The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-04

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The annual meeting Of the stockAoIders Of the
Grand Junction Railroad Company was hsid at the
ofhce Of the company In Boston, On the 3lst ult
From the report Of the directors II appears that
tho whole amount Of the debt Of the rosd upon the
S0th Of April, 1865, was % follows Funded dsbt
Of 1856, Of $780, sl24 900; Of 1868, 1856 900;
and Of 1870. $34S,00O; notes and bills payable,
$4s007 "; interest account funded debt g. 72o
estimated land damages, $50 700; contingencies
$4,000. Total Indebtedness, $l,035 ,727 n. Tho
grsss income during the last year, $50 9l2 40absut
$l'7OO more than was estimated by the directors In
their last annual repcrtand the expenditures wsre
1893 u, leaviDga net income Of $7s0l 49, which
IN increase Of $40 900 over the income Of the pre-
eeding year. This increase, the report stated, has
been derived entirely from business. During the
yeEr l6,768 tons Of merchandise were conveyed
over the road, moulding Afro barrels Of four.
That part Of the road known - Che Uaion Railroad
has been completed ct . cost Of t96583 50. A part
Of tho land damages have been paid and the rest
are In process OF settlement The completion OF
the road has endowed 1t with facilities by which
eargoes may DO discharged from tho piers where
they arc landed BY vessels, directly iats the cars Of
any Of tho railroads leading from Boston mot or.
cepting the Worcester, Providence and Old Colony
railroads.
Ths gross earnings Of the Nashua and Lowell and
Wilton roads during the past buiness year have
bee Sl95, 64S 10, and the expenditures $lsI 23s 49,
leaving balance Of $s4,4ll " net earnings to be
divided between the two roads. The proportion Of
JOINT net earnings being six dollars ON each share
Of the capital stock Of tho Wilton road to nine dol
lars on each share Of the Nashus and Lowell, tho
ahAre Of the Wilton road will DO $I2,973 80. One
dividend Of per cent and ono Of per cent have
been made on the capital stock Of the Nashua and
Lowell road, which leaves from the earnings Of the.
year $9,437 81 to be added to tho contingent fund
About $4,000 new ties, mostly buraetized. have
been put down, and fair proportion Of rails re-
nsWsd or repaired. The rolling stock hes been in
creased by the addition Of one first cass locomotive,
ten long freight cars and six short oaes costing in
the aggregate $l5,l67 16.
Fer the week ending Saturday, tho 26th OF Nay,
SO boats descended she Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
carrying 6,98406 tons Of COAL 1871 tons Of coke,
IS tons of lumber, and "A tons Of wheat.
During the Same period there were transported
over tho railroad Of the Cumberland Coal and Iron
Company 6,llll0 tons Of coal, and over the Cam.
beriand and Pennsylvapia Railroad 3,576.O6 tons.
making an aggregate from the Fsostbu e region lsr
the week Of 9,6S716 tons, AMI for the season no.,
OSOO3 tons.
Over the Georges Greek Coal and Iron Csmpa-
Dys Railroad there were transported 5,73o1l tons.
Total from the Westernport region for the week.
including 2S5 90 tons from the New Greek mines,
6,0l6 tons, and for the season 30 09l tons.
Total from the entire coal region for the week
15,763.l0 tors, and since the first Of January last
200 17l03 tons, Of which 1873 91015 tons wers trans
parted over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
6l,26008 tons descended the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal.
The receipts Of tho Milwaukee and Mississippi
Railroad Company are increasing beyond all pre,e-
dent. Up TO and including tho 25th Of May, the re
ceipts from the LIST 70 that date amounted to
$l7,430 26. With the receipts from mail and OK
presses and from the WATERFOWL road the total for
Nay win be about $4,000, against $4l,75I for the
Same months last year.
The annexed statement exhibits the amount 70
ceived for duties at the Custom House in Philadel
phia, for the month Of May and since tho first Of
January, compared sith the corresponding periods
in the two previous years:-
1858. 1864. 1856.
Nay.... S282, POI 30 S32s, 422 95 $22S 3ss SIS