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Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Returns of the railroad corporations in Massachusetts (Volume 1859)

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PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 39.



RETURNS



RAILROAD CORPORATIONS



1859.



TOGETHER WITH



AN ABSTRACT OF THE SAME,

PEEPARED BT

OLIVER WARNER,

SECKETARY OP THE COMMONWEALTH.



BOSTON:

WILLIAM WHITE, PKINTER TO THE STATE.
1860.



CORPORATIONS FROM WHOM PRINTED RETURNS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED.



[The returns are bound in the following order.]



STEAM RAILROAD COMPANIES.



Agricultural Branch.

Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer.

Berkshire.

Boston, Barre and Gardner.

Boston and Lowell.

Boston and Maine.

Boston and Providence.

Boston and Worcester.

Cape Cod.

Cheshire.

Connecticut River.

Danvers.

Dorchester and Milton Branch.

Eastern.

Easton Branch.

Essex.

Fairhaven Branch.

Fitchburg.

Fitchburg and Worcester.

Hampshire and Hampden.

Hartford and New Haven.

Horn Pond Branch.

Lexington and West Cambridge.

Lowell and Lawrence.

Marlborough Branch.

Medway Branch.

Middleborough and Taunton.



Midland.

Nashua and Lowell.

New Bedford and Taunton.

Newburyport.

New London, Willimantic and
Palmer.*

New York and Boston, in Massa-
chusetts.

Norfolk County, (Trustees of.)

Norwich and Worcester.

Old Colony and Fall River.

Peterborough and Shirley.

Pittsfield and North Adams.

Providence, Warren and Bristol.

Providence and Worcester.

Salem and Lowell.

South Reading Branch.

South Shore.

Stockbridge and Pittsfield.

Stony Brook.

Stoughton Branch.

Taunton Branch.

Troy and Greenfield.

Vermont and Massachusetts.

Western.

West Stockbridge.

Worcester and Nashua.



Boston and Chelsea.
Broadway.
Cambridge.
Union Railway.
Chelsea Beach.
Dorchester Railway.
Dorchester Extension
Maiden and Melrose.



HORSE RAILROAD COMPANIES.

Metropolitan.



Middlesex.

Newton.

Somerville.

Waltham and Watertown.

West Cambridge.

West Roxbury.



♦Received 31st of January, after the printing of the Abstract, from which it is necessarily
omitted.



Digitized by the Internet Archive

in 2010 with funding from

Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries



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ABSTRACT, PREPARED FROM THE RETURNS OF THE SEVERAL STEAM RAILROAD CORPORATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS, FOR THE YEAR EXDING NOVEMBER 30, 1859.





Amounl or CapUAt


CnpltBl paid 111.


....


Equlptncnr


the Corporallon.


.-ri..


Letiglh of


LCDglh


Hrx


Average .peed

or Freight
TralDi, mllea


^£F


ToiisofFrelghl
transported.


â„¢.,_,


Expense of wor tine


.n,o,n..f,„..„.,


.........


i r,r een,, of


ofDMdTl,


Total Surplua.


CasuaLnES.




1 Dl.ldend..


FOU,,


Not r«ui.


Agricultural Brand)


8480,000 00


8203,021 69


$105,800 00


8350,228 30'


None.


28.30


_


_


.


.


.


.


814,123 91


,




None.


None.






Amherst, Belchurtown and IVImcr, 11 mooths,


85,000 00'


85,000 00"


None.


85,000 00'


81,200 00


10.56




-


20


-


13,256


7,784


23,673 12


817,743 04


-


85,930 08


6 per cent


86,100 00


8630 08






Berkshire


000,000 00


600,000 00


None.


600,000 00


8,000 00'


21.14




-


20


7


*


'


42,560 00


500 00*




42,000 00


7 per cent.


42,000 00








Boston .^nd Lowell,


1,830,000 00


1,830,000 00


445,365 50


2,428,502 79


243,294 22


26.75


26.75


1.80


25


10


624,944


389,456


631,477 81


322,673 99


825,793 80


183,004 93


8 per cent


146,400 00


332,471 61


2


3


Boston and Maine,


4,155,700 00


4,070,074 62


None.


4,219,740 85


303,659 20


74.26


27.79


8.79


23


12


1,678,427


276,390


800,119 43'


475,886 29'


None.


384,283 14


8 per cent


332,450 00


446,425 53'


8


2


Boston and Providence, ....


3,100,000 00


3,100,000 00


174,220 OO


3,160,000 00


311,720 19


47.00


15.75


7,00


22


12


1,021,958


259,938


6.54,673 53


317,024 92


10,554 92


327,093 60


7|,ereent


221,200 00


137,600 19


3


5


Boston and Worcester,


4,600,000 00


4,600,000 00


520,595 48


4,728,580 33


1,022,832 34


44.02


44.62


24,00


25


11


1,603,453


327,360


1,007,070 73


666,434 61*


2.700 78


408,866 44


7 per cent.


316,000 00


541,917 19


IS


9


Boston. Barre and Gardner, ....


1,000,000 00


None.


-


-


-


-




-


-


-


-


-




-




_


_










Cape Cod,


000,000 00


631,680 94


229,409 16


1,031,625 15


65,602 22


40.10


-


1.04


23


14


97,207


42,285


118,720 37


69,352 33


14,076 30


35,207 74


_


None.


108,471 50


1




Cheshire,


2,250,000 00


2,085,925 00


622,527 00


3,075,064 46


87,707 28


53.65




-


25


10


70,017


125,479


327,742 04


202,583 60


53,581 90


71,576 28


_


None.


164,206 10






Connecticut Iliver, . • .


1,750,000 00


1,691,100 00


252,600 00


1,801,943 80


126,320 66


60.00




2.35


22


12


269,101


102,442


271,592 16


163,367 00


13,066 95


96,158 20


4i&8perceot.'


82,362 00


84,664 46


2


_


Danvers


100,000 00


66,120 00


102,121 61


218,830 88


4,800 00"


9.20


-


-




"


"


"


"


100 00'


-


_












Dorchester and Milton Branch,


130,000 00


73,340 00


42,950 00


136,789 42"


-


3.25




-


20


-


11


"


6,559 68


3,345 02"


2,100 00


1,114 66


_


None.


No'ec,


_




Eastern


4,160,000 00


2,853,400 00


2,091,010 65


4,590,999 83


353,410 82


44.11


16,00


30.61


20


12


1,415,504


114,693


693,409 02


307,603 79


118,899 80


200,905 43


_


None.


120,872 79


3


2


Kaston Branch,


50,000 00


49,325 00


4,400 00


66,894 27"


-


378


-


-


80


30


10,407


9,940


0,517 51


2,273 27'


316 72


3,928 62


6 per cent.


3,000 00


463 61






Essex


700,000 00


299,107 55


477,080 41


747,008 53


-


19,66


2,00


1.32


20


12


00,604


33,822


02,061 67


60,418 80


24,617 68


Loss 12,954 31




None,




_




Fairhavcn Branch


300,000 00


228,007 00


266,404 22


306,785 14


95,730 77


15.11


-


_


20


15


60,430


10,166


47,694 26


32,883 93


12,469 77


2,340 64


_




_


1




Fitchburg,


3,540,000 00


3,540,000 00


100,000 00


3,640,000 00


329,729 74


50,93


60.93


16.85


22


4


732,908


413,923


669,485 44


392,035 42


Less than rec'd


207,450 02


6 per cent.


212,400 00


247,307 03


1




Filchburg nnd Worcester, ....


275,000 00


214,296 70


63,200 00


275,000 00


None.


1309


_




22


38,521


30,718


48,708 13


32,140 27


3,832 25


12,795 61


6 per cent."


10,578 00


10,029 30




_


Grand Junction It. R., and Depot Company,"


-


-


-


-


-


-


_


-






-


-


-


-


-


^


_


_


_


_


_


naninshire anil Hampden, ....
Hartford and New Haven, ....


375,000 00


292,050 90


360,079 44


677,582 72"


_


24,96


_




"


1*


"


"


28,790 84


"






_


_


_


_


_


300,000 00


"


964,000 00


309,218 18"




5,87


6.87


2.16


27


12


219,648


109,596


-•


"


-


-


_


_


_


_


_


Horn Pond Branch,


10,000 00


2,000 00


13,238 46


13,075 52"




.66


_


_


-


8


-


18,316


-


"


_


523 12


_


None.


None.


_


_


Lexington and West Cambridge, .

Lowell and Lawrence,


241,200 00


241,200 00


None.


251,257 75


28,100 15


0.03


_


_


16


14


137,464


20,700


29.997 38"


10,602 41


_


13,394 07


3 per cent.


11,403 74


1,931 23


_


_


300,000 00


200,000 00


100,000 00


363,158 12


None.


12.35


_


_


»


vt


»


"


21,606 02


2,338 22"


6,896 23"


12,550 67


8 per eeot.


12,000 00


6,708 78


_


_


Marlborough Branch


80,000 00


60,546 00


88,441 39


156,184 80"


None.


3.90


_


_


o


n


ai


"


3,308 65


1,051 31"


_


2,257 54




None.


9,211 94"


_


_


Medway Branch,


36,000 00


29,000 00


3,785 12


37,008 75"


-


3.60


_


_


u


n


"


"


1,001 62


1,408 00"




253 52


_






_


_


Midland,"


2,675,000 00"


1,301,400 00"


10,414 10




_


74.50


_


_


_


_


_


~


-


â– a






_


_


_


_


_


Nashua and Lowell,


160,000 00


148,067 00


10,300 00


183,942 79


3,930 85


804


_


_


25


_


18,344


13,172


26,030 63


26,547 28


084 31


Loss 595 06


_


_


101 70


_


_


600,000 00


600,000 00


None.


6o4,803 23


44,060 30


14,68


14.20


_


25


10


280,772"


174,973


229,205 31


160,694 78




68,510 53


8 per cent.


48,000 00


63,504 11


1


3




500,000 00


600,000 00


19,800 00


547,487 18


17,219 89


20 13


_


1.46


24


15


111,997


47,147


143,261 43


110,037 10


1.068 09


25,264 68


per ccnt-


30,000 00


34,951 73


1


1


Newburyport,


430,000 00


220,240 02


433.203 80


648,968 95


-


26.98


_




24


12


113,672


19,370


61,338 07


37,250 22


4,094 95


9,992 90


'


_


_


_




Now London. WiUimantic and Palmer, .


No return.


_


_


-


_


_




_




_


_




-




_


_


_


_


_


_


_


New Ynrk and Hoston. in Massachusetts,


(100,000 00


223,176 02


177,853 00"


434,334 22'"


_


32,00»




_


20


H


134,136


M


22,530 81


22,534 06"


_


Loss 3 25


_


_


_


_


_


Norfulk 1 'â– : 1 1, i-Si-iof,)


*"


«>


*


»


»


26.00


_


_


18


9


117,717


24,171


. 00,228 08


37,578 63


None


22,679 46


_


_


30,008 60


_


_


Norwi' \ < . : W . :, '


2,825,000 00


2,122,500 00


729,077 61


2,613,694 21


166,404 95


69.40


1,80


7,00


20


8i


180,046


117,445


351,089 68


212,324 41


42,224 94


97,140 33


_


_


-


1


2


Old t :,,rr


3,300,000 00


3,015,100 00


195.400 00


3,434,164 81


567,321 08


70 50


11,50


7.75


23


12'


1,265,364


199,298


840,755 52


340,342 24


10,331 47


208,081 81


6 per cent.


180,006 00


607.321 08


10


•J


Pclcrl.i 1.. ji: â–  1 -, ..,1.,, . , . .


275,000 00


203,700 00


None.


265,326 81


120,944 16"


14.07












31


22,372 88


576 38"


674 70


21,122 80


_


_


4,074 89


_


_




600,000 00


460,000 00


_


443,677 67




18.05


_


_


20


20


47,637


28,237


48.355 51


23,227 87


-


25,127 64


6 per cent.


27,000 00


_


_


_


Providence, Warren and Bristol,** .


292,000 00


287,917 49


146,070 04


437,007 22"


_


13.60


_


_


20




82,300


8,225


26,851 71


23,022 86


977 50


2,861 35


-


-


-


-


_




1,560,000 00


1,510,200 00


300,000 00


1,761,642 47


_


4.3.41


6,41


1.00


23


10


036^931


142,130


341,MU 71


205,449 85


15,453 89


120,932 97


6 pftr cent.


90,612 00


-


2


2


Salem and Lowell


400,000 00


243,305 00


227,216 21


440,530 22


8,034 16


16.38












1


20,429 51"


2.923 69"


17,462 95"


42 87


Q per cent.


14,598 00


1,641 17


-


-




400,000 00


209,532 73


-


289,408 36"


_


8.16


_


.22


20


_


54,988


19,400


19,730 14


22,437 39




Loss 2,691 25


-


-


-


-


-


South Shore, .......


600,000 00


269,686 00


156,110 86


501,692 06


11,519 64


11.60


_




22


_


136,388


1,934


68,784 48


43,321 18


8,310 20


6,163 10


-


-


44,224 68


-


-




448,700 00


448,700 00


None.


448,700 00"


2,300 00"


21.93


_


_


20


7






31,400 00


10


-


31,409 00


7 per cent.


31,409 00




-


Stony Brook


275,000 00


267,300 00


None.


267,383 67"




13,18


^


_


28


12


68,580


17,906


â–  63,029 90


30,686 88


-


10,34.1 02


6 per cent.


16,038 00


638 32


-


I


Stoughton Branch


85,400 00


85,400 00


None.


90,477 96"


_


4.04


_




18




73,085


25,602


31,038 82


23,402 60


-


8,236 32


71 per cent


6,405 00


6,736 66


1


-


Taunton Branch,


260.000 00


260,000 00


None.


313,156 06


61,407 00


11.10




.57


26


_


121,860


50,126


155,844 66


129,166 20


60 00


26,618 46


8 per cent


20,000 00


51,005 00


-


-


Troy and Greenfield


852,600 00


365,200 23


310,465 50


478,048 83"




42,65"


_


_




*'




"


6,333 33*'


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


Vermont and Massachusetts


3,200,000 00


2,214,225 15


1,003,880 00


3,616,805 61*<


_


60.00


_


8.00


26


10


86,376


76,207


240,798 15


140,481 01


57,422 03


48,896 11


-


-


-


-


1


Western


6,150,000 00


5,150,000 00


6,334,245 68


11,030,279 41*-


2,427,641 01


156.03*'


97.17


17.33


28


16


677,770


448,345


1,767,008 13


938,702 48"


350,179 03


478,096 62


8 per cent


412,000 00


321,813 95


3


1


West Stockbridpo

Worcester and Nashua


30,000 00


39,600 00


None.


39,600 00


None.


2,75












•*


1,913 60


21 50"


-


1,892 30


41 per cent


1,782 00


609 04


-


-


2,100,000 00


1,141,000 00


196,362 00


1,328,397 63


74,512 66


45,09


,76


"


23


10


165,291


101,426


216,444 43


122,200 13


10,664 06


83,690 24


51 per cent"


00,868 00


67,047 18


-


-


Totals, . , . . . .


859,405,200 00


J48,300,607 94


817,630,381 73


863,318,848 84


$6,478,363 27


1,463,28


821.55


139.20


22.6


12.06


12,356,086


3,808,726


810,101,331 00


$5,702,768 54


8800,604 27


$3,511,412 63 6vy^,porccnt.**|


82,333,587 74


83,427,082 34 62


28



3 *â–  Por Notes, see the other side of tUia sheet.



ABSTRACT FROM THE RETURNS OF THE SEVERAL HORSE RAILROAD COMPANIES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1859.



Boston and Chelaea,
Broadway,
Cambridge, ,
Chelsea Beach,
Dorchester, .
Dorchester Exlensioc
JSIaMen and Melrose,
Melroijohtan,
Middlesex, .
Newlon,



Waltham and Watertow
West Cambridge, .
West Roxbury,



8140,000 00
60,000 00
300,000 CO
30,000 00
87,900 00
12,000 00
200,000 00
470,000 00"
300,000 00
75,000 00
68,000 00
160,000 00
20,000 00
16,000 00
40,400 00



4140,000 00
53,000 00
300,000 00
3,000 00
87,800 00
12,000 00
200,000 00
470,000 00"
295,100 00
26,000 00
68,000 00
160,000 00
17,200 00
11,350 00
40,400 00



Totals, 11,978,300 00



$6,456 4G
174,600 00



07,227 02

102,401 54

28 00

Noae.

650 00

69,407 63



8140,000 00
63,402 68
481,377 14

118,150 42

12,000 00

S7.080 23

291,839 71

295,100 00

.23,441 76

69,600 00

17,491 00
12,250 25
40,558 00



2,500 00-

8,370 00"

163,839 58

2,209 OO"



$121,994 16 Sl,602,791 19



86.726 7



2.17
2.57
4.80



3.49
2,87
3.85

2.13
1.63
2.64



200,420

178,109

2,401,006"



82,800 00'
64,894 63
27,000 00

8,670 34

137,639 23'

306,442 82

24,146 00'

900 00'

8,852 60

194,641 69

1,500 00

3,312 00



6.876 11,860,877 8770,499 11



$54,630 65

883 62'

125,323 31'

256,720 60

538 00'



04 19"
627,524 27



Nothiog.



82,800 00

213 88

27,000 00

7,686 52

8,576 84

46,069 49

23,608 00

900 00

316 04

11,322 63

1,500 00

3,247 81



3i per cent.
10 per cent.
8 percent.

10 per cent

8 percent.



82,800 00"
4,121 60
27,000 00



7,000 00

457)00 00

23,608 00

780 00"






2,467 79

2,661 76
35,458 26

9,870 00
120 00
316 04

1,161 '01



,733 73 3133,241 11 1 f^', fn cento 813.1,998 60



entire equlpmoot. The



4 by Ibe Ualdan and



279 of the Af M of the yoAr 1950, end purchased the corperftla proMrly ol tb, "
:hcaler Aveeue Itailroad Cooxpany at a sale ordered by a deerce^t tbe 3u|






,/ EgHipmtnt, Eamia



a 1S£9, ebapler 35,



toau. Drigb-



aoQum oQ 81.773,000 f.



,DclQea, and t21,67T.06,






NOTES TO ABSTRACT OF STEAM RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.



inpiaj, by , n Bqulpmo:



, by ntiom tbe ,
;eptlni; SlOt &S:



J 33,895 91 tor capital atock 'paid In aioc






,a"''(ejcptlo|



■> Klubt and alx.btnlhs mllaa Qniabed; tffaatytbnM aud foui-taatba Dow belog graded. | «1 TblB road li itookad and opeiutaid by tlie Na



Including S213,195 03 c



jemted and kept In repair.
Construction, Land damagai and toglneerlog; m> tar



ifUand-pAylog Corpo-



NOTES



[A.]

The Amlierst and Belchertown Railroad property, real and personal, was sold
at public auction, under provision of two mortgages upon their property, to
secure the payment of bonds issued by said company, and purchased by the
holders of the bonds, and a company organized by the name of " Amherst, Bel-
chertown and Palmer Railroad Company," agreeably to the provisions of an Act
of the legislature approved on the 25th of March, 1858, with a capital stock of
eighty-five thousand dollars, or 850 shares, all paid in, which is the cost of the
real and personal property of the said Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer
Railroad Company, and the Company is free from debt, funded or floating.



[B.]

The amount of surplus returned by the Boston and Maine Railroad Com-
pany is invested as follows, viz. : —

In available assets, ^142,132 38

In materials on hand for use of the road, .... 69,313 28

In assets of uncertain value, which cost .... 92,213 54



,659 20
The balance has been expended in the construction and

equipment of the road, 142,766 33



•1446,425 53



[C]

The following is the only Report that has been received from the Grand
Junction Railroad and Wharf Company :

Boston, January 21, 1860.
To the Secretary of State, — The Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Com-
pany have made no return as required by law, their property having passed
into the hands of the bond-holders, and is now under the control and man-
agement of the European Wharf Company.

DAVID lUMBALL, President

Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Co.



[D.]

The Midland Railroad Company was incorporated for the purpose of
succeeding to the property of the Boston and New York Central Railroad
Company, by arranging with the various classes of the creditors of said Boston



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and New York Central Railroad Company, to exchange their debts for stock
in the new company.

Claims to the amount of $1,301,400 have been exchanged, and stock to the
amount of 12,897 shares have been issued therefor. But the claims for land
damage, and the bonds secured by the mortgage of the Norfolk County Rail-
road, have not been purchased, and the company therefore have not been
able to run over the road excepting the portion beyond Blackstone, over which
portion they have occasionally run a freight train.

That portion between Dedham and Blackstone has been operated by the
trustees under the mortgage of the Norfolk County Railroad.



[E.]

Report of Commissioners of Norwich and Worcester Railroad.

The undersigned having been called upon to examine the
accounts of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company
relative to the expenditures of the road, and to decide what
portion of said expenditures are to be applied to the different
sections of the road, report, that on the 28th day of December,
1859, we examined the accounts of said company up to the
30th day of November, 1859, and found there had been
expended for the road in Connecticut to the 30th of November,
1859, the sum of $1,840,597 60

That there had been expended in Massachusetts to the 30th
of November, 1859, the sum of 773,096 61



Making the whole cost of the road to the 30th of Nov., 1859, $2,613,694 21

They further report that the accounts of the expenditure on the road in
each State has been kept separate and distinct as required by the charter.

That the receipts of the Company for twelve months ending
November 30, 1859, were $351,689 68

Expenditures were for repairs of road, cars, locomotives,
new locomotives, bridges, station houses, fuel, passenger and
freight expenses, &c., 212,324 41

$139,365 27
From which deduct interest, 42,224 94

Leaving net, after paying expenses and interest, . . $97,140 33

Of which we have set to Massachusetts one-third, $32,380 11

And to Connecticut two-thirds, .... 64,760 22

$97,140 33

All of which is respectfully submitted,

CHARLES L. PUTNAM,
Commissioner for the State of Massachusetts.

THOMAS ROBINSON,

Commissioner for the State of Connecticut.
December 28, 1859.



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[F.]

Report of tlie Commissioners of the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Company, to the Legislature of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Providence,
Warren and Bristol Eailroad Company, at the Company's
office in Providence, on the 28th day of Dec raber, 1859, for
the purpose of investigating the accounts and expenditures of
said company, and for deciding what sums are applicable to
that part of the road lying In Massachusetts, and also what
part Is chargeable to that portion of the road lying in Ehode
Island ; and having examined the accounts of said company,
we find that the total expenditures for construction and
equipment, to the 30th of November, 1859, inclusive, are . $137,667 22

The amount of cost of construction we apportion as follows :

To Massachusetts, $111,427 68

To Rhode Island, 326,239 54

RECEIPTS.

The whole amount of receipts from December 1st, 1858, to November 30th
1859, inclusive, was as follows, viz. :

For transportation of passengers, . . . $19,537 09

For transportation of freight, .... 6,039 58

For mails and express, 1,275 04

$26,851 71

Expenses, $24,000 36

Which we apportion as follows :

To Massachusetts, $5,764 18

To Ehode Island, . . - 18,236 18

Said Commissioners find on examining the books of said company, said
corporation have kept separate accounts of expenditures in Massachusetts
and Ehode Island respectively, agreeably to the laws of said States.

JOHN C. PEATT,

Commissioner for Massachusetts.

JOHN A. GAEDNEE,

Commissioner for Rhode Island.



[G.]

Report of the Commissioners of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Com-
pany to the Legislatures of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Providence
and Worcester Eailroad Company, at the company's office
in Providence, on the 24th of December, 1859, for the purpose
of investigating the accounts and expenditures of said com-
pany, and for deciding what sums are applicable to that part
of the road lying in the State of Ehode Island, and also what
part is chargeable to that portion of the road lying in Massa-



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chusetts ; and having examined the accounts of said company,
â– we find that the total expenditures for construction and equip-
ment to the 30th of November, 1859, dre ....

There has been nothing charged to construction during the
year ending 30th November, 1859.

From which should be deducted net earnings from 30th
November, 1858, to December 1st, 1859, . . $136,386 86

Less interest on funded debt, . $15,453 89

Dividends Nos. 14 and 15, . 93,000 00

1108,453 89



,789,476 44



^27,932 97



Total cost of road and equipment to the 30th Nov., 1859, . $1,761,543 47
Cost of construction and equipment we apportion as follows :

To Massachusetts, $880,771 74

To Rhode Island, 880,771 73

RECEIPTS.

The whole amount of receipts from the 1st of December, 1858, to the 30th
of November, 1859, inclusive, was as follows :
For transportation of passengers, . • . $139,237 06

For transportation of freight, .... 194,033 25

For mail service, 5,125 00

For rents, 3,441 40



EXPENSES



Oil, ....
Fuel, ....
Maintenance of way, .
Kepairs of cars, .
Repairs of locomotives,
Freight expenses,
Miscellaneous expenses,
Passenger expenses,



$341,836 71



$3,769 21
18,859 40
68,363 59
18,911 79
20,593 02
27,797 91
26,162 02
20,992 91



,449 85



$136,386 86



Net earnings,

Which we apportion as follows :

To Massachusetts, $68,193 43

To Rhode Island, . . . . . . . . 68,193 43

Said Commissioners also find, on examining the books of said company,
that separate accounts of the expenditures in Rhode Island and Massachusetts

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