New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-17
,nd z. w. Petcn Of Prairie du Chen, in place Of s.
o. Hail. resigned.


elected President, IN the psce Of Mr.. John Chn, who
declined sreeecton on sccoun, Of the state Of bis
health. The annual report which read states tbs;
the total amount OF stock paid in is - 975 0l9; the
funded debt pay able different periods from 1861 20
1856, 50 $50 600; the total amount expended to De-
cember 81 1856, &C. ole; total estimated of
whole line Including Southern Wisconsin Road TO Mon
e Is a., $50 3l0-msking an sversgecost y mile 81,
$50 The gross earnings for the year $3.50 Az and
the operating expenses 1907 49, or about IS cent.
Two dividends Of ) p cent each have been declared
during the year, one payab, on the 9th of July and
the other the ID Of February. Deducting from the
net earnings the interest, dividends and deposit of
$4,000 Tor Sinking Fund. there remains 8 surplus OF
$50 ss4 which the Directors have set apsr. for relay
ing portions of the trask. The Sinking Fund Is in
good condition For the slO7 OO3 which the Company
have deposited with the United States Trust Compa-
ny, New.York they have purchased 10 Of the Com
psny bonds, amounting to $4,000. Among the
operating expenses Of the road for the year the az
eIegste being $3.50 3os the principal items are: Fuel
xl06 93l repairs OF locomotives IS CS do of road
SS 946; DO csrs, 500 500; station services s5S 5S5;
oil and waste, $40 400. The number Of way passen-
gers during the year 49, 49, and of through pas
sengers 80 9O6 the amount received from psssen
sa27 600 and from freight siil OBS. 4 good sccOunt
/. given OF the progress OF the Southern Wisconsin
Road. That Road is under contract and nearly
graded from Janesville 10 Monroe % miles. The Ca
lena Peep e have sgreed 10 build from Warren TO a
p int on the main inc Of the Southern Wisconsin
Road, - miles west of Monroe. Favorable terms
have been made for running connections at Warren
with the Illinois Central Road TO G sens and Dunleih
The Dire ctors speak confidently and with great salts
faction of the completion OF the road 70 the Mississippi
al Prairie du Chen in for the opening OF Spring
navgstion and they with reason anticipate vast IN.
crease in business from the trade and travel of lows,
nd rh-w WISCONSIN.
then take this route. To be ready for tins business,
the Company have made Arrangement Is wlththe Prairie
du Chen and ST. Paul Sesm Packet Company, for
two daily lines each way, OF frs. class steamers, 10
ply between Prairie Gu Chen aud ST. Psul in connec
ton with the morning and evening passenger trains
over the road. These boats will be superior to any
thing yet seen on the Upper Mississippi and this route
must speedily beco the favorite for all travel
between Lake Michigan and the thriving towns which
thickly dot the shores of the Upper Mississippi
We stated yesterday that an injunction had been
served upon the New-Haven Road, to prevent the
payment of the dividend of y cent recently de-
clared. On Saturday, Messrs Larocque and Barlow
sued out an Injunction from the Supreme Court, on
behalf Of Mary Ann Blatchford, against the Com
pany, to prevent the payment OF this dividend. 1t
reads as follows:
NEw-YoRK SUPREME CouRT-Msy Ann Blstchford The
New. York and New Haven Railroad Company Justus K
Bulkey George n. Miller, Abraham r. Van Nest George
b. Carhart, Dennis Kimberly, Nathaniel Bacon, John
w.
It sppeafns satisfactorily TO by the sdayts Of Jeremiah
Richard NJ Batcbford and by the complaint of
the plaintiff that sufficient grounds TOR an order OF injunction
exist do hereby order that the defendants above named their
by the Board Of Directors and which Is declared 70 be payable
10th day February 1857 any portion thereof aud
from airing any dividend mailing payment Of any Of
dividend upon any OF the stock OF the said defendants
the New-York and New Haven Railroad Company or from
using sppropratng permitting be used or appropriated
Of the property assets or effects Of said oI the
upon the stock OF sud Company further this
Court; and in dsobdieace this order will be
New. York, Feb. IS, 1851. lSisaeS1 c. A. PEABODY.
The complaint, after setting forth the grounds for
the Injunction, closes with the following prayer:
The said plaintiff therefore demands judgm n that the said
defendants their servants be restrained
paying the dividend declared BY the Board of Directors
1857 any portion thereof and from declaring any dividend
making payment Of any sum OF money OF dividend upon any
Haven Railroad Company from using sppopans per
ttDs TO Be used OF ate any the P0Py
or thereof or y iS and UPON .a any OF the
menced BY said Pany the complaint this action
mentioned other action In court comPe
dissowns the claims Of the claiming TO be
tOeibolaeIs 10 said Company as in the 'ad compliant 'taed
the said Company sccount OF the loss and disaster in the
sies may BE- paid and di.charged aud dividend paid with
reducing the capital stock OF sac Company and that te
defendants above prayed during the tendency of h seton
and that the plaintiff 4{ have II se T % "ch 0'nr or
The complaint is accompanied by the following
affidavit of Richard NJ. Blatchford:
NEw-YoRK SUPREME CouRr.-Msry Ann Bs.chford against
the New'fork and New-Hsven Railroad Company aud
City and County of Neo York "-Rchard W. Blatchford
Of city being duly sworn, deposes says be h the
attorney in ct Of the abovenaued plaintiff
sent New York Europei that deponen has
read the complaint and knows the contents heeof
that therein made the of the Legs
the NewYork and Connecticut the accept
ance thereto by New York aud New Haven Railroad Com
psny the subscription and payment OF its capital the appoint
meDt OF Robert Schuyler as I've President and transfer senti
the adoption OF ues and regulations a. 10 cercate' ana 'rs
stock and the general conformity to such rules and
.epce Of outstanding of stock number far be-
You'd original number 1000 shares and Of claims against
on and Of suit. and attachments to very large amount
sAD; sad scyP9aoH S Rso Of the action
against Robert Schuyler and others referred 70 il
in their complaint in that scion and the demand for
relief made BY the .aid corporation therein aud
the present penderey Of that .u, aud the still unsettled
di,on questions involved therein the present pecuniay
condition of said company the persons who claim 70 be and
redence h declaration of the dividend It's stock and
where such dividend made payable the ownership
Of the certificates OF stock mentioned m SAID complaint BY the
plaintiff and the circumstances Of such ownership and AL the
other allegations of said complaint true to the knowledge of
deponen and a. appears nom the made IA the COM
plant IN the said scon brought By the Newfork and New
hsyeu Railroad Company against Robert Schuyler and Others
mentioned the complaint IL this action and from the reports
the directors Of the said corporation made its stock
6sn a M,r tn Ann Bod ,.nseS the CUISINES, BY
which she acquired the said certificates for the stock in the said
ledge OF the of the complaint in refer
thereto and 10 the present position Of the said action
Drought y 'De 'A1 vi p'''-'- R NJ BLArcHFoRD.
Sworn before ue this 18th day of February 1851.
L. FRANCIS COREY, j., Commissioner of Deeds.
Barpgs circular, by the Europa, says Of American
stocks:
Prices msnt aimed We quote United State. s. Bonds
Of lseS lQid It's Pepnsyvsna 5 Cerhcses ~ e71 ex
land Sterling S. sodsl Massachusetts Sterling S. 1904 elo
div Boston City as 81 Pennsylvania Central Railroad o.