The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-11


were S4S,59l. and for freight ST. ,O71.9l-
total. sll9,GG2.9l. The expenses OF the road
and fixtures have been S3,723,I0O The ,ex-
penseS of the road for the fiscal year ending
as above stated is SlI2.23l.4l. The com.
pany'S indebtedness lin addition TO the
first mortgage bonds, Sl,G0O.000. and
the Government loan, Sl,G00,000,) is
S303.Q5S.45. The amount Of stock Of the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company subscribed
is %. 992 800, and the amount paid is SO, $685.
900. Total amount Of stock allowed by
law. $40. 100000. The receipts for the trans
portation Of passengers for the year ending
June so. 1878. were 81 1895. $50. 96 for freight
durin. the same period, s., $50. 03S.52; mis-
cellancous earnings, S69.61T.34; total.
S3,14S,2S9.S2. The cost Of construction and
equipment of $50 miles of main line and 80
miles OF branch line 1912 mileS) has been
$3333 ,392 ,S406 6. The total funded debt Of the
| company is 81, ASP, 100, of which Sc, 303, 900
is due the United States other liabilities
and indebtedness, 5000, 1887; total, $780,
4S.24S91. Ill.,.
The amount of stock of the Denver Pacific
Railway aud Telegraph Company subscribed
and paid in is S4,000,OQ0. The receipts for
the year ending June 80, 1878. for transpor-
tation of passengers We're 3,5205S; OF
freight, S149,012.42, ard from miscellaneous
sources, S13, .25-total, 1885,, 94S.25. The
cost of construction and equipment Of the
road to the date above stated was $685.
500, aud the indebtedness Of the company to
that date was S2,513, T47.1G.
At the close OF the fiscal year ending June
so, 1878, the amount of subscribed stock of
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of
California, was Sl3, 1897 400, of which SILL
965, 400 was paid in. Explorations and cX-
| aminations OF former preliminary lines have
been continued since the last report, amount
| inc to $50 miles; ia $1,000 miles of road
have been permanently located. and
GA 50-100 completed. Twenty miles ofths lat
| ter distance is on the route from Upton to
| Delano, aud 80 miles commencing at the San
| Fernando Pass uia Los Angeles, thence TO-
| ward San Bernardino, ending about
20 miles eastcrly from Los Ange.
| les) on the line from Tehachapi
pass to Fort Yuma. Forty-two and one
| BALI miles have been completed on the
| branch line in the Salinas Valley. The cost
| OF the surveys TO June 80, 1878. has been
SlO5, 900. The amount received for the
transportation of passengers for the fiscal yca1
was 1850, 7S9.63; of freight, S4SG, 465.37-
total, $956,255. The expenses of the
| road for the year were Si5S,T39.14, leaving
net earnings of S497 ,5l5.S6. The indebted.
ness of the company Is shown by the report
to he SS,050,000 The fourth section oil
twenty miles of this road was accepted by
you on the 9th Of August last, making the
total number of miles accepted 90 26-100.
! Stock of the Texas and Pacific Railway
| Company has been subscribed to the amount
of $4,000 900, of which 100000 has been
| paid in. The bonds Of the company consist
Of two kinds--viz.: First mortgage six per
cent. gold construction bonds" and 1" first
mortgage land grant bonds" Of the for
mer none have been issued. Of the latter
there have been issued in the purchase OF
| consolidated roads S4,000,000. The in.
debetednesS of the company is shown by
their report to he as follows Capital stock
las shown aboyc), $2,0O0,000 land bonds,
d ,0O0, 900; debt OF the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company to the State of Texas, assumed
| by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company,
sos, 1876. 81; floating debt, $40, 095.71; inte-
rest coupons on Iaud bonds, $40, 000-total,
s.. 159, 222.O2. The operating receipts and
EXPENDITURES of the road for the year ending
June 80, 1878, have been as follows: Re-
ceipts From passengers, Sl04, 392.44 !;
freight, S22S,211.99; United States mails,
Si32S; miscellaneous, $44S. 43; total, $685..
SS0. Sc. Expenditures - For conducting
transportation, SOL ,994.43: maintenance of
roadway. S111,044; cost OF running and
maintenance of motve-power and cars, S62,-
1920; general expenses, $31 1886 total,
$3.50 562.l9. Receipts over, expenditures,
S76,SlS.67. There have been 100 miles OF
This road constructed, and $50 miles graded,
bridgcd, and tied. Since the date of the last
report of the company June 80, 1879 the
engineers in charge of the survey have run
over 5000 miles of Instrumental lines
and made $4,000 miles of s.reconnols-
sance, developing country 1000 miles
long, east and west, and $50 miles in
| width, north and south, SO thoroughly that
| the line of location from Rio river to the
Pacific can very nearly be determined. The
| lines Of road surveyed, and in part under
going construction, are Us follows: South
| ern division, from Longyiew, Texas, to
| Fort Worth, 155 miles; Jefferson division,
from Marshall to Texarkana, 60 miles !;
| Transcontineptal division, from Texarkana
| TO Fort Worth, 23T miles Brazos division,
| from Fort Worth to the one hundredth me-
lridian, about 175 miles; Pecos division,
from the one hundredth meridian to the Rio
| Grande river. 4l2 miles; New Mexico dlVl-
sion. from Rio Grande to the Pimas villages,
3SS s5.lUO miles; California division, from
Piulas villages to San Diego, Cal, 444 miles.
Total distance, 1880 Sj-100 miles. The
greatest altitude reached in crossing the con-
tnent is &, $3.50 feet.4 3D. = . j. Z III NJ
The Atlantic, and Pacific Railroad Com
pany's report for the year ending June 80,
1873, showed that SIS, 100000 Of stock has
been. subscribed aud paid in. Grading has
been done in the Soledad Pass, CAL, and
Y,013,72 expended i'm grading at this, pass
| to- June 80, 1873. On June ~, 1872, -the
| company leased for Il term Of 999 years the
Pacific railroad, Of Missouri, extending from
ST. Louis, Mo, to Kansas City, Mo-, inclu-
ding the Carondelet branch, 2973 miles, and
| assumed the leases 10 said Pacific railroad OF
the tolowing.named lines: Missouri River
railroad, 25l miles !; s1Lcavenworth, Atchi'
| SOP and Northwestern railroad,y2ll miles
Usage Valley and Southern Kansas
| railroad % miles Lexington and st.
| Louis railroad, $50 miles : st. Louis,
Lawrence and Denver railroad, 81 miles.
The cost OF the surveys of the Atlantic and
! Pacific railroad TO June 30, 1873, was $685..
357 So. The amount received from passen-
gers ON the Atlantic and Pacific railroad al
| vision wa, S3O3,357 "a; on the PACIFIC rail-
rvad Of Missouri and leaSea.llnes DIVISION,