Financial Statement, September 30, 1872.-Capital stock, (common and preferred,) $2,692,539.70 ; funded debt, $5,622,664; and floating debt, $409,487.06. Due State of Virginia, $250,000. Past due, interest, etc., $205,943.64. Total, $9,180,634.40, representing the cost of road, equipment, etc. The funded debt is described as shown in the following statement : The State loan has been reduced by the operation of the sinking fund, constituted of the difference, 1 per cent, on the rate of interest of the company's bonds, and the State bonds loaned on the deposit of the bonds of the former. Directors, (elected November 2, 1872.)-Robert A. Coghill, William D. Hart. William G. Cazenove, Daniel F. Slaughter, S. A. Coffman, Charles M. Blackford, C, F. Suttle and E. C. Marshall. State Directors: M. D. Corse, Eppa Hunton, T. C. S. Ferguson and H. W. Thomas. JOHN S. BARBOUR, President.. .Alexandria, Va. 66 66 Mast. Mach.-Jas. E. Waddey....Alexandria, Va. Treasurer-W. H. Marbury.. Alexandria, Va. Secretary-L. Wilber Reid. 66 Chief Eng Gen. Supt. & H. W. Vandegrift. Road Master-W. F. Moore...... Lynchburg, PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. .Alexandria, Va. CAIRO AND VINCENNES RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Cairo, Ill., to Vincennes, Ind........... Branch Line: Raleigh, Ill., to Liberty, (opp. Paducah,) Ill. Sidings and other tracks, 10 miles. Gauge, 4 ft. 9 in. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. The road has been recently opened, and no statement of operations is furnished. Financial Statement, January 1, 1873.-Capital stock, $4,000,000; and funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds, dated October 1, 1871, interest payable April and October, and principal payable October 1, 1909, $3,500,000—total stock and bonds, (representing cost of road and equipment,) $7,500,000. Directors.-A. E. Burnside, Providence, R. I.; Joseph S. Fay, Boston, Mass. ; J. W. Drexel, S. A. Strong and D. R. Larned, New York City; Roswell Miller, William P. Halliday and D. Hurd, Cairo, Ill.; J. W. Michell and Green B. Raum, Harrisburg, Ill. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS...Nos. 59 and 61 Liberty st., New York City. SPARTANBURG AND UNION RAILROAD. Line of Road.--Alston, S. C., to Spartanburg, S. C................... .68 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 3.4 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars-passenger, 4; baggage and mail, 2; and freight, (box, 12; stock, 2; and platform, 17,) 31-total, 37. The road was sold on the 3d of February, 1873, and the present company can give no statement of operations for the year. Financial Statement, September 30, 1871.-Capital stock, $751,296; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent bonds, due 1878-79, indorsed by State, $350, and not indorsed, $198,370; and floating debt, $125,000. Per contra: Cost of road and rolling stock, $1,340,882.39. (Opened, 1860. Owned and operated by Louisville and Nashville RR. Co.) Line of Road.-Paris, (130.3 m. N. E. Memphis,) Tenn., to State Line, Ky.82.6 m. Sidings and other tracks, 3.6 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 to 56 lbs. to yard. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company purchased the property and franchises of the road from the State of Tennessee, October 2, 1871. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 11. Cars-passenger, 4; and freight, box, 65; and flat, 44-total, 113. All other rolling stock hired. Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.-Locomotives run-passenger, 118,152; freight, 240,408; and other, 30,374-total, 435,019 miles. Cars run-3,642,412 miles. Passengers carried, 82,664; carried one mile, 4,582,425. Gross earnings-passenger, $182,465.69; freight, $304,676.79; express, $14,640 ; and other, $3,586.30-total, $505,358.78. Operating expenses, $496,840.07. Net earnings, $8,518.71. Financial Statement.-The total cost of the road up to July 1, 1872, was $1,599,744.39. Directors and Officers.-Same as Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. ROBERT MEEK.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. ....Superintendent. .Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky. BUFFALO AND LAKE HURON RAILWAY. (Leased and operated by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.) Line of Road.-Fort Erie (opp. Buffalo, N. Y.) to Goderich, Can......161 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 16.1 miles. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Financial Statement, June 30, 1871.-Capital stock, (converted from Preferences,) 52,500 shares, at £10, £525,000; funded debt, 5 p. c. bonds, due in 1872, £125,000; in 1873, £175,000; in 1874, £243,500; in 1875, £96,192; and in 1876, £123,866-total, £763,558. The common stock, amounting to 60,000, at £20 10s. per share, or £1,230,000, has been converted into Grand Trunk stock, viz., one half into 4th preference and one half into ordinary stock. Lease-rent, as per agreement of 1868-for year ending June 30, 1869, £42,500; 1870, £45,000; 1871, £50,000; 1872, £55,000; 1873, £60,000; 1874, £65,000; 1875, £66,000; 1876, £67,000; 1877, £68,000; 1878, £69,000; and 1879, and thereafter, £70,000. Interest on bonds will absorb £41,995 per annum ; and from the residue may be paid dividends on £525,000 stock, as follows: in 187071, 14 per cent; in 1872, 24 per cent; in 1873, 34 per cent; in 1874, 44 per cent, with a further small annual addition, until for the year 1878-79 and thenceforward the dividend should be at least 5 per cent. Cost of road and appurtenances, $8,400,000. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. .Montreal, Can. MEMPHIS AND OHIO RAILROAD. (Opened, 1860. Owned and operated by the Louisville and Nashville RR. Co.) Line of Road.-Paris, (247 m. S. W. Louisville,) Tenn., to Memphis, Tenn. 130.3 m. Sidings and other tracks, 11.88 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company having failed to pay the interest on the bonds of the State of Tennessee due July 1, 1867, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company took a lease of the property under conditions: to pay the interest on the State bonds then past due, to assume all debts incurred in the reconstruction and operation of the road, and to reimburse themselves from the future earnings of the road, any surplus accruing to be paid over to the lessors. This lease was in operation from September 1, 1867, to the close of the fiscal year 1870-71, when the lessees obtained full possession by purchase of a majority of the stock, and the issue of 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds to the extent of £700,000 or $3,500,000, a sum sufficient to reimburse themselves for all advances and other outlays. The cost of the road to the Louisville and Nashville RR. Company was $3,162,667.81. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 16. Cars-passenger, 5; and freight, 123— otal, 128. Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.-Trains run-passenger, 231,596; freight, 267,388; and other, 49,117-total, 548,101 miles. Passengers carried, 209,696; carried one mile, 9,333,454. Gross earnings-passenger, $412, 158.18; freight, $526,366.45-total, $938,524.63. Operating expenses-passenger, $291,564.81; and freight, $406,256.54-total, $697,821.35. Earnings in excess of expenses, $240,713.28. Interest paid State of Tennessee, $143,766.60. Interest on advances, $36 834.27; old indebtedness paid, 17,349.72; leaving balances, $42,804.74. Abstract of operations for five years: Financial Statement.-Capital stock, $1,074,288.72; 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds, interest June and December, and principal June 1, 1901, £700,000, or $3,500,000. The bonds were issued for the purpose of paying the company's liabilities to the Louisville and Nashville RR. Company, and redeeming the loan from the State of Tennessee. They are guaranteed by the L. and N. RR. Company, which have now full possession of the property. According to the "financial statement" of that company, the liabilities outstanding against the M. and O. RR. July 1, 1872, amounted to $3,162,667.80. Directors and Officers.-Same as for Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Line of Road.-Annapolis, Md., to Junction, (B. and O. RR.,) Md....20.5 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars-passenger, 10; baggage, mail and express, 2; and freight, 23-total, 35. Operations.-No returns furnished. The officers of the company in reply to repeated requests, declined to make any statement. Financial Statement, January 1, 1872.—Capital stock, $350,000; and profit and loss, $95,000. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $445,000. Directors.-George Wells, James R. Howison, George E. Franklin, Frank H. Stockett, Luther Giddings and Joseph H. Nicholson, Annapolis, Md. JOSHUA BROWN, President... .....Annapolis, Md. Treasurer-John F. Baldwin......Annapolis, Md. | Secretary-Joshua H. Nicholson....Annapolis, Md. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ....Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. FREDERICK AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. .28 miles. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Connections are made Line of Road.-Frederick City, Md., to State Line, Pa..... Sidings and other tracks, 1.2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. The road has only been in operation since October, 1872. with the B. and O., the Harrisburg and Potomac, and the Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroads, giving a direct line to the coal and lumber regions and to New-York, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 2; baggage, mail and express, 2; and freight, 27-total cars, 31. Operations for 6 months ending March 31, 1873.-Freight moved, 5,540 tons. Gross earnings-from passengers, $4,296.34; freight, 15,697.09-total, 19,993.43. Operating expenses not given. Financial Statement, April 30, 1873.-Capital stock ($1,000,000) paid in, $312,528.14; funded debt, $500,000; and floating debt, $93,116.68-total stock, bonds and debt, $905,644.82. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $804,753.60. Directors, (elected January 21, 1873.)-John Loats and J. Reifsnider, Frederick City, Md.; A. W. Eichelberger, Hanover, Pa.; D. C. Winebrener, W. H. Falconer, Charles E. Trail and J. Alfred Ritter, Frederick City, Md. One vacancy. JOHN LOATS, President.... Engineer. .Frederick City, Md. .Frederick, Md. Tkt. & Fgt. Agt... .G. R. Wising, Frederick, Md. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.....Frederick City, Frederick Co., Md. CHICAGO AND SUPERIOR RAILROAD. (In progress.) (Consolidation, 1871, of the Madison and Portage and the Rockford Central Railroads.) Line of Road.-Mendota, Ill., to Wisconsin Central Railroad. In operation: Madison, Wis., to Portage, Wis.. .250 miles. 40 Sidings and other tracks, 2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engine, 1. Cars, 13. The company refuse all information as to operations. Financial Statement, March 1, 1872.—Capital stock ($2,500,000) paid in, $587,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds, (Mad. and Portage RR.,) dated October 1, 1870, interest payable April and October, and principal October 1, 1900, $600,000; (and 1st mortgage 7 per cent gold bonds, (C. and S. RR.,) dated January 1, 1872, interest payable January and July, and principal January 1, 1902, $5,000,000, of |