MUSCATINE, OSKALOOSA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Muscatine (Miss. Riv.), Ia., to Council Bluffs (Mo. Riv.), Ia.270 m. This road, in connection with the lines projected from Fort Wayne to Muscatine, form a direct line from the Pacific Railroad to the Eastern States. Directors.-Jacob Butler, Simon G. Stein, and Chester Weed, Muscatine Co.; M. Meacham, Washington Co.; J. H. Sanders and B. A. Haycock, Keokuk, Co.; M. E. Cutts and Robert Seevers, Mahaska Co.; Jacob Markell and P. H. Bousquet, Marion Co.; George E. Griffiths, Warren Co.; W. W. McKnight, Madison Co.; William B. Hall, Adair Co.; F. H. Whitney, Cass Co.; and L. W. Babbitt, Pottawottomie Co., Iowa. Sec. & Treas.-Chester Weed...... Muscatine. Ia. | Attorneys-Hanna and Washburn...Muscatine, Ia. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Muscatine, Ia. SPRINGFIELD AND FARMINGTON VALLEY RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Springfield, Mass., to Connecticut State Line....... ..8 miles. Capital stock authorized, $300,000, and funded debt, $200,000. Estimated cost, including bridge over the Connecticut River, $500,000. Directors.-A. D. Briggs, Tilly Hayne, Hinsdale Smith, H. Alexander, Jr., T. W. Wason, C. Alden, L. J. Powers, O. H. Greenleaf, G. C. Fisk, Springfield, Mass. A. D. BRIGGS-President.... ..Springfield, Mass. Treasurer-H. Alexander, Jr... Springfield, Mass. | Secretary-Gideon Welles...... Springfield, Mass. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS........ .Springfield, Mass. SOLOMON VALLEY AND REPUBLICAN RIVER RR. Line of Road.—Salina (K. P. RR.), Ks., to Evans, Colo....... Branch: Republican River, Ks, to Julesburg (U. P. RR.,) Nebr...... This road, when constructed, will be operated by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. Surveys are now progressing. Directors (elected February 3, 1870).-W. E. Webb and E. W. Dennis. Topeka, Ks.; C. B. Lamborn, St. Louis, Mo.; N. A. Miles, Fort Harker, Ks.; W. H. Greenwood, Kit Carson, Colo.; J. W. Davidson, Manhattan, Ks.; W. J. Palmer, St. Louis, Mo.; John Guthrie, Topeka, Ks. ; J. H. Prescott and J. H. Snead, Salina, Ks.; W. W. Lambert, Lindsey, Ks. ; John Evans, Denver, Colo.; E. D. Meier, Kansas City, Mo. W. J. PALMER-President..... N. A. Miles-Vice-President.. .St. Louis, Mo. Topeka, Ks. Secy. & Treas.-W. E. Webb..... .Topeka, Ks. | Solicitor-E. W. Dennis.... DAKOTA AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.-Big Sioux River to Big Sheyenne River, Dakota.....300 miles. This road will follow up the valley of the Missouri river between the affluents named. Between the mouth of the Big Sioux and Yancton, the capital of Dakota Territory, about 60 miles, has been surveyed and let, to be completed by Sept. 1, 1871. Capital stock, $6,000,000; subscribed, $1,000,000. No bonds have as yet been issued. Directors (elected January 3, 1870).-J. P. Kidder, Vermillion; W. A. Burleigh, Bonhomme; William Tripp, J. B. S. Todd, S. L. Spink and M. K. Armstrong, Yancton; and George Stickney, Elk Point, all in Dakota. J. P. KIDDER-President.... ..... Vermillion, Dakota. Treasurer-M. K. Armstrong. Yancton, Dakota. | Chief Eng.-George Stickney..Elk Point, Dakota. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Yancton, Dakota. WOODSTOCK RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.-Woodstock, Vt., to White River Junction, Vt.........14 miles. Capital stock paid in, December 31, 1869, $234,114; temporary loans, etc., $26,774; amount expended in construction, $257,487. Road nearly completed. Directors (elected January 12, 1870).—Frederick Billings, Woodstock, Vt.; Albert G. Dewey, Quechee, Vt.; Charles Dana, Francis W. Clarke, Lewis Pratt and Frank N. Billings, Woodstock, Vt.; Charles S. Raymond, Bridgewater, Vt.; and Otis Chamberlain, Pomfret, Vt. ALBERT G. DEWEY-President.... Quechee, Vt. Treasurer........ PITTSBURG AND CONNELLSVILLE RAILROAD. .59 miles. .13 Line of Road.-Pittsburg, Pa., to Connellsville, Pa................ Leased: Fayette County RR. (Connellsville to Uniontown, Pa.).... Sidings and other track, 18 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 in. Rail, 56 to 60 lbs. to yard. The extension of this road to Cumberland, at which point it will form a junction with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is rapidly approaching completion and will probably be opened for traffic before January 1, 1871. The length of the road will then be 150 miles, and the distance from Pittsburg to Baltimore 328 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines-1st class, 4; 2d class, 4; and 3d class, etc., 7—total, 15 engines. Cars-passenger, 13; baggage, 5; and freight (box, 80; stock, 12; platform, 18; and coal, 8), 118-total, 136 cars. Also, 18 service cars. Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869 : Trains run-passenger, 155,843; freight, 250,162; and ballast, 19,336-total, 425, 341 miles. Passengers carried-east, 282,698; and west, 179,426-total, 462,124; carried one mile, 4,912,503. Freight moved-east 44,831; and west, 471,048-total, 515,879 tons; carried one mile, 16,286,331 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $166,675 75; freight, $430,016 88; mail, $3,650; and other, $8,576 06—total, $608,918 69. Operating expenses, including taxes, $401,564 97. Nett earnings, 207,353 72. General Balances.-Abstract of the general account of October 31, 1869 : The Baltimore loan is now second in priority to the new 7 p. c. mortgage bonds the councils of that city having waived their first claim in favor of the new issue. Statement of condition and results of operations for ten years: The Fayette County Railroad, 13 miles, was opened June 1, 1860, and leased for ninety-nine years from November 1, 1861. The Turtle Creek Division, 10 miles, was opened October 10, 1861. Previous to the completion of the Turtle Creek Division, the Pennsylvania Railroad was used between Brinton's and Pittsburg. Directors (elected first Monday of December, 1869).—William Oden Hughart, G. L. B. Fetterman, John Fleming, William Phillips and William Baldwin, Pittsburg, Pa.; Cyrus Myers, Somerset, Pa.; Joseph Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Benjamin Deford and Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md. Nominated by the Mayor of Baltimore: H. G. Vickery, William H. Perkins and Israel Cohen, Baltimore, Md. WM. ODEN HUGHART-President and Gen. Supt......Pittsburg, Pa. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.....Cor. Grant and Water Sts., Pittsburg, Pa. 66 MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD. Line of Road.—Columbus, Ga., to Mobile, Ala.......... .228.0 miles.. Completed: Girard, Ala., to Troy, Ala.... 83.5 Sidings, turnouts, etc., 4.5 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 6. Cars-passenger, 4; baggage and mail, 2; freight, box 30 and platform 34-total, 70. Also, 15 repair and 2 crank cars. Operations for year ending May 31, 1869: Earnings from passengers, $45,212 95; freight, $83,151 90; and mails, $3,011 02. Total earning3, $131,375 87. Current expenses, including U. S., State and local taxes, $104,105 51. Balance to credit of income, $27,270 36. Interest paid, $40,457 31. Passengers carried, 30,664. Cotton moved, 16,495 bales. Condensed statement from balance sheet: The second mortgage bonds are endorsed by Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia to the extent of $300,000. Directors (elected first Wednesday in July, 1869).—William M. Wadley, Savannah, Ga.; and R. L. Mott, John King, John Peabody, J Rhodes Brown, G. De Launey and Joseph Webster, Columbus, Ga. Line of Road.-Along the Valley of the Nodaway, in Mo. and Iowa..- miles. Directors (elected March 1, 1870).-William Butler and N. B. Moore, Clarinda, J. H. Davis and R. D. Porter, Quitman, Mo.; R. C. Bohart, William Leefier and John Boblits, Graham, Mo.; and S. Warren, C. P. Woodcock, A. Duncan, J. Kenyon, F. Knickerbocker and J. G. Hollister, Fillmore, Mo. Ia.; R. C. BOHART-President............. J. G. Hollister-General Superintendent...... .Graham, Mo. .Graham, Mo. ....Graham, Nodaway Co., Mo. Treasurer-Wm. Spencer........... Graham, Mo. | Secretary-J. W. Morgan... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. PLYMOUTH, KANKAKEE AND PACIFIC RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Plymouth, Ind., to Illinois State line... .65 miles. This is the Indiana portion of a railroad from Plymouth, Ind., on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, to Bureau Junction, on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR, Ill., 165 miles. The Illinois portion is organized under the title of the Kankakee and Illinois River Railroad. Directors (elected January 7, 1870).-George W. Cass, Pittsburg, Pa.; James McGrew, Kankakee, Ill.; W. F. Singleton, Momenee, Ill.; O. B. Rockhill and Lloyd Mazebrok, San Pierre, Ind.; W. C. Baylis, Knox, Ind.; and John S. Bender, J. B. N. Kluegar, John C. Cushman and C. H. Reeve, Plymouth, Ind. Treasurer-C. H. Reeve.......... Plymouth, Ind. | Secretary-John S. Bender..... Plymouth, Ind. .Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind. CONCORD AND ROCHESTER RAILROAD (Projected). .36 miles. Line of Road.-Concord, N. H., to Rochester, N. H.. Capital stock subscribed, $367,000. Estimated cost of road, $610,000. Directors.-Nathaniel White, John V. Banon, James R. Hill and Benjamin A. Kimball, Concord, N. H.; John McDuffee, Rochester, N. H.; Joshua M. Babcock, Barnstead, N. H.; and Eliphalet Foss, Stafford, N. H. NATHANIEL WHITE-President..... Treasurer...... .L. D. Stephens. | Secretary.... Charles C. Lund. | Chief Engineer....John D. Fife. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. BOSTON, CONCORD AND MONTREAL RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Concord, N. Hamp., to Wells River, Vermont........93.54 m. Branches: Wells River, Ver., to Littleton, Ver. (leased).. .20.78 Littleton, Ver., to Whitefield, Ver. (opened July, '69). ... ..........10.00—30.78 “ .124.34 m. Total length of road owned, leased and operated.............. Second track, sidings, etc., 9.2 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. The Company propose to construct a branch from Whitefield to the Fabian place and the base of Mount Washington. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 17. Cars-passenger, 18; baggage, mail and express, 14; and freight, 300-total, 532 cars. Operations for the year ending March 31, 1869.-Passengers carried, 125,169; carried one mile, 7,510,140. Freight moved, C9,792 tons; moved one mile, 4,187,460 tons. Gross earnings-passenger, $173,323 12; freight, $326,795 85; mail, $18,900 01; express, $5,000 01; and other, $545 31-total, $524,564 30. Operating expenses, including taxes, $389,300 86. Balance to credit of income, $135,263 44. Interest paid, $59,679 07; dividends on preferred stock, two of 3 p. c. each, $44,895; installment to sinking fund, $12,500; surplus income, $18,189 37. |