STATEMENT OF THE COSTS OF BETTERMENTS CHARGED TO OPERATING

EXPENSES ACCOUNTS.

Grading Meriden freight yard charged to station expense,

Land for sundry sidetracks at Mount Vernon,

$1,193.01

$100.00

Bills and accounts receivable at date of last report,

1,538,568.11

For dividends (number, 2, rate per cent., 5 per ct.,)

Dates when paid, January and July 1st.

$4,659,440.57

296,259.87

170,000.00

1,550,000.00

Stock etc. of Hartford & Conn. Valley R. R.,

&

PRESENT OR CONTINGENT LIABILITIES, NOT INCLUDED IN BALANCE SHEET.

Bonds guaranteed by this company, issued by

Harlem River & Port Chester R. R. Co.,

$3,000,000.00

GENERAL INFORMATION.

CAPITAL STOCK.

Capital stock authorized by charter,

Capital stock authorized by vote of company,
Capital stock issued, viz :

155,000 full shares of $100 each,

Stock issued for stock of New York & New Haven R. R. Co., and Hartford & New Haven R. R. Co.,

Amount of stock held in Connecticut,

Number of stockholders residing in Connecticut,
Whole number of stockholders,

- $15,500,000.00 15,500,000.00

15,500,000.00

15,500,000.00

6,855,200.00

1,970

3,535

BONDS OR UNFUNDED DEBT.

First mortgage, due 1903; rate of interest, 4 per cent.,

Interest paid to October 1, 1883.

Bonds issued by Harlem River & Port Chester R.
R., guaranteed principal and interest by this
Co.:

First mortgage, due 1903, rate of int., 7 per cent.,
First mortgage, due 1903, rate of int., 6 per cent.,
Second mortgage, due 1911, rate of int., 4 per cent.,
Interest paid to October 1, 1883.

DESCRIPTION OF ROAD.

Date when road, or different portions thereof, were

opened for use, viz.:

From New Haven to Hartford, Conn.,

Dec. 14, 1839; Hartford to Springfield,
Mass., Dec. 19, 1844; New York to New
Haven, Dec. 27, 1848; Middletown Rail-
road, March, 1850; New Britain Rail-
road, Jan., 1865; Suffield Branch, Nov.,

$2,000,000.00

1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 1,000,000.0

1870; Middletown & New Britain Rail-
roads were merged with Hartford & New
Haven Railroad, Aug. 19, 1866, and the
whole road was opened as the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Oct.
1, 1872; Shore Line Railway included
Oct. 1, 1881, and the Boston & New
York Air Line Railway, Oct. 1, 1882.

Length of main line from Harlem Junction, N.
Y., to Springfield, Mass., New Haven to New
London, Conn., New Haven to Willimantic,
Conn.,

Same in Connecticut,

Length of branches and names,

From Berlin to New Britain,

From Berlin to Middletown,

224.17m.

204.25m.

3.00m.

10.00m.

Length of road (main line and branches) owned

Length of track laid with steel rails (weight per

yard, 60 and 70 lbs.),

357.96m.

Same in Connecticut,

318.16m.

Miles of track laid with steel rails during the year

(No. of tons, 962.48; weight per yard, 70 lbs.;

cost, $40 per ton),

8.75m.

Same in Connecticut,

8.75m.

Number of new ties put in track during the year

(cost, $119,550.61),

271,706

Same in Connecticut,

243,215

Aggregate length of stone arch bridges, in feet,

2.177

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Same in Connecticut,

Number of highway crossings under the track,

Same in Connecticut,

Number of highway crossings at grade,

Same in Connecticut,

Number of highway crossings at grade, with gates,

Same in Connecticut,

Number of highway crossings at grade, with flag

men,

Same in Connecticut,

Number of highway crossings at grade, with electric signals, all in Connecticut,

Number of railroads crossed at grade, and names of each, all in Connecticut,

New Canaan R. R., Housatonic R. R., Shore Line Railway, New York & New England R. R., Hartford & Conn. Valley R. R., Name, termini, and length of each road operated by this Company under lease or contract:

Shore Line Railway, New Haven to New
London, Conn., -

Boston & New York Air Line Railway, to
Willimantic,

Harlem River & Port Chester R. R., Har-
lem River to New Rochelle, N. Y.,

Length of all roads operated by this Company,
Same in Connecticut,

Number of stations on main line,

Same in Connecticut,

96

2

5

included above.

included above.

11.80m. 257.06m.

225.34m.

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