REPORT OF THE LYNN AND BOSTON RAILWAY COMPANY, FOR THE TEN MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1870. 7. Number of mortgages on road and franchise, and One for $50,000, to cover amount of debt secured thereby, 8. Number of mortgages on any other property of the corporation, specifying the amounts, 9. Amounts of assets on hand, exclusive of the railway and equipments, and exclusive of all property on hand, used, or which is to be used, in running the railway and keeping it in repair, [includes a sinking fund of $9,500. See No. 4,] COST OF THE RAILWAY. 10. Net cost of road, -to include all amounts expended for labor, timber, iron or rails, and chairs, for paving-stones and paving, engineering, interest, salaries of officers during construction of road, and other expenses not included in any of the above items, and not including items of equipment, or running expenses, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAILWAY. 11. Length of railway laid with single main track, 14. Aggregate length of switches, sidings, turnouts, 15. Total length of track measured as single track, 17. Maximum grade per mile, with length of grade, bonds. (One for $10,000 on real estate; one for $10,350 on personal estate; and upon the equity of above mortgage on real estate. 18. Shortest radius of curvature, with length of curve, 19. Total length of track paved, 40 ft. radius; 65 ft. long. About 11,000 feet. COST OF EQUIPMENT. 20. Number of cars and cost, 21. Number of horses and cost, 22. Cost of omnibuses, sleighs and other vehicles, excepting cars, owned by the company, 23. Cost of real estate, including buildings owned by the company, [35] [239] $30,300 00 32,265 00 5,530 00 25,780 00 company, on land 230 00 11,283 48 105,388 48 24 Cost of buildings owned by the company, not owned by the company, 25. Cost of other articles of equipment, 26. Net amount at which the equipment stands charged on the books of the company, 41. For rent and tolls paid other companies for use of their roads, 42. Amount paid other companies for the use of 15,678 51 bridges and ferries, 43. For provender, 31,965 48 6,647 00 44. For loss on horses, 45. For incidental expenses, to include printing, president's, directors', superintendent's, and treasurer's salaries, and all other expenses not herein before included, 49. From other sources, specifying from what source in each item exceeding five hundred dollars, [sales manure, $1,380.81; sundries, $50,] 50. Total earnings, 51. Net earnings, after deducting expenses, 54. Dividends declared during the year, MISCELLANEOUS. 57. Increase during the year of capital stock, as fixed by charter, 58. Increase during the year of capital stock paid in, 59. Increase of funded debt during the year, 60. Increase of floating debt during the year, [10 mos., 61. Decrease of funded debt during the year, [10 mos., 62. Decrease of floating debt during the year, [10 mos., 63. Increase of mortgage debt during the year, [10 mos.,] 64. Decrease of mortgage debt during the year, [10 mos.,] Nothing. 67. Increase in cost of equipment during the year, [10 mos.,] 68. Decrease in cost of equipment during the year, [10 mos.,] 69. Increase of unredeemed tickets during the year, 65. Increase in cost of road during the year, [10 mos.,] 66. Decrease in nominal cost of road, Nothing. 1,890 CO January 1, 1870.-A boy running in the street by the side of a car, was knocked down by a heavy team and his leg badly injured, either by the car or team. January 22.-A man named Henry Kelley, while under the influence of liquor, in attempting to rise from the steps of the front platform of a car, where he had been sitting unknown to the conductor, on a late night trip, fell to the ground and was run over by the car and killed. March 17.-An intoxicated man, who was sitting on the front platform of a car, was knocked off by a passing sled, and the man's leg bruised by the wheel of the car. May 15.-A passenger fell from the front steps of a car in Lynn, and the car badly injured his arm and shoulder. June 1.-An intoxicated man, standing in Haymarket Square, Boston, fell against a passing car and cut his head. June 8.-A lady, in attempting to leave a car in Lynn, fell, and was slightly hurt. July 5.-Young lady jumped off the rear platform of a car in Lynn, and hurt her head slightly. August 1.-A man who had a large dog tied by a chain, attempted to leave the front platform of a car before it had stopped; in so doing was pulled to the ground by the dog, and one wheel of the car passed over his foot. BENJ'N P. WINSLOW, A. A. BREED, E. F. OLIVER, THOS. P. PROCTOR, BENJAMIN H. DEWING, JOHN REED, Directors of the Lynn and Boston Railway Company. SUFFOLK, Ss. November 1, 1870. Then personally appeared Benj. P. Winslow, A. A. Breed, E. F. Oliver, Thos. P. Proctor, Benjamin H. Dewing, and severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by them subscribed. Before A. J. ROBINSON, Justice of the Peace. SUFFOLK, Ss. made oath of the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed. November 2, 1870. Then personally appeared John Reed, and Before G. S. HILLARD, Justice of the Peace. |