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McKenney, J. R. Emory and J. B. Brown, Centreville, Md.; J. Clements, W. Finley
and C. McCollister, Church Hill, Md. ; P. H. Crain and B. Biggs, Millington, Md.
LLOYD TILGHMAN, President...
.Centreville, Md.

Treasurer-Mordacai Price... .Centreville, Md. | Supt. and Eng.-J. Hood..
Secretary-W. H. Jacobs..
Road Master-R. C. Watson

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PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

Centreville, Md.

...Centreville, Md.

FREEHOLD AND JAMESBURG AGRICULTURAL RR.

Line of Road.-Jamesburg, N. J., to Freehold, N. J................... ..11.5 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 1.25 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. The Railroad from Jamesburg to Monmouth Junction is operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as lessees of the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

The Freehold and Jamesburg Railroad Company operate the Squankum and Freehold Railroad.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 3; and freight, box, 6; and platform, 15-total, 24.

Operations for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 52,754; freight, 14,706—total, 67,460 miles. Passengers carried, 171,400. Freight moved, 43,411 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $34,130.32; freight, $20,533.19; mail, etc., $3,109.78-total, $57,773.29. Operating expenses, including taxes, etc., $43,621.59. Net earnings from operations in 1872, $14,151.70.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $283,744.80. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $283,744.80.

Directors, (elected July 29, 1872.)-Joseph Combs, Freehold, N. J.; Richard S. Conover, South Amboy, N. J.; Benjamin Fish, Trenton, N. J.; William H. Gatzmer, George B. Roberts and Edmund Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lewis Perrine, Trenton, N. J.; Richard Stockton, Trenton, N. J.; Peter Vredenburgh, Freehold, N. J.; and I. S. Buckelew, Jamesburg, N. J.

BENJAMIN FISH, President..

I. S. Buckelew, Sec., Treas. and Supt.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

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.Trenton, N. J.
.Jamesburg, N. J.

.Jamesburg, Middlesex Co., N. J.

COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD.

(Leased and operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.-Pottstown, Pa., to Housensack, Pa.... Sidings, 1.7 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard.

12.8 miles.

Rolling Stock, Operations, etc.-See lessees' returns. No dividends. Interest on bonded debt, $35,052.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, 915 shares, $47,165; funded debt, 1st mortgage 6 per cent bonds, due June 1, 1898, $584,700; and floating debt, $56,377.47 -total, $688,242.47. Per contra: Road, etc., $662,332.33.

Directors.-P. Y. Breedlingen, Berlin, Pa.; J. L. Bell, D. J. Brown, W. A. Church and R. B. Cabeen, Philadelphia, Pa.; and John C. Smith, Pottstown, Pa. JOSEPH L. BRADLEY, President....Pine Iron-Works, Berks Co., Pa. John Welch. | Superintendent....... .G. A. Nicolls. (P. & R. RR.) Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary........Albert Foster. | Treasurer.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

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MINE HILL RAILROAD.

(Leased May 12, 1864, for 999 years, by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

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Double track, 21.8 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 60 and 62 lbs. to yard. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Dividends, January and July, each 4 per cent on capital stock.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, 77,129 shares, $3,856,450. Per contra : Cost of railroad and appurtenances, $3,814,957.42.

Directors.-Samuel Mason, John Livezey, M. L. Dawson, A. J. Derbyshire, Joshua W. Ash, Frederick Fraley, Wistar Morris, James H. Cresson, Morris Harker and Charles H. Hutchinson, Philadelphia, Pa.

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(Leased May 19, 1869, to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.—Reading, Pa., to Allentown, Pa............ .36 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 15.5 m. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail, 52, 57, 60, 64 and 68 lbs. Operations.-Included in lessees' returns. Lease-rent, 7 per cent on stock and bonds. Dividends, January and July, each 3 per cent and taxes.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, (26,184 shares,) $1,309,200; and funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, interest payable March and September, and principal March 1, 1888, $495,900-total stock and bonds, $1,805,100. Per contra: Construction, $1,484,290.12. Lease runs 999 years.

Directors.-R. B. Cabeen, A. E. Borie, W. A. Porter, James E. Gowen and Morton P. Honey, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. L. Stichter and George D. Stetzel, Reading, Pa.

.Philadelphia, Pa.

FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, President... Secretary..........Albert Foster. | Treasurer................. John Welch. | Superintendent.....G. A. Nicolls. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..(P. and R. RR. Office) Philadelphia, Pa.

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(Leased and operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.-Port Carbon, Pa., to Reevesdale, Pa....

.11 miles.

Second track, 5.03 m.; sidings and branches, 16.1. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail, 60 to 64 lbs. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Dividends January and July, each 2 per cent.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, (11,521 shares,) $576,050. Per contra: Construction, $576,050.

Directors.-Same as P. and R. RR. Co.

MOUNT CARBON BRANCH RAILROAD.

(Leased in perpetuity, and operated by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

..8.5 miles.

Line of Road.-Mount Carbon, Pa., to Mine Hill, Pa...... Second track, 2.5 miles; sidings, 9.8. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. Operations. Included in lessees' returns. Minimum rent, $14,000 a year, and a conditional increase according to tonnage, which now averages about $2,000 a year. Dividends, January and July, each 3 per cent, less United States tax.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, 4,000 shares, $200,000. Per contra: Cost of railroad and appurtenances, $203,259.58. The road is kept up and furnished by the lessees.

Directors. Franklin B. Gowen, George H. Boker, George E. Hoffman, H. Pratt McKean, A. E. Borie, R. B. Cabeen, J. R. Lippincott and William W. White, all of Philadelphia, Pa.

JOHN R. WHITE, President....

.Philadelphia, Pa.

Sec. and Treas.-W. Robinson, Jr.. Philadelphia, Pa. | Superintendent.. Michael Bright..Pottsville, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS....No. 316 Walnut st., Philadelphia, Pa.

MILL CREEK RAILROAD.

(Leased in perpetuity, and operated by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.)

..3.80 miles.

Line of Road.-New Castle, Pa., to Palo Alto, Pa ..... Double, 3.78; sidings and laterals, 18.1. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 64 lbs. Operations.-Included in lessees' returns. Dividends, January and July, each 5 per cent on capital stock.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, 12,935 shares, at $25 each, $323,375. Per contra Nominal cost of road, $323,375.

Directors.-Same as P. and R. RR. Co.

WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILROAD. (In progress.)

Line of Road.-Menasha, Wis., to Ashland, Wis...... Branch lines: Menasha to Appleton City................

Stevens's Point to Portage City..

Total length of road as projected....

In operation from Menasha westward..

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The company have a land-grant of ten sections to the mile, amounting in the aggregate to about 800,000 acres, which, with the timber upon it, is covered by their mortgage bonds. All the property, including this land, is held for the security of the bonds. The timber, as well as the lands, when sold, can only be used for creating a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds or their liquidation. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 15.

Cars-passenger, 6; baggage, mail and express, 2; and freight, (box, 100; and platform, 200,) 300-total revenue cars, 308. Also 40 service cars.

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Financial Statement.-Capital stock paid in, $1,657,500. Funded debt, $1,591,500. Cost of road and equipment, $4,120,000.

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Directors.-Gardiner Colby, Charles L. Colby, Boston, Mass.; George Reed, E. G. Roberts, Curtis Reed, Menasha, Wis.; E. B. Phillips, Chicago, Ill.; E. E. Barney, Dayton, O.; M. Wadleigh, Stevens's Point, Wis.; Samuel Gould, Boston, Mass. GARDINER COLBY, President.....No. 28 State street, Boston, Mass. George Reed, Vice-President...

.Menasha, Wis.

Phillips & Colby, Construction Co. . No. 604 Wabash ave., Chicago, Ill.

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NEW YORK AND HEMPSTEAD RAILROAD. (In progress.)

Liue of Road.-Valley Stream, N. Y., to Hempstead, L. I...........5.50 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, mail and express, 2; and freight, 2-total, 6.

Operations for the year ending September 30, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 16,064; and freight, 3,432-total, 19,496 miles. Passengers carried, 35,865.

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Net earnings, $23,260.55. Payments from net earnings, South Side Railroad Co., $17,115.12.

Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $500,000; subscribed, $200,000; paid in, $200,000; funded debt, $235,000; and floating debt, $15,000-total stock, bonds and debt, $450,000. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $219,500.

Directors.-C. S. Brown, New York City; H. M. Onderdonk and Joseph Lewis, Hempstead, N. Y.; and T. C. Goetchius and S. McElroy, Brooklyn, N. Y.

CHARLES S. BROWN, President.....132 East 24th street, New York.
T. C. Goetchius, Vice-President and Secretary......Brooklyn, N. Y.
.H. M. Onderdonk. | Superintendent..
PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

Treasurer.....

..Joseph Lewis.

..76 Wall street, New York City.

NORTH SHORE (L. I.) RAILROAD.

(Leased and operated by the Flushing and North Side Railroad Company.)

...6.25 miles.

Line of Road.-Flushing, N. Y., to Great Neck, N. Y........ Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $193,445; funded debt, $135,000; and floating debt, $6,000-total stock, bonds and debt, $334,445. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $300,548.70.

Directors.-Isaac Sherwood and Edmund Willetts, Manhasset, N. Y.; Charles Martin, Port Washington, N. Y.; Roland G. Mitchell, New York City; J. L. Hewlett and Charles W. Rogers, Great Neck, N. Y.; John M. Clark, Manhasset, N. Y.; James Udall, Great Neck, N. Y.; Charles H. Smith and Thomas Messenger, New York City; Silas Mott and Elbert H. Bogert, Manhasset, N. Y.; and Spencer H. Smith, New York City.

ISAAC SHERWOOD, President....

Treasurer....

Thomas H. Messenger. | Secretary.....

.New York City.

John M. Clark.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS....No. 161 Maiden Lane, New York City.

NYACK AND NORTHERN RAILROAD.

(Leased to the Northern of New Jersey, and sub-leased to Erie Railway Company.)

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Line of Road.-Nyack, N. Y., to Upper Piermont, N. Y. ............4.33 miles. Financial Statement, September 30, 1872.-Capital stock authorized, $75,000; subscribed, $70,000; and paid in, $53,025; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, $100,000; and floating debt, $2,049.88-total stock, bonds and debt, $155,174.88. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $226,773.46.

Directors.-Charles G. Sisson, Jersey City, N. J.; O. A. Roorback, Henry Thompson and Jay Gould, New York City; Thomas H. Herring, Fair View, N. J.; W. A. Shepard, Nyack, N. Y.

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PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK RAILROAD.

Line of Road.-Wilkesbarre, Pa., to Waverly, (Erie Railway,) N. Y.104.30 miles.

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.116.42 miles.

Total length of main and branch lines owned by company.......
Double, 16.17, and side-tracks, 19.79 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 in. Rail, 58 and 60 lbs.

Leased: Sullivan and Erie RR. (Towanda to Sullivan Co. coal-mines.).

....29.25 miles.

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