The New York herald., 1869-12-08

point the ras shall meet and connect ana form ono
Tho connection was formed on the 10th OF May
last The department. has not however been ad-
vised oil any n2reneent by the npane respecting
the locaLlon oil tnelr common terminas.n
The company report tnat, since the connection.
trains have been run with regularity not surpassed
on tho Oldest roads In the country and that An ade
quate force has been constantly engaged IN making
such improvements ~ would render their road IN
furnish tue folio wing Observation-Disclosures OF stock
subscribed 3Oo actually paid In, s2 76l 3oo
70 s"a June ss sS ~ from sa ean
S442s,46i, and from telegraph. &c.. S4o5, 1856
the average number OF mIles Of road operated
during Tue year was 85i; the gross earnings
were $7,342.27l, aud the operating expenses
IS, 2os. leaving a. net earnings I.4asooA TIE
entire cost OF the road TO Goth June 1862 not incud
in1 unadjusteJ balances with engineers and contract
ors was ss2.7IS, id2, ana the Indebtedness OF tho
company at tnat dats $jf, SSj, i62
GA the lltn VI August last the commissioners ap-
pointed under tho JOINT resolution approved 10Th OF
april 1872 a. wore instructed 70 Examine the roads
pany or California, and TO report touching their
location, construction aud equipment. and the sums.
II any, that would be required to compete eacn OF
them for LIS entire length 1rst Class railroad In
compliance with the requirements OF Congress.
the commissioners have submitted their report.
They are OF opinion tnat there material
In the general location OF this road but that the de-
viatons from the accepted line at Promontury anu
Uintah mountains snouid be corrected and the
bridge line AZ Omaha butt to avoid the present
heavy grade. The roadbed. the larger part Of the
places where the embanxlnenss slould b, wIdened.
Tue bridges, cuverts and trest o. are generally good
ened and some OF the lattes nled UP. Tne track Is
generally ,verv good. The. cottonwood cross
durable dur material 'sr raS sdnss O'Asrs are amps
the length Of the line. The road needs oallastlna
tween Pr0montory and Ogden aud In the Patta val
ley. machine shop at tho junction OF the two
roads and engine houses al three po.nts WAL be re-
quired. Freight cars are In excess OF the wanls OF
the road. Tne estimate tor supplying Deficiencies
between Promonlory and ogden 10 100000, and be-
uT an Of Tns
on hand surplus OF material and supplies amount
Ing to about 81. $50, ,o1o 10 value.
While The location oil the Ceutral Pacific Railroad Ia.
In several places open to criticism there are no errors
the Immediate correction OF walcn. 10 the opinion OF
ernment AT q few points che emDankments need
widening. There ore fifteen tunnels on tho road.
na nr,dves ana are n as same con%ton
as those on tie other road. In . distance OF LOFTY
miles there are thlry-two miles OF snow sleds. The
track Is wen adapted to high rates OF speed Some
additional baiastiny Is required. The sidings are
aoout i've per cent OF the length OF the road. the
machine shops are considered sui1icient, except At
the junction OF the two roads, Additional engine
houses are needed. The equipment S In excess Of
the wants OF the road
The commissioners estimate the sum required to
supply the deficiencies at S5766Jo and The value OF
the surplus material az more than s., 600. 600.
The original act req 1red the completion OF con-
tnuous line OF rallwly from the Missouri iayer 20
the navigaole waters Of the Sacramento by The lss
work was prosecuted has boen cr0wnei w,tn signal
ana unexpected success, a. this great national
thorousnfare was u. use more than seven year.
before that date. IL u not surprising, ia view Oi
the unprecedented rapldIty with which it WAS ooa-
sLructed that dencieac.es most OF which ass incl
dental TO oil new roads, should have existed Eacl
successive report or the SPECIAL commissioners
vino were from time to time appointed,
nas hss says
Supplied. The aggregate material and equipments on
hand exceed by s637250 the amount necessary 70
ngn nnta I'M IN rlgn n
demands OF the law and the just expectations or th9
country. Under the circumstances, had the honor
to recommend tine acceptance OF tle last Sections
No patents been issued 10 the first company,
and the SUBSIDY u sl.67J,4Oo, on account OF the
iiytwo and oaeffth miles OF road wnicn were last
CONSTRUCTED. has been witnAeld. Tle oLner com
pany have received paten y covering only lt4,3o8
acres. II wili thus DO perceived tuat tne govern
Dent has ample means 10 secure from the companies
the iaituia performance OF tneir respective engage
uiehts.
Central Iacldc Ra.irOad OF Cal 0rnia have been
constructed since the date Of the last annual report
or TINS department. The distance from fronontory
summit TO sacramento ID SIX hundred and ninety
anu lhree-tentns niles. Tho President OF the COM
rany has submitted arepoit, as required 0y Jaw.
Stock OF the Kansas Paclnc Railway Company to
the amount OF s5,o52,Soo has been subscribed and
paid The receipts for transportation OF passen-
asus naa sae Were saa se net s0
Sgio, 635 The cost OF C0ns.ructun surveys, right o
way ana OF rea estate purchased to the latter date
| was $2k105,7o7. and the tuen Indebtedness oil The
company Sl5, 2536 60i. Including the Leaveaw0rln
brancn four hundred ana lhlrty-elght mics OF road
have been constructed, and u Is expected thas the
line TO Denver Will DC hnlsned and III successful ope-
ration duflng next summer.
Stock OF the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
Company 10 the amount Of Sl,0J0.0oo has Deen SUD
scrlbed and $3.50 6OJ PAID. Tue receipts Tor trans
p)rtatou OF passengers aud freight from st August
1868, TO lst August 1862 were SlO9064. Tho actual
cost OF the road, fixtures, rolling stock, DC, Is
$3 72} 0o and the Indebtedness OF the company for
borrowed money, rauroad iron and freigns, s>S SSL
The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad mas bsen com.
pletet and accepted. Its length Is 1ol 21-looth
miles. The amount OF capital STOCK Of the company
subscribed is si,2l0Jo OF wnica mas been
paid. Tic receipts from the transportation OF pas
sen1ers and freight from LIST october 1858 to soth
September, 1868, $zj3, 724 ana The operating
expenses sI5l,9lo Tho cost Of the construction and
equipment OF the road ID i2Sd,5oJ and the indeDt.
the amount OF stock OF the Western Pacific Rail.
road Company subscribed AL OF waicn has actually
5uno p'a 90 lsa ne receo. om passssers ani
freight were s6,17J and the running expenses $500.
The Indebtedness at that date, unsettled accounts
with contractors not included, was Ss5l,0o0. Siace
tue last annual report OF the department eighty three
mes OF Their road hav, been DulIt and accsptel
The foregoing statement oil the business aud haau
ciai Condition Of 4e companies has been compiled
from the reports winch teY respectively ed this
department pursuant 20 the act OF 2Sn June, isoo.
clic nor the Southern Pacific Railroad Campany
have Complied witn the act, and AN not officially
ADVISED Oh tAsr dolng5. Certain pu0lc iani5 were
Withdrawn on account OF The latter company. As
they were not. IN the opinion OF my immediate pre-
decessor, situate authorized OF the road,
ne Issued order Ior restoration to maj
lie subsequently allowed a temporary suspension Of
that pars OF the order which related 10 the sections
iyIng south OF san Jose. ~ the company desired
time 30 produce proofs aud arguments. After Iuiy
considering them had no doubt tnat the order was
obviously Just ana right, aud on the I'd instant
directed 1t to De carried lnt0 elect.
Pursuant TO the authority conferred BY the act or
March s. 1869, the Kansas Pacific Railroad company
entered into contract with the Denyer ana PacInc
Railway and Telegraph Company for the construc
tio, operation ana maintenance by the latter OF tnat
part OF the road OF the former company winch ex-
tends from Denver to Cheyenne. copy OF the con-
tract and map OF the route between those points
have been 1ed In this department. and the granted
lands wttndra Tn from market
one thousand dollars appropriated by an act OF
March j. 1883, have been expended In completing
the bridge over the Dakota river, and In locating
| and surveying the wagon road between 1t aud the
Nermilllon rlYer There Is Q balance OF forty Ave