New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-01

The CENTRAL RAuRoAp.-The Annual Report Of
the Dirt cto,s of the Central New Jersey Railroad
Company for the year ending March last states that
the pumber Of passengers carried during the year ON
the Railroad and Ferry was 3o2,ol3. The number
carried the previous year was 3ls,44' showing de-
crease the last year Of l6 436. The reighting bus
pess Of last year was considerably larger than hat Of
the wear previous. The receipts for the psst year
were 1898 ss s5 and the eIpenses, s2l7 i2i s3 eav
ing balance Of slel O65 OF net earnings. There
was an increase in the receipts OF the past year OF
s2l, ,s55 40, and a decrease IN the expenses OF
g. s2l So making total increase IN the net earnings
of cas- no 90. During the past year, q large amount
Of work has been done on the Road. ihe teiru rau
for the broad gauge come ction WIN the Lscha"ana
Road has been laid to Northampton. and Is now in
use Many small variations in the grades OF the older
part of the road below SomerviDe have been oorrec-
ted and the reduction of the heavy grade at Scotch
Plains from As feet TO 2l feet per mile has been finally
effected The reduction, involving the entire recon-
sruction Of three miles of road, raising or lowering
tfe track in places as much as 10 feet, and sx
tending oyer Pe,ioa OF Two yesl 20 tbe
business Of the road The masonry, graduation and
baastIg of the second track are In very forward
tste Or the AZ miles IL are completed the track
laid, ballastsd and in running order; 10 miles are
ready to ballast and the remaining 27 miles the
work about half DONE The present year will, with
out ooubt complete double track in operation be-
tween Elizsbethport and New Hampton. Of the sre-
ab, out miles can be put in at trlng expense be
side the superstrucure the remaining miles on which
the work will be very heavy will not be required for
many y.a,. The Company have now line compkte te
from New-York through the LsckawanTa coal field,
10 Oswego on Lake Ontario. They have line com
plete from New-York to haucb Chunk and the Lehigh
coal 6eloe. Forty miles built will make aa air hue OF
unbIoken gauge to Pittsburgh, and also brlng In the
Schuykil coal Eighteen miles built will make an un-
broken gauge with the Sunbury and Erie Road.
On Saturday ground is TO be broken at Erie for the
western division of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad,
and the Erie County farmers.
At Bo.ton the Money market is quiet and easy at
rates recently quoted say u to cent tor prime
paper, and to 10 for fair second class signatures.
The bils lately passed by Congress for the improve
ment Of the mouth of the Mississippi River, and for
that of the st. Clair Flats, between Lakes Huron
and Erie are said TO be of great Importance. The
Improvement Of the st Clair Flats, as authorized,
wll be great boon to the trade Of the North Prop
ety exceeding one million of dollars in value, passes
these flats daily according to official report, made
by Colonel Graham, of the army, viz:
Total value Of merchandise and agricultural produce 6nown 70
passed the St. Clair Flats during the ~ days
nsvsstion in 1855 TO- 9 30
Value of American vessels trading over tho s,o ~
b. Clair 9,S,Se c
E.rmst.d inerase Of the amount of freight oc-
es,oned by the obstruction Of the Fats.. 2es1 40 70
The enormous extent OF thc commerce. ofoi
OF the Unit, States The actual loss BY In
Of ebt sstiu aed AZ than two millions OF dol
lars Fer the want Of good harbors on the upper lakes the
losses am usly are heavy -
Total loss Of property 1855 81 oS
Total loss Of property in 1854 2l8'Szo
Increase in s65..............'..'''..''. s3',Sa
Total ofiie in
Total loss OF life in 1885, llB
Decrease in 1855. b5........................... i
This lo Of life ard property OcsasOned 1855 by cog
dses which he attributed slmost wholly to the want Of
hsrbois where vessels take refuge the approach Of