The Daily clarion., 1867-04-26
The following Is the Report referred TO:
ANNUAL REPORT
r. 5. CHARLES. Secretary,


New OTlt aas Apr1l 3, ioe1
To the stocs hoi5ers Of the New Orleans, Jackson
and Great Eorthe. Ralr ad Company;
GENTLEMEN-sn accordance with the iequl.e-
ments Of rhe Charter Of this COMPANY nave the
til condition II tie Road aad it, management up
TO the 25th OF February last tho close Of The hssa
ON the Ia o. Dec raber last I made to the Gov
eEno- and legislature Of thef State of Louisiana
statement as required hy law. showing me coIdI
ton @i tae Company M 20 the W oi n -SoN
last and from which shall quote Tor al matters
not materially changed since mat Isfiod
The Tepa r. of the road from New Orleans 10
Canton and is reconstruction IN many aces have
progressed steadily aud rapidly since te ist ot De
cem5er. - 5. and the results ootal8ei nave sur
passed the highest e2 eetltion OF the friends oI the
'earlv an the rlttan ctoss-tes il 1vy been rem ov-
ea and tl- rosd-bed is now sufficiently firm and
level ia make tho road perfectly safe many of the
def0t ana sect houses tr6yed during the war
have been rebuilt. the passenger trains run regu
larly ON New Orleans TO Canton, a distance OF
a few cuts south and north f Jackson still re-
qUire some work 70 oe done = t4ea to rene them
secure Irain a0tIlel7 IN soIH we. 'otsL-SI, oa'
..Iar ie now ds5Iy ~, sen train which starts
/ fron New Orl and another from Canton and
there is three times week, double daily train
from each place On orabout 5he lst Of jana, ry or
as soon the Mississippi Central Eai roads shall be
able TO do the same double daily tram VIII ave
( each terminus Of the road -
arrangements have been made with the AissiS
sippi teutrzl and the Mobile and OHIO Railroads TO
carry passengers through on their ro4ds to and
Columbus without change OF cars
/ Corftsn0nd12S rauEenents pave Deen m3de
with the Southern mai route roads 90 Washington
aud with those 30 Norfolk. ',- (NIa Lyn- -hbUrg
ald RIehmundl 10 carry lrtl-bt TO ahd from the
North without breaking bulls except at Chatta-
H5oea.
4 great r-Iuetion has been made sin e last year
in the tariff of he ro1J for freights and pas
senge'5. Tie commutatioa ana faulty tickets are
/ the same rs before toe
All ecs ,ry measures nave been adopted to de-
veope the Is lbiish ent OF factories along the road
Their are al-eady in suCccssful operation an eXten
atFgr I e.. tf4r-l dom 81 O a.
( tory 1t Hammond Station, and a very extensive
leather fact ry at Nagao II. The following large
es. abishments are no" being put mp ald wa soon
be iu operation a brick yar3 a Hammond station
ps VeV mill aI Cagt85rt. ana very extensive cot
ton factory ne Ec Ea4ufeEart station Thirty saw
along tho TCs-s and h-ve contributed greatly in
crease CuE receipts
1t is Designed also to establish on one of the va
cant squ.Tei Of tn Company. near the New Or
leans Rail Dad Depot a large msa re posit, to
t. Road with that Indispensable element of sue
cess, hence we have every reason n hope tIat,
should an her failure Of the cotton crop occur this
year the revenu Of the Road viii be AT least equal
. to those of The past wear
BY the General Superinteadent's Report here
with accompanying marked F, it win be seen
that 100 bridges have been Reconstructed the
Road measuring 10 IA feet or inward of two
miles and That tyfve bridges. not included in
Not an accident L. tht trains has ocr1rrsd on t,e
Road in tlc last ystr. excepting in December last
when a tree ICil across the track At night during
storm, and the engine Of the night train ran it.
damag ng Itself and throwing three cars of the
track, lut without in ury passo gers.
The Rolling Stock on the lst OF March 1856 con
Is Locomotive Engines
Passenger Cars.
2O7 Box. Fiat and stock Cars
j. IimU-r Trucks.
RY reference to the General Superintendent
Report, marked p it will he seen that it con-
sisted al! "a 1ar running orde) on the 1st of March
y Locomotive Engines-5 OF which are re.
First class Passenger Cars.
l5 SecoHd-clsss Passenger Cars.
e. baggage Cars
Express cars
1s8 BoS Cars
I55 Fiat cars.
tOck Cars.
% Pairs Of Timber Trucks.
Lhe repairs # the road ard renewal OF its rolling
q tho road, winch were reported by ny predeces-
sol 70 pa iroIa uH9 % 1850, ~ february >. 1866
During the last yeaI, from March ,, 1866 to Feb
ruay % lsd7 the = cuiBgs from passengers frsiphts
and m3d testima'ln@ the last rem ats4i .2oD have
amounted TO 81 52o l5t TO- averaging b 677 "a per
,i3l os FOR the year, the estimated receipts
made last year ia my Report As Chief ugineer
lowest earning 1Or any one month during the
year vas Tor August @939d2 %, and the highest
wee tur january St00.s9S IS
In the last annual Report OF my predecess or to
'ae legislature OF Louisiana, he stated as follows
a., Inc iF sent md Dtedness Of the Company lex
eiusyo oi the bonded debt g 741,tOo is follows
Biils Kin PAYABLE, Past due s23a sa5 81
Paymastor's bills payable .57 Is
Three per cent Fuad of Mississippi o5S iaS % n
Chiekasaw School Fund 9Sg 6G6 00
Coupons OF the hrst mortgage bonds of "
iss Iss{ c0mpany' maturing to lst July {a.sI7l IS
of the above amount s6ss. $40 ss is for debts
~ inIe @ prlor to May l.62 and the Of 50 III IS
y loI overdue coupons on the first mortgage bonds
zone zone oi the second mortgage bonds have been def
nItely disposed #, though some have been rIedgad
as seSuritE Tor tn obligations of the Oonpany of
Che s5ea a4 81 SZ2 00S Is due to the St1 & of Mis-
slssippi fot loans which without donbt he ax
t tchued 20 such time as VIII meet the abfJy ol the
lpdoy 10 pay The S}s9 Ia 80 interast on Ihe
hTst mortgage bonds ofthe Company it is cynactnJ
20 .ul9f aud sinking fund is created to insnr.
tAsii l5guIHtcn- Suoh arrangement we ar
assured, VIII receive the assent OF the folo,,r T,'
hnideIs as wen astbat Of the coupon creditors Of
ouf own country. Z tier deducfin,t fhc GgbtS AZ VI
on account of coupons and to the SfS4o Of gTi i0
Slppl Jle company VIII have 10 provide for lie la
ance OF tge aoasiag debt saw 40 TIib t5-0 "a .
10 SouJt ta arranged on terms equally ssf;sf,, 80
rs these Tor tse O er3ua Coupors y T
@ ',..G - me moth OF ay last the President and
,"" OF tle Directors of the road were an 9oirtad
'.ils7i'heis 10 'Bier with the Northern and En
'Ot +l ls' Notsasc EoEdhol3eIs relative 10 tia /
the +s,7-l ~ ,;S 80 o.is,e t. meet owing to /
=, ts.5 ie5 prevail N this country. and T
H., -.It sue f5'a III most dllp.dated condition
Yo~t rnT .Cte 80 -..-Ie' immediately. via New {
- -'i.o l.. roo, 10 LoHa0u. where they IBst .
D ari+
. -,'l.oi -tS, -" l3 iecE Fcd them with Great LguF
e. ~ i.1e .'IitF aha entered into the following
'eFH5e-t e. 20 submitted to the accept1rc- of tIe
1taei eont'oldels. 81 deposit witl trustees he
s.et' coupons ie-d by them OF the first MORTGAGE
-''.s o. { company, including the coupons due
-s- or JniF LAST, and u receive ii lien thereof the
~ 90 iil'I tEage bonds Cf tho company at par In
''o oi lai!uEe 2 tire part OF the company to met
ne" opii5AtioHa az ene payment 1I the interest
!" 'tt- 7eo"ht4 mortgage 6oEas thus issued or on +
=. --s1 hleitsaGe oJnCS, commencing wish the
pg4's 9te - JahUaryi lS5l,l tho Joudhoders 20
y--i-i L--eil mrs. mortgage bond coupons and s7r
t4.tSt 'lie second mortgage bonds which were +
sei -or them, thus placing them in their oririaI
position with car EIst noIfgags len or ne Ies
'5 ho-t.eEs OF our bonds ia tue United States ave
as t"llrg under this aFran cement, and we have
- -tN funded > coupons s2sl o. in this cty-
" i7t Mdfcnl ana the trustees II London have al, !
ltsti ,iie signatures Of TIE b0n1hoIders IN that !
5ity U the extent o. t51f coupons or 4G0CtI fbe
oti AtlLnoet belng aOont O. per Ce2t Of tie entire
amount outs anIiaE /
tt ls with regret Jhat have TO inform vou that No
1ds nave Yet been received 50 lease the pronosgd !
Nte-sioI o. the Read from Canton d sissif,I,i Ia
Le 1ehnesse5 River via Abe deen AfissjssiI41i
his extension IS becoming vItlily is.r,ortant to
aol5 tle NJ "a Orleans Jac Es1n and Great North I
IN H1iuo%d % compete with newly protected /
NO n Taste n foHtess especially the one from New
5Iiedbs 10 ShAtta4o"ga VIA Mobile which VIII 1e /
iiice considerably JIie time " hiagton and will
htltle u . carry the United states mails unless i
corresponding reductIoIshf distance can 10 made
q lGt NcW Orleans jackson a.u Great Northern
( tlircad- VIA Aberdeen and Decatur. " here thst
to-d would have the advantage of copnectfng
zIeotiy with the Memphis and Charleston ;.nd fh9
Nashville and Selma Roads: the latter bein.- -
-lrf FaR l. 4b. erfr