New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-25
New Orleafts, jackson 4nd Great Northern
RAILROAD Company.

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TO the Stockholders Of ne ORLEANS jackson and Great
u. Northern Railroad Conlpdny'
Board Of Directors respectfully present.
their annual statement the following report recently made to
the Legislature on the condition The Company It's operations
during tho year. and its future prospects, merely adding
the Chief Engineers Report tabular statements of receipts
expenditures Transportation recepts etc., etc. and few
remarks on the present state Of the work;
To tie Honorable the Senate AMI House Of Representatives the
The PgeseR and directors Of The New Orleans jackson and
Northern Railroad Company cuy present the fol-
lowing report on the inc company IN conformity
The road is now completed New Orleans to the Bogue
chse Valley distance Ct Que aaa hsen nn miles
dre and miles On these portions oil the road
Ts.sk AZ" s n d. of the road From
one and ha are
half miles ready f9 The rails which are a1 o9g ~. LAID IT. he
hsss %,s an
delay three weeks in STRENGTHENING bridges during which
or i've s weeks from hs
q track s IS a ss re, consistent with
There and half miles tegnnng one mile and
ss noa yet Sr Tie rails The srSwo
bridging under contract to be completed By september
ss vii sssh ssss
= se by from
Orleans and thence BY The vicksburs Railroad
Six thousand hundred tons iron rails sufficient with the
hsn hand so e whole Tss
Nearly Of has already the M mas
Since the date Of the report Of the company the first
been much AID are no IN very good condition From
Doubt inc Of e
road New Orleans and Canton early in 1855 III
.h we're made last aTEs
as og eae pa n1 se
s w. have Shipped from Philadelphia and
9ss Asf will which
finished Madison Ia long since hut in consequence of the
J. a9 @
.. Serious te,s
freight at the way stations than could be promptly
department This not likely to occur after tie
10 addition 70 what will be received under
qured number may tbe the
Sn s N ssr ter
Deeing the speedy completion of the road Of first import
the Whole Of Tie receipts possible its eonsiruetion
I 20 Fri ss s VIII ss eeap
ne9 nee the machine shops freight
have have never s egs,ea riley
convinced that The Great miles lon
Cd in costly buildings But il their opinion he increasing bust
baidnss both On he score q s
and they have made to build moderate
Ssss s5f sehs PEN
four M 5 he s
Of the road connecting the trains on the southern end Of the
thpse on also
The trains of road By
these stages, (Which carry the United States mai the trip
Orleans Jackson is made in twenty four hours less
than half the average time required from New Orleans
jackson by theriver -
The along entire from New Orleans Jack
supplied with the mail daily where formerly
them visited but weeks and the saving Of
time has induced many travellers TO abandon the river route
altogether.
BY reference statement will be eenthat the freight and
passenger earnings for 1855 S05 a. and for 1856 S17
9 making difference in favor of last OF
about "A THIS increase all things considered is
within the in the shape q graduation masonry aud
bridging but little has been added to the track. Yet these
earnings insignificant II contrased with what they will be
when the road shall be entirely completed between New Orleans
The following estimate made last but
tprobabe that It's figures will fall far short Of the reality
Estimated Orleans Jackson and GRAFT North
erIs Railroad chen nshed 10 Canton and before the M
q silpt Geatrai Railroad is completed. ~
100 900 pas sengers IS each .......... sso009o
United States mail service. 1210