New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-04
$500 900 Of the First Mortgage cent Bonds Of tho

$500 900 Of the First Mortgage cent Bonus OF 'ne
po,tsdam and Wstertown Railroad Company, guar
an,eed and indorsed by the Wstertown and Rome
Railroad Company. The Pottsdam and Wasertown
Railroad extends from Wstertown, in Jefferson Co..
% Pottsdam. in St. Lawrence CO., New-York, dis
,snee Of 10 miles IL unites the watertown and Rome
Railroad by a line along the valley Of the St. Law
renee with the Northern New-York Railroad at Potts
dam and forms connecting link In the great nne OF
railway extending from the Atlantic sesc % anJ
from Quebec and Montreal through the valley oil Tue
st. Lawrence to aiunction with the New I9rA ccA-
trail Railroad at Rome, and thence TO the ar est,
The CAPITAL stock Of the Company L. x2,ooooeo,
$500. coo of which has been subscribed. The enlre
road seyen.y-sx miles in length, Is nearly graded aad
ready for the iron. Twenty-Five miles are now IN ope
ration, and on thirty miles more the laying OF Tue
object Of the present sale of the Mortgage Bonds.
Tine estimated cost of the road completed and
equipped including right of way, station buildings ana
heavy T rail, all adapted to hrs'ciSs railway Is
IN means relied on for the construction OF the road
consist of: ssooooo
Capita, qss Rcnd. Of which ape
Spsrsnteed by the Rome and Watertown Railroad ,
Total. w
The guaran,or of these Bonds, the Rome ana " d
tertown Railroad Company, has paid e cent semi
annual dividends since the commencement oil It's op-
erations.
Mr.. w. A. Whitehead has been appointed Ireasur-
er of the Harlem Railroad Company in place OF MT.
W. b. Draper, resigned. Mr.. whitehead mas peeh
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of the NewJersey
Railroad Company for the last six years, ana Is wen
known as valuable officer. Mr. w. u Wetmore mas
been elected Vice-Presdent but with no saiary' .c
ofFce be;nc considered a mere nominal one. Mr.
-. %ontk pnpr
A., as superiptendant for the present. A Committee
Of three Directors has been appointed also to examine
into the affairs of the Company and report as soon as
possible.
The business of the Philadelphia Mint for May was
mall. The total gold deposited $780, 900; silver
purchases 1872 2O0-toal of gold and silver deposits
ss6s. ooO Total gold coinage s355,756 total silver
ga, GOO. Total number of pieces coined, l,635,s45
The gold coinage mainly in double eagles, and the
silver very largely Of quarter dollars.
An appeal has been made to the people along the line
ofthe Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad for further local
aid which has resulted in $500 Of cash SUBJ
scrptons This speaks well for the local resources of
the country. This railway was opened last week to
the edge Of the coal and iron fields of Southern Ohio,
about twenty-five miles east of Chillicothe. The first
train Of coal and iron was received at Chicothe by
this road last week.
The business at the Clearing House was SIC, 100 oOo
The tunnage of the Reading Road last week was
81 1871 tuns and for the 0223s2 tuns against
735, 5ss for the same period of last year. The ship
ments from Richmond were 52,sl3 tuns, making for
tie season soc 1924 tuns. The Schuykill Navigation
unnage was 3462O tuns 1886 for the season against
255, e69 tuns.
The following table will show the amount Of the
several repositories subject to the draft THE United
States Treasurer on the 2eth Of May