The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-02

road held their annual p1eeting NJ the
Court House yesterday afternoon
The attendance WIS not 50 large rs
usual, and 90 special interest was
tBahifasfed ~ tbe election of Direet-
ors, Richard Raleigh, Of this city
was ehosenas Caifmaa, Tbs follow
log gentlemen were elected Directors
for the ensuing year tu 4
Eaf pantybps0h C6artg John
IngIei IT,, samil Orr John \. Hop.
Rms, and II q. Wheeler
Fw Gfbs61, CpoaW i.aeips !,
French.
F9r Kaot C5unty , w Maddox
aud VIM BnFl6h, ts
Pr smttpat C0aatD Joshua Alsop
aud Henry H. Wilson y 4 VI a II
f9ql Wye sealpet gbHmeey Rose
aud James II Turner
Pr P9ifd lC5p3bl5tGqp. George
II Steele and ! j silliman,
ee1n the evening the Directors met
and relhMefed Johh luglM Jrf Presi
dent and Oapfral spperlpleodept, and
John u, Martin, Secretary aud Treas
ufef, a i3iln Ilijs/iJf 4
lh9 Stockholders present
We were glad 10 iaaet our very exoolt
lent aud worthy friends Capt \, II
Potter add JaA, IL Turner, " Time
Hspte. Gen George " steele and
IsaiahJ Hdliniau u Rockville, and
also Hon. II. X Wilson Or 8nlliNAI
The latter issMGfeAF, i Hopeless OPP
'petbead, but an eBeeedipgly eleger
gentleman, much ioo. decent to be a.,
sooiat4d With lhat party, Oar y6aaraf
bic friend Potter Is soRpd " die tore
and always wac and 50 y Gen. Steele
..nnd jim Turner.
7 frodi fbalsre6stt ibf die RreaidaaG
0f tho road aud the master maohinist,
WIS maze thdddIbd@ias LnttheAtI6lsfAi
tfaqts
5He1'he report Of the President shows
the total earnings Of the road for the
last yoar to, hpge ybeqoy glp2 P6l 20,
,beipg i d6efease from 'tlfe earnings Of
thepfeyioas year Of 800 l65 a8,
|, Total expense including VIZ 25l II,
for re building White River Bridge,
s337 ,37s 20, 'lbaviug tho net earnings
1885 ~.
p Paid oreurrent interest, #Di IN ~,
aud for taxesiO s2s.eOB 4b leayiog a
balance Of $500 II
The decrease In the ordinary ex-
penses of The road for the past year
was, &66s7 -.
W The largo decrease In the total
earnings of tho rOad js oltieily due to
the great reduction Of the rates Of
frelghls on tobacco and cotton, Dus
ring the year 1865, tho road carried
2g99l hogaheads Of tobacco, fer
which II received IN freghts, s5s, 2s3
G3 In 1866 the amount Of tobacco
Carried was 207G6 hogeheads, for
which It received a2s,Os6 lG. Show
ing, that while tho amount onrried
was about one.Rfth leHR, The receipts
for freight were less thHn one-half,
Tho strong composition by other
routes brought about this result
The milage of freight Trims wpa
considerably loss than last year, while
tho milaeo ofrpaasengor trains were
Increased by over 5000 miles. 3s9
Tho track Of the road except the
general EcRr and rpari Il IN ap tm-
proved condition, aud tho rolling
stock IL in better condition.
During theyeAr one tlrst-clllas lo'
connective han boon purchased 1T On
expense Or $l7,7l9 10. Two tirat. Glars
coaches have been built AT tho COM
pany's shops at qoet Of s10,9ts ~,
and twelve box cars at u cost of $40,
300 Trains Of all kinds have ran
during the year 25l, l02 niles against
a46, ll6 miles last year, being an iu-
ofeas6 Of s,0l7 miloa, .'..
OF freight the road carried during
this year o3,27f tons against ga'os0
last yop, being a decrease Of BFi2
tons, OF pasaengors the road during
the present year carried J6ksD2,
against lS00G7 last year, heing do.
crease ofg15,i7b There were no
troops carried during tho present
year which accounts. mainly for this
reduction Tic usdfl good prudence
has attended tia Fpnnipg of tho road
this year, NOT n passenger bf an ON
ployo having boon eeriRnnly injured