New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-29
RAILWAY STATISTICS.
THE REPORT OF SECRETARY DELAYo

| RAuWAYS-THEIR INDEBTEDNESS. TIE NUMBER
or MuEs COMPLETED. AND OTHER FACTs-THH
| SECTIONS or ROAD ACCEPTED BY TIE GOVERN
MEST.
| WASHINGTON Nov 28.--The following appears in
the report Of the Secretary of the Interior on the
| subject Of railways:
The subscriptions 10 the stock OF the Union Pacific
| Railroad Company amount to f36.7s3,cOo, OF which
has been paid Tho receipts for the year
ing 30th Of June 1879 from the portatIOn OF passen
gers, s37s62O8 90 OF freight sO2g,S9s 81. and
from miscellaneous sources ss22 75s 81 total .93S %
The entire OF the road and fixtures said date
s12 49, and the operating expenses OF the road for
the last fiscal year lending 30th Of June, 1879 were
sle97999 total bonded indebtedness OF the Com
pany at the end of thap amounted to s5fH52 OF
which 81 $780, 5l2 due TO the United States The float
ing debt to period mot including the Com
panys note for 100000 issued 10 the Hoxie conuacu
amounted to s0IO239 70. and exchange loans "
ei2OOo1
The Central Pacific Railroad Company by consolidsr
ton is heretofore reported) embraces besides tho
original company OF that name. ao the western Pacihc
California and Oregon, the San Francisco and OAK
land and the san Francisco and Alameda companies.
Stock the amount OF S2GO $50 has been subscribed
aud s5i27J 800 paid The receipts for the year ending
June go 1873 from transportation OF passengers were
sssssO7 A. and OF freight. s721fts2 80; total. tieS
79 A. The operating expenses OF tue ROAD or tue year
were sisA25 a. leaving earnings to the amount OF
OF the Company amounted to ss5.433sl6 Co. OF which
S27. s55.6S0 was TO the United states
The stock subscription OF the Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad Company Is A,COOo. OF
which 100000 has been paid in. The receipts
| for transportation OF passengers for the year
ending June 80, 1873, SS,59 and for
freight OH 91-otal sl9GG2 Tue expenses Of the
road and fixtures have been s97237O The expenses Of
the road for the fiscal year ending as above stated IL
sl72.23 a. The Company's Indebtedness Gn addition TO
the first mortgage bonds, S60OO0O and the Government
loan is sO05s The amount OF stock OF the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company subscribed Is 1884,.
500 and the amount paid is s9655oo Total amount OF
stock allowed by law s1UOOcOOO The receipts for the
TRANSPORTATION of passengers for the year ending Juno
30 1873 were 3o3633 &c for freight during the same
period, s235.O3s 50 msceaneous earnings s696i7 "a;
total, s3.74S,2s9 81 The cost Of construction and
equipment of 65s miles Of main line and 80 miles OF
branch line 672 niles has been t339s4o g. The total
funded debt OF the Company is s27i52i00 OF which
s63O 900 due the United states other Liabilities anu
| Tie amount Of stock of the Denver Pacific Railway
! and Telegraph Company subscribed and PAID ~ Is ~,
10000 The receipts f06 sa9 year Werc .7s5 ss 81
freight s149Ol2 g. and from niseell Heons soGe ss
2l5 25-tota s35,9iS IS. The cost o CONSTRUCTION ana
equipment Of toe road to the date above stated was
s69 OO aud the Indebtedness OF the Company 70 'hat
Ar the close of the fiscal year ending June go ls73 the
amount subscribed stock OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company OF California was s3ls9l0G OF which
sll 400 paid IN. Explorations aud examinations
Of former preliminary lines have been continued since
the last report amounting TO $50 miles, ia 5lOO nes
| of road have been been permanently located. and
Ga 5OOo ploed Twenty miles Of this ser distance
inencine at the san Fernando Pass via L0s Angeles.
thence toward San BernardnO, ending about - niea
easterly AngelesD the line from Tehachap
Pass TO Fort Yuma FOrtytwO and 0nehalf miles nave
been completed the branch line In the Salinas valley
The cost OF the surveys 10 june 80, lo,S, nas oees
siO5OOo The amount received for the transportation Oh
@ TOT i s The Of the road for
the year were A5S7Ss IA; leaving net earinss "
Nv their report 20 be sOOOO The fourth section OF ~
miles of this road accepted by you on the ON OF
August last, making the total hunoer Oh miles accepe'
stock OF the Texas and Pacific Railway Company has
been subscribed TO the amount of s2W0,OS OF Whch
100000 has been paid in The bonds OF the Company
consist Of kinds. viz First mortgage six per cent
gold construction bonds and First mortgage land grant
bonds" or the former none have been Issued Oh the
latter there have been issued IN the purchase OF
is by their report TO be as follows; Capital stock
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company the state
| OF Texas assumed by the Texas ana Pacific Railway
COUPONS on land bonds $4,000 total s3s222 O2. The
operating receipts and expenditures OF the road for
Receipts - From PASSENGERS slo4'Ss? a; freight
sa93 3d. United states a ana mails IS mnssel
| For conducting transportation, s5l.99i As main
tenanee Of roadway @ cost OF rs G 90 anu asnera
expenses SOL total $3.50 562 49, Receipts over eH
road constructed and S55 miles graded pridged, and
the date OF the last report Of the Company
June 80, 1872 the engineers Ill charge or the survey
nave 5000 miles OF instrumental lines ana
made 1900 miles OF reconnaissance, developing
country miles long, east and west and $50 miles IN
width. north and south, SO thoroughly that the ue OF
location from Rio River to the Pacific can very nearly
be determined The lines OF road surveyed and In part
undergoing construction are as follows: southern
miles; Jefferson Division. from Marshall TO Texarkans
miles; TanscOntlnenta DIVISION, from Iexarkana 70
Fort Worth 2SI miles Brazos DIVISION rom Fort Worn
the hundredth meridian, about l75 miles Peeos
Division from the one hundredth meridian to the RIO
| Rio Grande to the Pimis Villages Ss5 $500 miles
California Division. from Plmas Villages to san Diego,
The greatest altitude reached III crossing the continents
Inc Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company's report
for the year ending June 3d. ls3 showed that s960S
OF has been subscribed and paid Grading mas
been done in the soledad Pass Cal, and ss,O3 u
pended In grading pass 80 On June
49, 1872 the Company leased for term OF 99 years he
Pacific Railroad Of Missouri, extending from ST. Louis,
| Mo- to Kansas City, Mo-, including the CarondeIet
Branch, 297i miles. and assumed the leases to SAID
Northwestern Railroad, 2lt miles Usage Valley and
lawrence and Denver RailrOad: 81 miles:
and Pacific Railroad June 80, 1873 s9Oc,s5I S.
The received from passengers on the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Division s3O3y357 81 on the Pacne
Railroad OF Missouri and eased-ines division, tO3,-
9si 90 total. s377,33s &c. The amount received iof
was s0457l so on the Pacific Railroad leasedines
division, .5s7 1852 81 total o. The cost OF inc
from the accounts OF the Treasurer, 3d. 1873
to.262s22 TO- The running expenses OF the road rom
July 1872 June 3d. 1873, st92529 10. The Same
expenses the Pacific Railroad Of Missouri and leased
lines for that period were a69s'Sss 81 ~,N
deDtedness or the Company is as follows:
bonded debt of the South Pacific Railroad Company.
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Companys bonus, dstsd
July 1868 go years. s2945,SOo; Atlantic aud Paeine
siiso 900; the same Companys Central Division land
grant bonds dated Nov l. 1871 sg.s22 same Compsn,
second mortgage railroad and land grant ponds dsssa
Nov. l. ISL 81 220O0 same Companys scrip Tor Dohu