Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-19
BALTIMORE AND ONO RAIL ROAD

BALTIMORE AND ONO RAIL ROAD
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORr.-.ye luke
great pleasure in laying before our readers this
morning the very clear aud satisfactory Report Of
the President and Directors to The Stockholders of
the u Iliim re and OHIO Riil Il ,ld Company IL he-
ing the fifteen Annual Report from the Board
IL will be seen that the net profits of the main
accommodating S6.63S received from the Wash
Ingion hranch,--amounI for the past year TO SI35
1886, which IL nearly three and one-half per mt
Oh tho capital invested in that porion Of the road
already in use. When il is rccollected that the
main stem OF the road has yet reached important
point, and that of the great cnnnec ions in Wow
Of which tho work WINS projected and from which
its chief utility and profit were expected To- arise
have yot been established. the highly fayoura ble
result Of three and half per cent net profit n,
this time cannot but he regarded as mosl ptatifyno
Indication. The completion Ct the road To Cumber.
land. which my be looked fof nc II year will con.
stitute new epoch in the Company's afTiirs, and
open new sources Of prosperity 10 Baltimore.
The net profits On the Washington Brnnch f,r
tho year amount To Sl04.l5l %. after first paving
To the State one-fifh OF all the morey received E.r
the transportation Of passengers which latter amour.
ted To- Sl3.497.
The low rate of transportation charged upon the
Canal has Compelled the Rail Road Company 20
keep down their own tolls below the stan lnrl Of a
fair coPPens ton. The attention ofise Legislature
Wilt .s.',eu, We hope, TO this subject inasmuch
AZ the State is pIstculary concerned in IT, Ills no
doubt great convenience 10 the inhabitants Of n q
Western counties to have their produce cpnyeyeJ
TO market at the present low rates; but the States
cannot well afford the expense involved ia cIten'-
ing this accommTd Iiion % Them. A fair price
should be fixed; the interest Of this State requires
that this should ne attended TO-
The remarks in the Report on the circulation
Of the Stock Orders will common them Ia the
readers favourable consideration The Board
have determined To issue more ut present-Ihe
amount ia circulation being about 81 $40 900. Far
all the issnes that have been made nn eqnal amount
ofCHy Stock has been Transferred TO the Comm;s-
sioners in tTust for the hoIlcrs Of the orl.rs To
pay the interest on this sork is already laid
- that not the least apprehension need be enter
inined coacernng the soundhess of this currency
The useful purposes IL has answered are evident
and they will be fnr better appreciated when the
value aud importance Of The great wo.k in forward
ing which these issues made shall be fully re-
allied by the people Of B,lImure
Tho Report gives a m st favorable account Of
the present cundtion OfIhe road IL will be seen
that good order. system and regularity prevail along
the whole work; that The progress Of construction
towards Hancock AID Cessrlani IL all,ready; that
reduction Of eIpendita 49, es been made during
the year-all Of which Sticuars afford the best
testimony that can be given Of the ability. Judge
mem, nnd energy with which the Com lailv's az
fairs are managed To the excellent President Of
tho Board the friends Of this great enterprise and If
our citys prosperity are under obligations thu e1-
tent OF which can be better known by th1ss who
are acquainted with the difficulties through which
the work has been Conducted and who remember
the PROSTATE condition from which il has been rns
ed.-Bdh An~riodn