ELMIRA, JEFFERSON AND CANANDAIGUA RAILROAD. (Le used to Erie Co. for 20 years, from January 1, 1859, and sub-leased by Erie Railway Co., from October 1, 1865, to Northern Central Railway Co.) Line of Road.-Watkins, N. Y., to Canandaigua, N. Y..... Sidings, 2.89 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 57 lbs. to yard. Capital stock (representing cost of road), $500,000. ROBERT BAYARD-President..... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. 46.84 miles. Annual rental, $25,000. New York City. New York City. FORT WAYNE, JACKSON AND SAGINAW RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Fort Wayne, Ind., to Jackson, Mich... In operation: Jackson, Mich., to Angola, Ind..................... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2.5 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock (February 28, 1870).-Locomotive engines, 4. Cars-pasenger, 2; baggage, mail and express, 2; freight (box, 20; platform, 40), 60-total revenue cars, 64. Also, 14 construction and other service cars. Capital stock, $800,000. Funded debt, 1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, $1,500,000, interest Jan. and July, and principal January 1 1889. These bonds are issued under the guarantee of the Michigan Central, the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw, and the Grand River Valley Companies. Directors (elected February 25, 1870).-A. P. Edgerton, H. J. Rudisill, A. H. Hamilton, Henry Baker, John H. Bass, Fort Wayne, Ind.; J. M. Dale, Angola, Ind. ; H. H. Smith, P. B. Loomis, Jackson, Mich.; E. O. Grosvenor, Jonesville, Mich.; D. Merriman, W. D. Thompson, E. A. Webster and W. R. Reynolds, Jackson, Mich. Treasurer-P. B. Loomis. H. H. SMITH-President.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ....Jackson, Mich. Jackson, Mich. | Chief Engineer-E. S. Woodard...Jackson, Mich. Main street, Jackson, Mich. SOUTH BRANCH RAILROAD. (Leased July 1, 1864, and operated by Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.) 16 miles. Line of Road.—Somerville, N. J., to Flemington, N. J............... Operations. Included in returns of Central RR. of New Jersey, which Company pay 6 per cent. on the capital stock. General Balances.-Capital stock, $138,300. Per contra: Cost of property, $439,694 37. New York City. Samuel Knox-Secretary and Treasurer.. PADUCAH AND GULF RAILROAD. (Formerly the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad.) Line of Road.—Paducah, Ky., to Troy, Tenn.. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2.25 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 65 lbs. to yard. 63.5 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 6. Cars-passenger, 5; baggage, mail and express, 2; and freight (box 33, and platform 10), 43-total, 50 cars. The estimated value of the road is $1,333,500; of rolling stock, $110,000; and of real estate, $28,750-total estimated value of property, $1,472,250. Directors (elected September 23, 1869).—W. F. Norton and George W. Norton, Louisville, Ky.; A. M. West, Oxford, Miss.; L. S. Trimble, Paducah, Ky.; Extine Norton, New York City; Samuel B. Thomas, Elizabethtown, Ky. GILMAN, CLINTON AND SPRINGFIELD RR. (Projected). Line of Road.-Gilman, Ill., to Springfield, Ill.. about 120 miles. This road will extend from Gilman, at which point the Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad is intersected by the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad. to Clinton, on the main line of the Illinois Central Railroad, and thence to Springfield, the State capital. In connection with the Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Alton Railroads, it will form a very direct line between Chicago and St. Louis. Directors (elected April 23, 1869).—John T. Stuart, Sr., George N. Black and S. H. Melvin, Sangamon Co. Ill.; C. H. Moore, John Warner, Thomas Snell, D. A. Rosencrans and William Fuller, De Witt Co., Ill.; William M. Allen and S. Linn, Beidler, Logan Co., Ill.; Elias Wenger, Iroquois Co., Ill. S. H. MELVIN-President.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. Springfield, Ill. Treasurer-John Warner.......... Clinton, Ill. | Secretary-Henry Crosley...... .Clinton, Ill. .Clinton, De Witt Co., Ill. MCMINNVILLE AND MANCHESTER RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Tullahoma (62 m. S. E. Nashville) to McMinnville, Tenn.34.2 m. Sidings and other tracks, 7 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 62 lbs. to yard. This property is in the hands of a Receiver appointed by the State. Cost of road, etc., $825,000. State's interest in work-State loan, $764,000 ; funded interest, $87,360; interest due, $163,595 60-total, $1,014,955 €0. P. H. MARBURG.... President. ¡ P. II. Coffee.... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ...Superintendent. .McMinnville, Warren Co., Tenn. MANCHESTER AND LAWRENCE RAILROAD. 22.39 miles. Line of Road.-Manchester, N. H., to State Line, Mass............. Total length of railroad owned, leased and operated..... 46 .26.00 miles. Rolling Stock.-Owned jointly with Concord Railroad Company, which latter still conduct the through traffic, although the contract of December 27, 1860, expired August 1, 1837. The local business is conducted by the M. & L. RR. Co. Operations for the year ending March 31, 1869 : Trains run-passenger, 55,615; freight, 22,871; other, 2,718-total, 81,204 miles. Passengers carried, 99,989; carried one mile, 1,621,977. Freight moved-up, 10,499; down, 41,244-total, 51,743 tons; moved one mile, 942,664 tons. Gross earnings—passenger, $71,137 01; freight, $51,914 99; rents, $155; express, $6,780 93; mail, $2,522 26.... Total, $132,510 22. Operating expenses, including $11,000 rent of Methuen branch and taxes, $79,772 30. Nett earnings, $52,737 92, to which add receipts from Concord RR. Company, $49,372 20; making a total revenue of $102,110 12. Dividends, two of 5 per cent. each, $100,000. Balance to credit, $2,110 12. General Balances.-Capital stock, $1,000,000; dividends unpaid, $5,609; balance to credit of income account, $90,514 09... . Total, $1,096,123 09. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $1,000,000; telegraph, $4,770 35; Hooksett Branch (ths), $18,000; stock charged Concord, Manchester and Lawrence RR.,. $32,000; freight cars on V. C. line, cost $17,353 60; cash $23,999 14. Directors (elected last Friday of May, 1869).-Asa Fowler, Concord, N. H.; Ezekiel A. Straw, Manchester, N. H.; Edward A. Abbot, Boston, Mass.; George B. Chandler, Manchester, N. H.; William W. Stickney, Exeter, N. H.; Joseph T. Goss, Hooksett, N. H.; Benjamin F. Martin, Manchester, N. H. ASA FOWLER-President...... Concord, N. H. Treasurer...E. W. Harrington. | Clerk.... William C. Clarke. | Superintendent.. James R. Kendrick OSWEGO AND ROME RAILROAD. (Leased to and operated by Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.) Line of Road.-Oswego, N. Y., to Richland (R. W. & O. RR.), N. Y.28.58 miles.. Sidings, etc., 3.25 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 54 and 56 lbs. to yard. Operations for year ending September 30, 1868.-Train mileage, passenger traffic and freight traffic returns included in the doings of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company. Gross earnings-passenger, $26,753 97; freight,. $34,028 06; other, $1,999 97-total, $62,782, a like amount going to the lessees. General Balances.-Capital stock-preferred, $75,000; cominon, $225,000— total, $300,000. Funded debt (1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds), $610,000; floating debt, $2,386 70. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $925,998 89. Directors.-Lucius B. Crocker, Delos De Wolf, Cheney Ames, Leonard Ames, John B. Edwards, Theodore Irwin, Samuel B. Johnson, Charles H. Smith, Maxwell B. Richardson and Charles Rhodes, Oswego, New York; G. A. Dayton, Mexico, N. Y.; James A. Clark, Pulaski, N. Y. LUCIUS B. CROCKER-President.............. Oswego, N. Y. Treasurer--Delos De Wolf.........Oswego, N. Y. | Secretary-Charles Rhodes.........Oswego. N. Y. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. ...Oswego, Oswego Co., N. Y. STERLING MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Sterling Mine, N. Y., to Erie Railway. total, 135. .7.6 miles. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yard. Operations for the year ending September 30, 1869.-Miles run by trains, 10.077. Passengers, 4,141; travel, 27,900 miles. Freight, 75,761 tons; transportation, 470,211 miles. Gross earnings-passenger, $860 41; freight, $42,102 08-$42,962 49 ; operating expenses, $22,285 42; nett earnings, $20,677 07. Interest, $11,803 75; dividends, two of 34 per cent., $5,600; balance to credit, $3,273 32. General Balances.-Capital stock, $80,000; funded debt (1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds), $350,000. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $502,468 15. Directors.-Pitt Cooke, David Crawford, Jr., O. De F. Grant and Peter Townsend, New York; J. B. Moorhead, R. D. Barclay, Thomas A. Scott, Philadelphia, Pa. PITT COOKE-President..... .New York City. Treas. & Sec.... ...A. W. Humphries. | Engineer & Supt.... .J. Edward Bering. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS........No. 42 Pine St., New York City. STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Vanderbilt Landing to Tottenville, N. Y....... 13 miles. Sidings and other tracks, 0.33 mile. Gauge, 4 ft. 8 in. Weight of rail, 56 lbs. to yd. Rolling Stock.-Locomotives, 3. Cars-passenger, 6; box-freight, 2; platform, 4-total, 12. Operations for the year ending September 30, 1868.-Trains run, 52.797 miles. Passengers, 352,495; travel, 2,919,240. Gross earnings-passenger, $79,972 16; freight, $4,040 36; ferry, etc., $198,634 17-$282,646 69; operating expenses, $190,052 52; nett earnings, $92,594 17. Interest, $18,550; dividends (two of 5 per cent. each), $66,000; surplus, $8,044 17. General Balances.-Capital stock, $700,000; funded debt (1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, due 1886), $200,000; floating debt, $40,000. Total, $940,000. Per contra: Cost of road, ferry, etc., $359,578 99... Directors.-Jacob H. Vanderbilt, B. Kreischer, A. F. Ockershausen, Lewis H. Meyer, Dwight Townsend, William Fellows, Joseph S. Bennet, R. W. Cameron, Leopold Huffer, Joseph Britton and John W. Mersereau, Staten Island; William King, Perth Amboy, N. J.; Isaac Seltzer, New York City. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS...S. I. Ferry House, Whitehall St., N. Y. EASTERN SHORE (Md.) RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Delmar (Delaware State Line) to Crisfield, Md.......38.5 miles. Rolling Stock.-Furnished by lessee. The road is leased to the Philadelphia,. Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, who are to pay therefor the nett earnings, after deducting cost of operating, repairing and improvements. General Balances.-Capital stock, $280,000; funded debt, $570,000. Per contra: Cost of road, $850,000. J. W. CRISFIELD-President.. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. . Princess Ann, Md. . Princess Ann, Somerset Co., Md. NORFOLK COUNTY RAILROAD. (Leased for three years from December 1, 1866, to Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company, at $12,000 a year, payable in monthly installments.) Line of Road.-Dedham, Mass., to Blackstone, Mass...... .....25.97 miles. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 3. Cars-passenger and baggage, 6freight, 22; 4-wheel, 13; others, 6-total 47. The amount of bonds (1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds) is $414,350. These became due September 1, 1854, and are now a lien on the railroad. They are exchangeable for bonds of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company, or that Company may pay them off and take possession of the road. Trustees of Boudholders.—I. Davis, Worcester, J. W. Converse, Boston, Mass.. VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD. (Leased for ten years from June 1, 1865, by E. A. Birchard and John B. Page, Trustees, and operated in connection with Rutland Road.) Line of Road.-Bellows Falls, Vt., to Brattleboro, Vt............... 23.7 miles. General Balances.-Capital stock, $516,164; funded debt-1st mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, $386,000, and 6 per cent. bonds, due 1860, $114,000; 2d mortgage 7 per cent. bonds, due 1859, $293,200-$793,200. There are large dues for back interest. Per contra: Cost of road, etc., $1,221,886. Nett earnings are applied to interest on the bonds. Coupon No. 15 of 1st mortgage bond was paid January 1, 1870. Trustees under mortgages.-Gouverneur Morris, Morrisania, N. Y.; Alexander Hamilton, Jr., New York City; Hugh H. Henry, Chester, Vt. Chester, Vt. HUGH H. HENRY-President..... Brattleboro'.. ... Bellows Falls, Windham Co., Vt. |