LEHIGH (Coal and) NAVIGATION.

Line of Canal.-Easton, Pa., to Coal Port (2 m. N. Mauch Chunk), Pa..48 miles. Dimensions: Width-top, 60 to 100 feet; bottom, 45 feet. Depth, 6 feet. Locks: Lift, 53; weigh, 1-102 by 22 feet. Ascent and descent, 375 feet. Boats: Company's, 530; private, 965-total, 1,495. Capacity, 65 to 96 tons. Boating season: March 25 to December 7-257 days.

Leased: Delaware Division Canal-Easton, Pa., to Bristol, Pa.......

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Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869.-Freight moved-through, 740,796; local, 305,678-total, 1,046,474 tons, viz.: lumber, 2,147; anthracite, 829,079; pig iron, 18,416; other iron castings, 45; iron and other ores, 102,891; lime and limestone, 43,944; agricultural products, 841; merchandize, 3,186; manufactures, 6,882; other articles, 39,043 tons. Gross earnings-tolls: on coal, $370,611 53; on lumber, $708 45; on miscellaneous freight, $32,297 33; on boats, $1,556 97-total, $405,174 28. Expenses and tax, $192,799 68. Nett earnings, $212,374 60. No dividends.

General Balances.-Capital stock, 174,796 shares, $8,739,800.

Funded debt

6 per cent. bonds-mortgage loan of 1870, $137,112 65; mortgage bonds of 1873, $54,800; convertible mortgage bonds of 1877, $1,496,879 18; Nanticoke mortgage bonds of 1881, $31,000; mortgage bonds of 1884, $5,656,099 66; mortgage bonds of 1897, $2,000,000; gold mortgage bonds of 1897, $5,000,000-total, $14,375,891 49. Total stock and debt, $23,115,691 49.

Per contra: Cost of canal and fixtures, $4,455,000; of Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad and equipment, $13,919,762 97.

Directors.-S. M. Fellon, Francis R. Cope, George F. Tyler, P. C. Garrett, Charles Wheeler, George Whitney and Alexander Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chas. Parrish, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; F. C. Yaonall, Overbrook, Pa.; Fisher Hazzard and John Leisenring, Mauch Chunk, Pa.

(Owned and operated by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.)

Line of Road.-Phillipsburg, N. J., to Union Junction, Pa...................... .105 miles. Branches: Nescopec, 9; Nanticoke, 20.25; Coplay, 1.......

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Leased: Lehigh and Lackawanna RR.-Bethlehem to Chapman..........15 Sidings, turnouts, etc., 61 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 53. Cars-passenger, 13; baggage, mail and express, 8; freight, 355; coal, 2,902-total, 3,278 cars.

Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869.-Trains run-passenger, 149,419; freight, 150,488; coal, 986,480-total, 1,286,387 miles. Passengers carriedthrough, 4,608; local, 206,842-total, 211,450. Freight moved-through, 671,534; local, 863,889-total, 1,535,423 tons, of which 1,394,064 tons was anthracite coal. Gross earnings-passenger, $109,781 77; freight, $1,786,505; use of cars, $47,818 95;

other, $1,402 59—total, $1,945,508 54.

Operating expenses and taxes, etc., $1,187,

Cost of road, etc.,

448 43. Nett earnings, $758,060 11. No dividends.

General Balances.-See "Lehigh Coal and Navigation." $13,919,762 97.

Directors, etc.-Same as “ Lehigh Coal and Navigation." Superintendent, Easton, Pa.

Mendes Cohen

CHARTIERS VALLEY RAILROAD (in Progress).

Line of Road.-Washington, Pa., to Pittsburg Junction.....

.26 miles.

This work, the prosecution of which was abandoned in 1856, is being revived under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. It connects at Washington with the Hempfield Railroad, and at Pittsburg Junction with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad. The original Company was sold out under foreclosure. Twelve miles are now under contract.

GEORGE B. ROBERTS-President......

Philadelphia, Pa.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS .....Penn. RR. Co.'s Office, Philadelphia.

.25 miles.

Line of Road.-Port Dalhousie, Can., to Port Colborne, Can....... Sidings, turnouts, etc., 5.5 miles. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard. Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 5. Cars (passenger-1st class, 3; second class and baggage, 3; freight-box, 145; platform, 8; other, 6), 165.

Operations for the year ending June 30, 1869.-Gross earnings-passenger, $12,824; freight, $55,596; other, $10,622-total, $79.042. Gross earnings in 1866–67, $89,196; in 1867-68, $75,469; in 1868-69, $79,042.

General Balances.-Capital stock, $710,300; funded debt (1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, $486,667; 2d mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, $243,334. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $1,622,843.

J. G. MCGRATH-General Manager....

..... St. Catharines, Can.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS... St. Catharines, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Can.

MUSCATINE, TIPTON AND ANAMOSA RR. (Projected).

50 miles.

Line of Road.-Muscatine, Ia., to Anamosa, Ia............. Directors.-S. G. Stein, J. P. Ament and R. Smalley, Muscatine, Ia.; George W. Hunt, Moscow, Ia.; H. C. Piatt, W. H. Alden, J. Culbertson and W. H. Tuthill, Tipton, Ia.; J. S. Stacey, Anamosa, Ia.

Line of Road.-Houlton, Me., to New Brunswick line....

..6 miles.

At the Province line the road will connect with a branch of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railroad, and so make St. Andrews, N. B., the port for the north-eastern section of Maine.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

Houlton, Aroostook Co., Me.

NEWRY BRANCH RAILROAD.

(Leased Aug. 3, 1867, for ten years, to Pennsylvania Railroad Company.)

Line of Road.-Hollidaysburg Branch RR. to Newry, Pa........................ .3.1 miles. Capital authorized, 600 shares, $125,000; stock sold, $12,375; floating debt, $1,008 69. Cost of road to date of lease, $13,383 69. The road was completed by the Pennsylvania Company, who are to hold it until the total cost thereof is re-imbursed them.

Directors.-William Fartees, Frank McKay, John Hoover, Henry McIntosh, James Bradley and Alfred P. Fishes, Newry, Pa.; William H. Brook, Brook's Mills, Pa.; Daniel M. Bare, Morrison's Cove, Pa.; John Musselman and William Smith, Duncansville, Pa.; H. N. Burroughs and Matty Baird, Philadelphia, Pa. ALEXANDER KNOX-President........

Newry, Pa.

Frank McKay.

Secretary...

.Henry McIntosh. | Treasurer..

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

Newry, Blair Co., Pa.

BAYFIELD AND ST. CROIX FALLS RAILROAD (Projected).

100 miles.

Line of Road.-St. Croix Falls, Wisc., to Bayfield, Wisc..... The Company received a land grant under Acts of June 3, 1856, and May 5, 1864, amounting to upward of 500,000 acres.

Directors (elected September 9, 1869).-Gardner Colby, S. S. Farlow, J. C. Pratt and J. W. Converse, Boston, Mass.; E. G. Roberts, New York City; H. D. Barton,

St. Croix Falls, Wisc.; Samuel Wiley, St. Paul, Minn.; W. H. Mower, Bayfield, Wisc.; Henry M. Rice, St. Paul, Minn.

GARDNER COLBY-President.......

Henry M. Rice-Vice-President...

.Boston, Mass.
St. Paul, Minn.

Treasurer-E. G. Roberts...... .New York City. | Secretary-W. H. Mower..................... Bayfield, Wisc. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS..

Boston, Mass.

SAN ANTONIO AND MEXICAN GULF RAILROAD.

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Line of Road.-Lavacca (Gulf of Mexico), Tex., to Victoria, Tex......28 miles. Branch Line (building): Lavacca, Tex., to Indianola, Tex...... .16 Sidings, turnouts, etc., 2 miles. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, 56 lbs. to yard.

Opened from Lavacca to Victoria, April, 1861. Destroyed by Confederates in 1863. Rebuilt by the Federals in 1865-66. All the rights, title and interest of the United States in said road ordered for sale by the Secretary of War March 26, 1870; sale to take place May 25, 1870. Sale to include the road-bed, track and sidings, buildings, water-stations, turn-tables, etc., and all materials and supplies, together with the rolling stock, cars, machinery and other equipment.

Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines, 2.

freight (box, 6; platform, 6), 12-total, 14 cars.

Cars-passenger, 1; baggage, 1;

General Balances.-Capital stock, $175,000; funded debt, 1st mortgage 8 per cent. bonds, due 1870, $100,000; in 1875, $100,000; total, $200,000; due United States Government, $45,000, and a small floating debt. Per contra: Cost of road and equipment, $350,000.

Directors.-L. H. Jacobs, Lavacca, Tex.; George R. Rodgers, Victoria, Tex.; F. F. Divine, San Antonia, Tex.; T. J. Carter, New York City; H. S. McComb, Wilmington, Del.; John C. French, San Antonio, Tex.; Z. K. Fulton, Lavacca, Tex.

JOHN C. FRENCH-President..

Z. K. Fulton-Vice-President..

San Antonio, Tex.
Lavacca, Tex.

Treas.-L. H. Jacobs.. Lavacca. | Sec.-T. J. Carter...N. Y. City. | Supt.-N. A. Thompson.. Victoria. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. .. Lavacca, Matagorda Co., Tex.

DETROIT, ADRIAN, LOGANSPORT & ST. LOUIS RR. (Projected).

.91 miles.

Line of Road.-Detroit, Mich., to Butler, Ind............... This Company design to consolidate with the Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad, and so form a very direct route from Detroit and St. Louis, etc.

Directors.-O. B. Wilson, O. H. Fuller, D. C. Stone, J. H. George, B. H. Graves,

Line of Canal.-Mill Creek, Pa., to Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pa...108.23 miles. Branch, 1 mile long.

Dimensions: Width-top, 60 to 300, and bottom, 40 to 45 feet. Depth, 6 feet.
Locks Lift, 76, 110x18 feet; guard, 112x24 feet. Lockage, 618 feet.

Boats Owned by Company, 750; by customers, 150. Average capacity, 170 tons.
Boating Season, 1869: March 10 to December 29-294 days.

Operations for the year ending October 31, 1869-Freight moved-lumber, 38,258; shingles, 60; anthracite coal, 785,880; bituminous coal, 470; pig iron, 24,689; other iron and castings, 11,842; iron and others ores, 76,632; lime and limestone, 73,449; agricultural products, 5,163; merchandize, 4,656; manufactures, 12,641; other articles, 66,927 tons-total, 1,100,667 tons.

Gross earnings-tolls on coal and all other freights, $831,142 01; tolls on Union Canal trade, $8,806 19; rents of real estate, $50,599 40; interest, $1,758 85; P. & R. RR. Co., allowance for difference on coal tonnage, $148,622 25; other, $27,977 50— total, $1,068,906 20.

Current expenses-canal, $344,344 43; car and landing, $70,128 58; drawback coal tolls, $100,524 04; towing boats, $13,282 43; Union Canal Company's share of tolls, $1,617 11; taxes (on gross receipts, $10,615 84; on tonnage, $10,786 16; on capital stock, $2,767 02) $24,169 02; Phil. & Reading RR. Co., tolls on lateral road, $144,462 80-total, $598,518 41; interest on loans and U. S. tax, $424,467 30; interest and sinking fund on Trustees' Improvement bonds, $34,924 33; surplus, $10,996 16, to which add surplus at commencement of the year, $90,179 04, and there remains to credit of profit and loss, $101,175 20.

General Balances.-Capital stock, 95,944 shares-common, $1,908,207; preferred, $2,888,977 75-$4,797,184 75; funded debt-1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, March and Sept., due 1872, $1,751,213 21; 2d mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, Jan. and July, due 1882, $4,016,670 12; common 6 per cent. bonds, due 1876, $171,354; improvement 7 per cent. bonds, May and Nov., due 1870, $308,500; boat loan 7 per cent. bonds, due 1868, $800,000, and due 1889, $633,650-total, $7,681,387 33; bonds and mortgages, $70,558; ground rents, $60,091 14; temporary loans, $588,689 50-total stock, bonds and debt, $13,197,910 74. Per contra: Cost of canal and fixtures, $10,587,125 74; charged for boats, cars, etc., $2,279,185 24; cost of real estate, $238,966 92-total property, $13,105,277 90.

Directors.-Joseph B. Townsend, John N. Hutchinson, George Brooke and Thomas Lee, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles Baker, Pottsville, Pa.; Charles W. Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa.

FREDERICK FRALEY-President...

.Philadelphia, Pa.

Asst. President-Chas. W. Wharton..Philadelphia. Treasurer-Chas. W. Bacon.. Philadelphia.
Secretary-Wm. M. Tilghman.....
Chief Engineer James F. Smith.....

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.

.Reading. ..Philadelphia, Pa.