, 1872-12-04

| the rolls June 80, 1872, whose yearly pensions
amount to s25, 1850, $3.50. The amount paid
clnding the expenses Of disbursements vas
S30, 169, 34060 being 32,908. .04903 less than the
| amount paid during the preceding year.
-Four hundred and forty-three bonnty-land 40
warrants we're issued during the year, for 6s, ,o4o
acres, being 1888 100 less than the number Of
acres issued for the preceding year.
During the same period 1872 persons aVsued
themselves of the benefits of the act Of June S0,
1870: groyiding for artificial limbs and apparatus
Tor reaectlon, or Communication, OF whom 456 pre-
On the 30th of June, 1879, there we're on file,
unadjusted, 37,176 claims for invalid pensions,
80, 762 claims Of widows, orphans, and dependent
| relatives, and 1850 claims Of soldiers and
widows Of soldiers in the var Of 1872, making q
total Of 81, ,518 claims. The Commissioner est-
mates TINT the claims for pension on account Of
the war Of 1872 will be disposed OF BY the lst OF
May next.
The investigation of frauds continue to re-
ceive especial attention, with such grattylng re.
suits, both in the detection and repression Of
Wrong-doing, rs to demand continuance OF the
present policy.
for the pension service during the next fiscal
year.
The subscriptions to the stock OF the Union
Pacific Railroad Company amount to 1856, 783,oe0,
OF which S36, ,763. 800 has been paid Ihe receipts
for the year ending June 80, 1879, from the
transportation Of passengers, we're S5,Uo!,-
80817 of freight, $4,122, ,651. 20 and from ms
cel1aneons aourtes, $77l I'll. Al total 81 ,se2,-
170.7s. The entire cost Of the road and fixtures
to said date (unadjuBted balances with contrac-
tors not included), WAS 3114. .258, ,535.97. The
indebtedness of the Company at the came date
amounted to 575:s94 512 Of which 7,246, ,512 is>
The Central Pacific Railroad Company, BY
consolidation, now embraces, besides tho origi-
nal Company of that name,, also tho Western
Pacific, the San Fancisco 4 Oakland, the San
gon Companies. Stock to the amount Of esq.,
$4,000 has been subscribed and. e54, ,293, 1870
paid. The recaipts for the year ending June 3d.
1872, from transportation of passengers, we're
S3:62D, $685. and Of freight, S.. 75a, A6; total
99,379, $685. The expenses we're 81, 81, $685.
leaving net earnings to the amount Of $685.
43s01. At the close of said year tile indebted
ness of the Company amounted to $50, ,90O, 13237,
Of which 527, ,655, $50 was to the United States: :
The stock s9bsciption Of the: Central
81 900 600, of which $3.50 500 has been paid. The
receipts for the transportation Of passengersfor
the year ending June 80, 1872, were $50, 0,607.65,
and for freight, 569, ,662.0S; total, S144;469.68
The e1penses Of the road and fixtures have
been 55,723,70o. The Con1pany's indebtedness
Exclusive Of first mortgage bonds. 81 600 900,
and the Government loan, 51,6o0,0o0 is 1884,
1864
The amount Of stock Of the Kansas Pacific
Railway Company subecribed is S9,992, 600, and
the amount paidi 59,621 $50. Receipts for the
year ended June 30, 1872, from transportation OF
passengers, we're 81, ,s51 ,s37.51; Of freight,
81, ,156, ,190.21; and from miscellaneous sources,
S79,6o0.75; total, 50, ,551, ,626.47. Tie construc.
s2o, 500, s74.25. The total funded debt Of the
company is SIG, ,044, 900, and the amount Of the
other liabilities and indebtednessi is 50 081 02,16
making = total Of $28, 125, 702.l6. Of which
Sc, 303, 600 is due to the United States. On the
18th Of October, l672, you accepted the western
part of this road, extending from the 3o3.94
mile, and terminating in Denver, Colorado Ter
ritory, 63S.6 miles from the initial point.
The amount Of stock Of: the Denver Pacific
Hallway and Telegraph Company subscribed and
nearly north course 106.33 miles, from Denver,
Colorado Territory, to Cheyenne Wyoming Ter
rltory, where it connects with, the Union faclhc
Road-was completed in the summer of l870-
The receipts for the year ended June 80, 1872
for transportation Of passengers Were$l76, ,312.46
Of freight, 5170, 0,709.83 and from miscellaneous
sources, 58,066.4G; total, 1856, ,088.69- The cost
Of construction and equipment OF the road and
telegraph to the date last above stated YVES S6,-
493, 500, and the indebtedness Of the company
to that date was 81, SIS. .076.25. The road and
telegraph line we're, on re-e1amination, accept
ed BY you on the 2d day Of May Last.
The amount OF stock of the Sioux City d
Pacifc Railroad Company subscribed is 81, 478,-
300, Of which 81, ,79l 400 has been paid in. The
receipts for the year ended June 30, 1872, from
the transportation Of passengers, we're I'll
Of freight, $685. 803 24; of mails, 50, ,549.40; from
e1p1esa 51,735.60; and from miscellaneous
penses during that period were 9152, ,062.99.
The indebtedness OF the company is 1886, =
97786, of which 81, ,628. 320 is due to the United
States.
1879, the amount Of subscribed stock Of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company waa SO, ,384,-
900, and the amount actually paid IN, S8, 8,4o4, u0
The Company reports that surveys hare been
made from the end OF the completed road,
100 $40 miles from San Francisco to Fort Mo-
haye. on the Colorado River, uia Tehachipa Pass,
and from said pass to Fort Yuma, on the Colora-
do, MA Los Angeles andSan Bernardlno: The cost
Of these surveys has been 266, ,894.84. The
amount received during said year tor transpor-
freight, 2291, ,9O8.97. The expenses on account
OF the road and fixtures for said period we're
S376, ,278.11 The indebtedness Of the Compa-
ny Is ST, $50, 600: Seventy and twenty-sl1 nun,
in frst-class manner, and have been accept
ed The road commences at San Jose, Califor-
nia~ The entire cost Of the road and fixtures,
together with the lands for stations, etc, sinco
the organization Of the Company Is estimated
at about s12, 100000.
The amount Of stock Of the Texas & Pacific
Railway Company subscribed is S2,00U,000, of
which $500, 900 has been paid in. The Company
has neither DO0utl HOE uCALluE u8Ut. IL IL pro-.
crossing rapidly with its surveys, having q num-
Der of corps in the field, but the final reports
have not been received, no definite description
can be given OF the line Of road surveyed and
fixed upon for construction. The receipts Of
the Company from 18th april, 871,-the date
of its organization-to the 1st July, 1872,
have been 1904 A,3a2:05, and the disbursements
amount to S125,056.67, leaving balance in
hand Of ST., ,335.18. The line Of this road will
be " from point at or near Marshall, County of
HARRISON State of Te1as thence by. the most
direct and eligible route, to be. determined by
said company, near the thirty-second parallel Of
north latitude, to point at or near Ell Paso;
thence by the most direct and eligible route, TO-
be selected by said company, through New Mex.
leo and A1izona, to point on the Kio Colorado.
at or near the southeastern boundary Of the
state OF California thence by the most direct
and eligible route to San Diego,
CAL, to Ships Channel, in the
Bay Of San Diego, in the State ofCaifornia, pur-
suing, in the location thereof, as near as may be-
tha thirty second parallel of north latitude
The act of Congress Of May 2, 1879 C17 Statutes,
$50, requires ''that the said Texas d. Pacific
Railway Company, shn11 commence the conatruc-
ton Of its road at Or near Marshall, Texas, and
proceed with its construction = ~ so ia to
hare at least one hundred consecutive miles Of
railroad from said point complete and in run