The directors have authority to construct a Branch Railroad to City Point, and for general purposes, to contract a second mortgage on the company's property to secure an issue of 8 per cent bonds to the extent of $500,000. Said bonds to bear date May 1, 1872, and to be payable 30 years thereafter. Directors, (elected March 19, 1873.)--Reuben Rayland, W. R. Mallory, J. B. Stevens, S. A. Plummer and T. T. Broocks, Petersburg, Va.; and J. B. Branch, New York. (Leased August 3, 1867, for 10 years, to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.) Line of Road.-Newry, Pa., to Newry Siding, (Hollidaysburg Br.,) Pa. 1.10 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 878 feet. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 45 lbs. to yard. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. No dividends; the net earnings (if any) being appropriated to the payment of the road superstructure, which was furnished by the Pennsylvania Company. Financial Statement.-Capital stock authorized, 750 shares, $15,000; paid in, $11,150; and floating debt, (to lessees,) $10,778.93-total stock and debt, $21,928.99. Per contra: Cost of construction, $22,657.31. JOSEPH FITCHNER, President....... ....Newry, Pa. Secretary-Alexander Knox........ Newry, Pa. | Treasurer-Jonathan Conrad..... .Newry, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .Newry, Blair Co., Pa. NORTHI PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ..55.6 miles. Line of Road.-Philadelphia, Pa., to Bethlehem, Pa.............. Branches: ....67.7 miles. Total length of main and branch line owned by company. Second track, 24; and sidings, 22.7 m. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail, 56, 60 and 64 lbs. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 39. Cars-passenger, 36; baggage, mail and express, 20; freight, 460; and coal, (4-wheel,) 448--total, 964. Freight Operations for year ending October 31, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 372,515; and freight, 244,577-total, 617,092 miles. Passengers carried, 889,571. moved, 880,119 tons. Not earnings, $592,321.63. Payments: For interest, $295,879.27; taxes and other, $38,563.63-total, $334,442.90. Surplus, $257,878.73. Abstract of operations yearly for ten years: *For cleven months, the close of the fiscal year having been changed from November 30 to Octo ber 31. Financial Statement.-Capital stock, (shares at $50,) $3,473,500; funded debt, $1,042,500; and floating debt, $63,394-total stock, bonds and debt, $7,579,394. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $8,295,709.25. Scrip dividends, each 5 per cent, No cash dividends have been declared or paid. were paid-January 10, 1867; January 6, 1868; January 7, 1869; January 9, 1870; January 8, 1871; and January, 1872. Directors, (elected January 8, 1872.)—Franklin A. Comly, John Jordan, Jr., J. Gillingham Fell, William C. Ludwig, Ellwood Shannon, Edward C. Knight, Alfred Hunt, William C. Kent and Thomas Smith, all of Philadelphia, Pa. City Directors: Jacob Riegel and O. Howard Wilson. FRANKLIN A. COMLY, President.... Secretary. .Philadelphia, Pa. J. H. Ainsworth. Master of Transportation.. ..A. H. Fracker. .P. C. Hollis. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..No. 407 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. OIL CREEK AND ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILROAD. (Consolidation, March 1, 1868, of the Oil Creek, the Warren and Franklin and the Farmers' Railroads.) .123 miles. Total length of main and branch line owned by company.. Sidings, 32.75; and 3d rail, 42; gauge, 4 feet 9 inches; and 42 m. 3d rail, 6 feet. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 32. Cars-passenger, 19; baggage, mail and express, 5; and freight, 314--total, 338. Caboose cars, 14. Operations for the year ending December 31, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 204,126; and freight, 545,543-total, 749,669 miles. Passengers carried, 559,926. Freight moved, 676,500 tons. Net earnings, $461,531.01. Payments: Dividends, 64 per cent, $347,161.50; interest, $257,600; and taxes, etc., $49,217.76. Financial Statement.-Capital stock, (shares, $50,) $4,959,450; and funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, (Oil Creek RR.,) due February 1, 1896, $1,500,000; and (W. and F. RR.) due April, 1882, $580,000; 1st mortgage, due July 2, 1890, $500,000 ; and consolidated mortgage due May 1, 1888, $1,100,000-total, $3,680,000-total stock and bonds, $8,639,450. Per contra: Road, $8,554,547.14; and equipment, $1,008,330.63-total, $9,562,877.77. Directors.-Thomas A. Scott, Charles B. Wright and W. S. Lane, Philadelphia ;. William Phillips, William M. Lyon, J. P. Lyon and W. K. Nimick, Pittsburg. JAMESTOWN AND FRANKLIN RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company.) .51.0 miles. Line of Road.-Jamestown, Pa., to Oil City, Pa..... 66 .52.5 miles. Total length of main and branch line owned and leased....... Sidings and other tracks, 13.04 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 10 inches. Rail, 50, 55 and 60 lbs. Rolling Stock.-None owned by company. Furnished by lessees. Operations for the year ending December 31, 1872.—Train run, (noted in lessees' returns.) Passengers carried, 99,881. Freight moved, 332,481 tons. Earningspassenger, $55,029.53; freight, $211,362.85; mail and express, $4,372.17-total, $270,764.55. Operating expenses, (60 per cent of gross earnings,) $162,458.73. Net revenue, $108,305.82, which was credited up on account of interest paid on debt, advances, etc. Financial Statement.-Capital stock ($1,000,000, in $50 shares) paid in, $605,027.50; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, due at various dates to January 1, 1897, $496,000; and 2d mortgage 7 per cent bonds, due June 1, 1894, $500,000; and floating debt, $978,436.90-total stock, bonds and debt, $2,579,464.80. Per contra : Construction account, $2,483,001.87. Directors.-P. H. Watson, Ashtabula, O.; James Miles, Girard, Pa.; George H. McIntyre, J. S. McCalmont and James Bleaksley, Franklin, Pa.; A. Stone, Jr., and William Collins, Cleveland, O. JAMES MILES, President...... Secretary-P. H. Watson .Girard, Pa. Ashtabula, O. | Treasurer-George B. Ely........... Cleveland, O. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. PEACH BOTTOM RAILROAD. (In progress.) Line of Road.-Hanover Junction, Pa., to Oxford, Pa. Graded, 12 miles. Gauge, 3 feet. Rail, 24 lbs. to yard. .....60 miles. Financial Statement, January 1, 1873.-Capital stock (shares at $50) authorized, $1,000,000; subscribed, $271,600; and paid in, $32,881.05. Expended in construction, etc., $25,263.14. Directors.-Samuel Dickey, Oxford, Pa.; William Wallace and A. C. Manifold, Hopewell Centre, Pa.; Benjamin Tyson and Henry Neff, Dallastown, Pa.; Rufus Wiley, Slate Hill, Pa. ; L. W. Finley, Castle Fin, Pa.; N. Mayer, Chestnut Level, Pa.; S. McCullough, Mechanic's Grove, Pa.; and C. B. Russell, J. A. Alexander and John Twaddell, Oxford, Pa. S. G. BOYD, President.. Samuel Dickey, Vice-President.. .York, Pa. Secretary....... William Wallace. | Treasurer........... .A. C. Manifold. | Asst. Treas.....J. A. Alexander. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. ...Oxford, Chester Co., Pa. JEFFERSON RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by the Erie Railway Company.) Line of Road.-Susquehanna Depot, Pa., to Carbondale, Pa.........36.5 miles. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessees. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. No dividends. Financial Statement.-Capital stock, (41,914 shares,) $2,095,700; and funded debt, 1st mortgage (Hawley Section) 7 per cent bonds, due July 1, 1887, $204,000; 2d mortgage (Hawley Section) 7 per cent bonds, due January 1, 1889, $96,000; and 1st mortgage (Carbondale Section) 7 per cent bonds, due January 1, 1889, $2,000,000— total stock and bonds, $4,395,700. Per contra: Construction, $4,395,700. Directors.-F. M. Crane, C. F. Young, H. Foster, Jr., and J. S. Hughes, Honesdale, Pa.; Thomas Dickson, Scranton, Pa.; C. P. Walter and Z. H. Russell, Honesdale, Pa.; J. D. White, H. N. Otis, L. D. Rucker and Jay Gould, New York City; and A. S. Diven, Elmira, N. Y. SAMUEL E. DIMMICK, President..... ...Honesdale, N. Y. Treas and Sec.-Justin D. White.. New York City. | Superintendent-L. D. Rucker ....New York City. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... .(Erie Office) New York City. INDIANAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON AND WESTERN R'W'Y. (Consolidation, July 20, 1869, of the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville and the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroads. Opened, October 1, 1870.) Line of Road.-Indianapolis, Ind., to Pekin.. Leased Line: Pekin, Ill., to Peoria, Ill... .202.5 miles. .10.0 Sidings and other tracks, 38 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Total length of extension in progress. (" 185 miles. 32 .217 miles. Of the extension 100 miles are completed, and the remainder is expected to be put in operation during the present year. The total length of line when completed, will be 419.5 miles. Rolling Stock-Locomotive engines, 65. Cars-passenger, 23; baggage, mail and express, 9; freight, box, 1,295; stock, 122; platform and coal, 286-total, 1,735; also 38 caboose and 50 service cars. The total earnings on the 212.5 miles completed and in operation for the year ending December 31, 1872, were $1,359,690.55. No account is furnished of operating expenses, on the ground that they cannot be separated from expenses in construction. Financial Statement, December 31, 1872.-Capital stock paid in, $7,000,000; funded debt, $8,500,000-total, $15,500,000, representing the cost of road and equipment. |