John I. Kinsey.. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS (No. 303 Walnut st., Philadelphia, Pa. 66 MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Macon, Ga., to Brunswick, Ga.... ..187.5 miles. Branch line: Cochran, (39 m. S. Macon,) Ga., to Hawkinsville, Ga...... 10.0 Total length of main and branch line owned by company. 46 .197.5 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 5.5 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 14. Cars-passenger, 11; baggage, mail and express, 6; and freight, box, 87; stock, 2; and platform, 78-total revenue cars, 181. Also, road and service-cars, 11. Operations. All information in reference to the condition of the road refused, with this explanation by the secretary and treasurer: "There has been no change in the status of our road." Estimated earnings, $300,000; operating expenses, $180,000; net earnings, $120,000. Apparent deficiency of net earnings to meet interest, $142,500. Financial Statement, January 1, 1872.-Capital stock-common, $2,000,000 ; and 7 per cent preferred, $1,500,000; and funded debt, $3,750,000-total stock and bonds, (representing cost of road and equipment,) $7,250,000. Directors.-J. C. Plant, L. N. Whittle, George H. Hazlehurst, W. R. Phillips, Stephen Collins, H. W. Gray, J. Milbank and J. P. G. Foster. SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD. (Projected.) Line of Road.-Washington City, D. C., to Point Lookout, Md........76 miles. This road is intended to furnish a quick connection between Norfolk and the cities of Washington, Baltimore, etc. Some 30 miles of line are graded, ready for the iron, and the whole line is under contract. Financial Statement, May 1, 1873.-Capital stock authorized, $1,000,000, with privilege of increase to $4,000,000; paid in, $500,000. Funded debt authorized, $2,200,000, in 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds, dated June 1, 1872, and payable June 1, 1892. Arrangements for rolling stock have been made with the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company. Directors.-S. S. Smoot, Henry D. Cooke, J. L. Barbour, H. Kilbourn, H. G. Fant, W. H. Claggett, J. Van Reswick, T. T. Crittenden, Washington City; W. H. Holt, Connecticut; B. G. Harris, J. M. Broom, Maryland; A. M. Eastman, New Hampshire. S. S. SMOOT, President.. Treasurer-II. G. Fant.... Washington, D. C. .Washington City, D. C. Washington, D. C. | Secretary-C. H. Winder. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. PETERSBURG RAILROAD. Line of Road.-P'burg, (22 m. S. Richmond,) Va., to Weldon, N. C....64.00 miles. Branch Line Hicksford, (49 m. S. Petersburg,) Va., to Gaston, N. C....18.00 .82.00 miles. Total length of main and branch lines owned by company. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 12. Cars-passenger, 9; baggage and express, 5; and freight, box, 79; and platform, 41-total revenue cars, 134. Also the company's proportion of through cars, comprising 11 passenger, 4 baggage, and 6 express and mail cars. Also 12 small road and service-cars. Operations for the year ending December 31, 1872.—Trains run-passenger, 94,000; freight, 84,000; and other, 50,000—total, 228,000 miles. Passengers carried, 44,392; carried one mile, 2,319,600. Freight moved, 57,238 tons. |