Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-02-18

Income of net earnings for road, $780, SIG 90
Dividends for o. c. and \. r. II.
IL. stock, @lV,uuu w
Interest allowed, ..................... 23,337 07
S199,G53 50
Balance due Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co., January |, lSGl,....... SG09,5G4 40
After deducting $40, 731 GO due on cops.ruc-
ton account, the receipts of the road have fallen
short of the working expenses and interest on
the funded debt SECS, 1888 13. a portion of this
deficiency is accounted for in the necessity of
paying gold instead of currency for interest on
large portion of our toGls,bu. the principal part
is due to the low rates of freight charges.
An additional charge of one quarter Of one per
cent. per ton per E..le on G55,ooO tons, being
nearly the average amount of tonnage carried
over the entire road, would have made the re-
ccipts sufficient to pay the working expenses aud
interest on the funded debt, ana leave balance
of S2O2,7l7,
The road Is ard has during the year been kept
in good condition, and the operating expenses
compared with other roads have been quite IA
vorable.
The general superintendent confidently expects
a considerable reduction in the working expenses
the present year. The improvements made in
the construction account consist in deepening the
slips in the hnibor Of Erie, the construction of
sidings, and the erection of a round-houSe for
locomotives at ST. Marys. Arrangements are in
progress looking toward Il material extension of
business during the present year. The stock and
bonded debt of the company remain TIE same as
on the 1st of January, 1870.
An election for managers 70 serve for the en-
z,,;,, I,
gentlemen were unanimously elected: Messrs.
Edward T.. Gay, ]. Edgar Thompson, Wister
Morris, Henry puhr.ng, Jacob Z. Jones, Josiah
Bacon, Samuel 7. Bodinc, John NJ. Kennedy,
Washington PQtcher and Henry D. Moore.
The Democrat has learned through Mr.. Geo.
Conrad that the two colored members of Con-
gress, are obliged to occupy back Seats upon
which the learned editors mornlize and draw sage
conclusions. Mr.. Conrad, perhaps, might have
further enlightened ,heia by giving them the ad-
ditional Information, that members of Congress
do not have seats assigned TO them, but draw
them BY lot. Mr.. Conrad has been somewhat
remss In not fully posting up the editors of the
Democrat. 1t has also been asserted that these
colorcd representatives bat lttle,i any dark
or than the junior Of the DcmocrGi. Whether or
not Mr.. Conrad is responsible for thl we cannot
say.
AcciDEST.-On Tuesday of last week Rev. VI.
Stcinmctz met with quite an accident. lie was
driving horse attached to sleigh near the
Peun'a Company's Steam Mil, when an ap-
preaching train of ears on the Cattawissa railroad
frightened the animal, causing il to run otf
throwing Mr.. Steinmetz out, and plunging over
the high embaukment opposite, falling some
twenty feet, killing the horse and dashing the
sleigh to pieces. Mr.. s. escaped with some slight
bruises. The horso was valuable one, which
entails quite a loss on our Reverend friend.
ANOTHER RUNAwAY.-Ou Friday last, pair
Of horses belonging to Thos. Beaver, detached
from sled, came rushing down Mill street on
the ram page. At the canal bridge they divided
of, each taking bridge to himself, but it ddn' t
work well, the neck-yoke struck the partition of
of the bridge, bringing the heads of the animals
together with Il crack One of the horses caught
his foot between part of the bridge frame and
the gas pipe, throwing him sprawling. litte
human help got him on his pins again, more
bruised if not wiser horse than when he started
, in the run.-DGariile h,telEgnccr.
I COAL-OH LAsiPs.-Scarcely day passes that
( We DO not read of some accident caused by the
/ explosion Of coal-oll lamps, many Of which might
have been prevented, had the proper caution
/ been taken in handling them. The following
rules, If properly regarded, will no doubt save
many such accidents
! |. Never turn the wick down low under any
I considerations. This is the great peril, because
the cotton of the wick becomes hard and car
bombed, actually charcoal. When the wick /;
. turned down the charcoal or crust remains burn,
ing AT u red heat. Now, nj the edges OF the wick
within the tube, the innamiuable yapnr rushing
NJ, strikes upon this red coal takes fire, iguitus
the oil in the lamp, and the explosion follows.
.. When you Wish To put out the light, If be
ing at full head, blow one quick, forclbIc breath
directly upon the chimney, Walt au Instant, and
then .Urn down the wick To stop the disasreoa bl,
+ smoke from coming out.
3, Keep b2 top OF the wick trimmed clean
. every day,
l. Keep tLe,, 'a.e with the little holes in en-
tlrely clear OF the ilagk ~eiu,c matter which Gil
on Il trom the bamingvie4
\ BILL was read In the state Ssnats on 4 ucs
day last, authorizing the shamokin Valley an,
Putisvulc railroad company TO borrow none,
aud issue 10 bonds aud mortgage, to procure thl
endorsement OF the Northern Central and Phlla
dclphia aud Erie railroad companies thereon
aud authorize the shamukm Valley aud rotts
willie railroad company 10 purchase addlgiona
r,d estate.
Tnp s9i i000,-A0or the most laborous effort
by the County Auditors 10 ,traighteu up th
financial aliairs of thc county, Nc are mtomg
u'g.li a Ih,y have - lail completed she job ,au
that the report ls ready lor confirmation ~ Ga
count, Five thousand dollars uut of Syi, ,oo0, ,aI,
Wo aro Informed, Remaining la the haud, Of IA
Treasurer uog eApeulel, 1.-THE report is not suI
prvssfi, as the Grand Jury Report was se,gra
moulhs ago, u Mill be pub.ishel, The taA
paNels shoa,a sNsW WtAs elosgsi serutluy Ia ords
O. sss hos gAsil manrJ 10 sapsnlsi,
tHt rayenihures of Bradford ,oaply ioF lsl
amouutrl ta sgltva
Hos iHTs thai sugul a. suT taKpayeFf, Nke
iasl lrsai.fft ih1'v sVlup1i Ga t be tha