SOUTH MANCHESTER RAILROAD. (Leased and operated by Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad.) Line of Road.-Manchester, Conn., to South Manchester, Conn........6 miles. Directors.-Ralph Cheney, Rush Cheney and Frank Cheney, South Manchester, Conn.; Frank W. Cheney, Hartford, Conn.; Richard G. Cheney, South Manchester, Conn. Treasurer-Chas. S. Cheney.. South Manchester. | Secretary-Richard O. Cheney.. South Manchester. F. W. CHENEY-President...... . Hartford, Conn. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS...... S. Manchester, Hartford Co., Conn. CUMBERLAND COAL AND IRON COMPANY'S RAILROAD. Line of Road.-Echart, Md., to Cumberland, Md..... Branch: Main Line to Astor Mine..... Sidings, 2.87 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 84 inches. Rail, 60 lbs. to yard. .11.97 miles. 2.23 66 The total distance over which coal is transported from the mines to the Company's wharf at Cumberland is-from Slope Mine, 11.97; from Hoffman Mine, 12.90; from Astor Mine, 14.37 miles. The Company's Railroad descends from the mine toward Cumberland with an average gradient of 135 feet per mile along the slopes of Braddock's Run and Wills. Creek. Rolling Stock.-Locomotives, 5. Cars (8 tons iron hopper cars, 69; 12 tons iron hopper cars, 38; 12 tons iron scow cars, 2; 7 tons wooden cars, 100), 209 cars, with a total capacity of 1,732 tons; also 4 8-tons, and 2 4-tons, wooden gondola cars; 1 horse car and 1 passenger car. Mine cars of 2 to 24 tons capacity, about 500. No accounts of earnings, etc., nor of capital, can be obtained. The mortgage debt of the Company was as follows: Six per cents. of November, 1852, due January 1, 1869, $397,000; 6 per cents. of February, 1864, due February, 1869, $89,000; 6 per cents. of July, 1867, due August 1, 1877, $98,000: total, $584,000. Directors.—R. P. Getty, C. A. Rapallo, A. B. Bayles, D. Palmer, Alex. Barret, J. R. Skidmore, Samuel Raynor, A. Mataran and George Witherell, New York City; E. H. Tracy, Cumberland, Md.; David Jones and Jas. H. Benedict, New York City. ALLAN CAMPBELL-President. George Witherell- Vice-President...... Treas. & Sec.-E. Kissam.. New York City. New York City. | Asst. Supt.-L. R. Fechtig. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.... Cumberland. No. 90 Broadway, New York City. KANKAKEE AND ILLINOIS RIVER RAILROAD (Projected). Line of Road.-Bureau Junction, Ill., to Indiana State Line.........100 miles. Capital stock authorized, $3,000,000; subscribed May 1, 1870, $600,000. This is the Illinois portion of a railroad from Plymouth, Ind., on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad to Bureau Junction, Ill., on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, distant 165 miles. The Indiana portion is organized under the title of the Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad. The two companies will eventually consolidate under the latter title. By this line the distance between Plymouth and Beaureau Junction will be 35 miles less than by way of Chicago. Directors.-James McGrew, Emery Cobb and C. N. Knott, Kankakee, Ill.; N. F. Singleton, Momence, Ill.; Joel N. Hopkins, Granville, Ill.; William Eddy, Hennipin, Ill.; James C. Strong, Dwight, Ill. .Dwight, Ill. Kankakee, Ill. Treas. and Sec.-H. G. Swannell...Kankakee, Ill. | Chief Engineer—R. P. Morgan.. KALAMAZOO, ALLEGAN AND GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD. (Leased for 99 years to Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Company, and operated in connection with the St. Joseph Valley Railroad under the title of the Kalamazo Division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.) Line of Road.-Kalamazoo, Mich., to Grand Rapids, Mich......... .58 miles. Capital stock paid in, $610,000. Funded debt, 1st mortgage bonds, $840,000. Cost of road and appurtenances, $1,450,000. P. D. Cooper-Superintendent... PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS. Kalamazoo, Mich. ST. JOSEPH VALLEY RAILROAD. (Leased for 99 years to Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Company, and operated in connection with the Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad, under title of the Kalamazoo Division of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR.) Line of Road.-Constantine, Mich., to Kalamazoo, Mich............. P. D. Cooper-Superintendent... .34 miles. .Kalamazoo, Mich. NEW JERSEY WEST LINE RAILROAD (in Progress). Line of Road.—Jersey City (Hudson River) to Milford (Delaware River)..66 m. Gauge of track, 4 feet 84 inches. Weight of rail, 60 lbs. to yard. All the line under contract; 15 miles graded; a portion of the iron on the ground, and to be in operation from Jersey City to Barking Ridge, 30 miles, in October next, and the whole line to the Delaware be completed by October, 1871. In connection with the East Pennsylvania Railroad this line will form a very direct east and west route. Directors.-John H. Lyon and Bennington F. Randolph, Jersey City, N. J.; Daniel D. Craig, Morristown, N. J. ; J. B. Bassenger and Jarvis Johnson, New Providence, N. J.; John H. Anderson, Barking Ridge, N. J.; Joseph Alward, Elizabeth, N. J.; C. N. Lockwood, Newark, N. J.; S. B. Smith, New York City. JOHN H. LYON-President... Jersey City, N. J. Treasurer....... Daniel D. Craig. | Secretary.... Beverly C. Sanders. | Gen. Supt......J. B. Bassenger. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND ADDRESS.. ....Jersey City, N. J. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. Line of Road.—Albany (Hudson Riv.), N. Y., to Buffalo (Lake Erie). N. Y.297.75 miles. (Athens (Hudson Riv.), N. Y., to Junc. (14 m. W. Albany).37.87 Troy (Hud. Riv.), N. Y., to Schenectady (17 m. W. Alb.)..21.00 Lateral Syracuse (148 m. W. Albany), N. Y., to Rochester, N. Y.104.00 Batavia (261 m. W. Alb.), N. Y., to Attica (B.N.Y.&ErieRR.) 11.00 Rochester (225 m. Alb.), N. Y., to Niagara Susp. Br., N. Y.. 74.75 Lockport Junc. (59 m W.Roch.), N. Y., to Tonawanda, N. Y. 12.25 Junc. (3 m. W. Roch.), N. Y., to Charlotte, (L. Ont.), N. Y. 6.88 Buffalo (Lake Erie), N. Y., to Lewiston (L. Ontario), N. Y. 28.25-296.00 and Branch Lines. Total length of main, lateral and branch lines owned by Company.593.75 miles. Second track, sidings, turnouts and switches..... .470.00 66 Total equivalent single track railroad owned by Company.....1,063.75 miles. Leased Line.-Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua RR... Sidings, turnouts and switches on same.. 98.46 3.65-102.11 Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail, 56 to 80 lbs. to yard. Total equivalent single track owned, leased and operated by Co..1,165.86 miles. Length of lines and track in use, October 1, 1862–1869, inclusive: Equivalent single track........ 1038.48 1957.40 10.7.68 1078.74 1133.73 1148.43 1151.26 1165.86 * Including Saratoga and Hudson River (now Athens Branch) RR., 37.87 miles, with sidings, turnouts, etc., 5.32 miles. Rolling Stock (October 1, 1862-1869, inclusive).-Locomotives and cars in use: Operations (years ending September 30).-Statement of train mileage, passenger and freight traffic and financial results yearly for seven years: 1862-63. 1863-4. 1864-65. 1865-66. 1866-67. 1867-68. 1868-69. Miles run by pas'ng'r tr'ns 1,902.908 2,123.580 2.276.888 2,371,321 2.170.731 1,990,150 2.043.045 3,347,244 3,452,275 3,094,565 freight trains Total train mileage.. Passengers carried 442,071 414,353 432.595 3,833.454 3,800,925 3.800.925 3.434.273 421,364 429.712 Freight (tons) carried.... 100 miles 6,212,439|||5,907,030 2,723.954 3,554,254 3,783,263 3,740,156 3,618,642 3.679,318 3,932.710 "100 miles (Passenger. 2,930.341 3,310,755 4,360,249 1.989.851 2,016,295 2.061,850 1,667.926 1.846,599 2,281.885 3,621,806 3,661,997 4,744,197 $ $ 4,032,023 4.063.791 4.228.470 9,151.751 9,491,427 10,457,582 Earnings. Miscellaneous. 372,991 3,923,152 4,521,454 95,790 Total...... 10,897,631 12,997,890 13,975,524 14,596,786 13,979,514 14,381,303 15,586,616 Passenger.. Operating Freight. Expenses. Total.... Earnings, less expenses.. 1,983,157 3.960,234 4,185.525 4,143,312 3.783.490 3,209,896 3.016,822 4,859,476 6,285,950 6,696,833 6,870,129 6,870,202 6,028,267 6,038.653 6,842,633 9,346,184 10,882,358 11,013,441 10,653,692 9,238,163 9,055,485 4,054,998 3,651,706 3,093,166 3,583,345 3,325,822 5,143,140 6,531,131 Income Account (years ending September 30).—Statement of the resources and disbursements, yearly, for same seven years: 1862-63. 1863-64. 1864-65. 1865-66. 1866-67. 1867-68. 1868-69. 3.921.297 4.407,929 4,727,836 6.630.823 Gross earnings, as above.. 10,897,631 12,997,890 13.975,524 14,596,786 13,979,514 14.381.303 15,586,616 Total resources...... 13,587,926 16,763,133 17,830,392 18,578,083 18,518,443 19,109,139, 22,217,509 Disbursed on the following accounts, viz.: 3,854,868 3,921,297 4,407,929 4.727,836 6,630,893 7,634.886 Total disbursements... 13,587,926 16,763,133 17,830,392 18,518,083 18,387,443, 19.109,139 22,217,509 General Balances (October 1).-Statement of the financial condition of the Company, yearly, for same seven years: 24,209.000 24.386,000 24.591.000 25.801,000 28.537,000 28,780.000 51,831,000* 13,779,648 13,211,342 14,627,443 14,095,804 12,069,820 11,458,904' 11,398,426 Per contra: Construction account....] 32,740,068 32,879,251 33,701,920 34,133,911 36,594,405) 36,607,695| 37,603,697 * Including interest certificates rated as stock, $23,036,000. The "funded debt," September 30, 1869, is described in the following statement: Statement exhibiting the amounts of the several issues outstanding at the close of each of the seven years ending September 30, 1869: 224.921 1,398.000 1,398.000 78,000 "B.& N.F. stock 7,146.104 6,917,598 6,690,120 6,450,439 6,189,955 5,946,689 5,936,626 100,000 100,000 1,398.000 1,514.000 1,514,000 1,514.000 76,000 78 "and mortgages.. 65 6 "for 7s of 1854-64.... 36,000 2,925,000 2,925,000 2,925,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 Total, less sinking f'd. 13,779,648 13,211,342 14,627,443 14,095,804 12,069,820 11,458,904 11,398,426 The following table presents deductions from the above statements, showing the cost of road, etc., per mile, the earnings, expenses and profits per mile of road, and the earnings, expenses and profits per 100 miles of travel and transportation, with the rate of dividends: A four per cent. dividend on stock and interest certificates was paid in February, 1870. Under the authority of an act, entitled "An act authorizing the consolidation of certain railroad companies," passed May 20, 1869, the New York Central and the |