The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-02-16

Expenses on the NEWCASTLE road, and
piterest which exceed the receipts
by ,sea $3l,D55 Dir7l05,ds5 %
/ .aaoi5sth M s,,roIas 10 e5c7,7s5s
Dividend paid 80 S2S,59l sc
lsl4o,l9 90
Carried 10 renewal fund, $4,000 90
Surplus after dividend renewals ss019l 30
The Newcastle road is lepsed By the Phil
adelphis, Wilmington and Baltimore rail,
way company at an annual rentof7 " cent.
The capital.
The annual report of the Boston and Wor.
ceSter railroad for The year ending on the
lsi Of De;embpr last, shows the Income to
have been as follows: For passengers,
%isI, 222 05; for rreigbls, S392, 555 81 /;
mails, Sc, $23.l39 81. Toinl income,
SS57,2l9 81. The total working expenses
nave been $i55, 523 OF, leaving a mel iu-
come Of $i3l ,60l IS, which, after deduct,
ing two seinl.nunuOl dividends Of 81 " per
cent, each. leaves a balance Of sos, $50 50
for the reserved income account. Deductlng
S80,675 for the depreciationo of engines and
cars, the total reserve income is $l3S,S4l
80. Tho gross receipts huve been $I2S, 400
40 over last year, aud the expenses exceed,
I'd last year Ivy $45, 1877 ~. The Il batting,
debt OF the compnuy is $l65 .5il 70. with u
funded debt OF r. l25, COG. of which 1926. 900
is conver, lbie into stock at the pleasure Of
the holders but there is Nh excess OF means
over dsbi, intending 1880 shares Of insura-
hle stock, cash on hand, &C., Of $l7l,Gl2
81. The directors state that the earnings OF
the year. over the current expenditures, has
been . W per cent.
The annual report Of the treasurer and
superintendent of the Litlle Miami railroad
aompany presents The following facts
by a recent arrangement the Little
Miami railroad, 6I1 miles to Xenin, and the
Columbus and Xenia railroad 81 miles from
Xsaia To Columbus, without having the cor
porate and distinct existence of each com.
pany inlerfered with, or their relations with
their stockholders disturbed, will be united
under the control of one super%Iatendence,
aud conducted by one eet of agents. as IT in
fact they were but one road, the dlsvision Of
the profits to each being in relation Of G63
and 331 Z"
The Columbus aud Xenia railroad WIS
opened in February, 1854, and was merely
a branch of the Lutte Miami railroad, pay.
ing only a dividenl of A lie per cent, until
he Lake Shot railroad was opened IN No
vembcr, 1852. Since January, 1851, the
entire receipts OF the Columbus aud Xenia
company hive been $711,9IS, The net earn.
ings being l2a per cent, or $l5l,OSl.
The last years receipts from all eour.
ces of tho Lillle Miami railroad =.
were, Sbb f,ooS 10
Columbus aud Xenia railroad, Si4,43l Sc
Total, 1881, 1913 y
Being nearly a million Of dollars gross re-
ceipIs during ono year, on a road only lis
miles in length.
The ~increase Of receipts on the previ.
Gus year by the LIttlo Miami rail /,
roAd, laSl4O,ol2 II
The Increase Of recaipts Oh the prevt-
oui year by the Columbus aud Xe.
ma failruod, 60, 76l SO
Total, SOL ,57l 90
Passenger transportation on The Little
Miami railroad in 1858
Through, 1921 Way l52,l5S
Total, 29l 1875
Passenger transportation OF the Colum.
bus and Xcnia %railrohd ~ 1853:
Through, llo2o2 Way, s',oio
Total, !75,742
Being an increase 10 one year on Little
Miami, ot75,65S, aud on the Columbus and
XeuiO, Of 1880 passengers. Ten years
ago, but 6,400 passed over the Little Miami
railroad now near 100000 have passed
over the same road without the lpss Of q sin.
gle life, The total cost of The Lutte Miami
railroud, including all lis Nppurtenunces,
such az real estate, depots, machinery, cars,
SC, IS SO, l69 TAB. The stock it owns in
The Columbus and Xenia railroad, is S405,-
400, In the Cincinnati and Hlllsborough
railroud, HIT dollurs, in the CINCINNATI
aud Sandusky telegraph company, 200 dol
lars, in the steamer Crescent City and Queen
Of the West, on Lake Erie, $1,000 doHars,
and subscription made 10 the Springfield,
Nj. Vernon and oirsburg railroad, 200, 900
dollars, $50 900 Of which is paid.
Three passengers and six freight trains
daily pass over the road from Cincinnati,
by Columbus, the capital Of the State, TO
Cleveland, 254 miles, there connecting with
the Northern Lake, the Like Shore railroad
and the railroads. lending eastward from
Dunklrk aud Buffalo.
The comparative income Of the Cheshire
railroad 10 October, November and Deem
Der OF the two past years, has been as fol-
lows, showing a gain of nearly % per cent:
z iH4. 1889. 1859.
October. S27.9l7 "a 1888, 200 So
November, % ,62I AZ 32,5OO GO
December, 2l,7O0 SO 26,507 20
Total, S7s,239 l2 S92, 2Os 40
The Syracuse and Binghumpton railroad
is nearly ready for the rails, the grading be.
ing complete, except at the Examinations,
Ii will be continued to Oswego, with the six
foot guage, and form a great trunk line from
Lake Ontntio 10 New York and Philadelphia
by way Of the coal beds Of Pennsylvonib.
The Boston money MARKETS easier. Thl
Courier Of Saturday snys:
There was a sudden let up yesterday !
The money market, which was us ngteeabl
as II was unexpected. Demand loans wer
negotiated At lower rate than heretofore, an
the lenders were more numerous fhnn n
7 borrowers. Some Of the banks came int
the street 10 lend sufplna money. The stoc
. market. however, responded but family |
z this change although more frmness was 81
!. parent than for some weeks past"
The Buffalo and Piiisbnsg. and Buffalo on
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