99. Average rate of speed actually attained by express passenger trains, including stops and detentions,

100. Rate of speed adopted for accommodation trains,
101. Rate of speed actually attained by accommoda-
tion trains, including stops and detentions,
102. Average rate of speed actually attained by special
trains, including stops and detentions,
103. Average rate of speed adopted for freight trains,
including stops,

104. Estimated weight in tons of passenger cars (not
including passengers,) hauled one mile,

105. Estimated weight in tons of merchandise cars, (not including freight,) hauled one mile,

EXPENDITURES FOR WORKING THE ROAD.* 106. For repairs of road, maintenance of way, exclusive of wooden bridges, and renewals of iron, 107. For repairs of wooden bridges, 108. For wages of switchmen, average per month,

660 feet.

15 feet.

None.

One.

One.

20,000 tons carried about 3,500 ft.

8 miles per hour.

* All items under the headings marked with an asterisk, are required by law for "the total miles of road operated by this company."

112. Number of men employed, exclusive of those engaged in construction,

113. For removing ice and snow, (this item to include all labor, tools, repairs, and extra steam-power used,)

114. For repairs of fences, gates, houses for signalmen, gate-keepers, switchmen, tool-houses,

115. Total for maintenance of way,

138. For renewals of iron, including laying down, 139. For new iron laid down, deducting the value of

company,

2. To and from other roads, specifying what, 147. For Freight:

1. On main road and branches owned by

company,

2. To and from other connecting roads,

148. U. S. mails,

149. Rents,

150. Total income,

151. Net earnings, after deducting expenses,

159. Amount of debts secured by mortgage of road and franchise, or any property of the Corpora

tion, per last Report,

163. Number of mortgages, on road and franchise or any property of the Corporation,

No income.

None.

Nothing.

Nothing.

FRANCIS HALL,

HORACE O. BRIGHT,

NELSON BARTLETT,

WM. P. DRAPER,

Directors of the Horn Pond Branch Railroad Corporation.

MIDDLESEX, Ss.

November 15, 1870. Then personally appeared Francis Hall, Horace O. Bright and Nelson Bartlett, and severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by them subscribed.

Before me,

GUSTAVUS V. HALL, Justice of the Peace.

LEXINGTON AND ARLINGTON R. R. CORPORATION.

[The Lexington and Arlington Railroad was purchased by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Company, Dec. 1, 1869, and is included in the report of that corporation.]

REPORT

OF THE

LOWELL AND LAWRENCE RAILROAD CORPORATION,

FOR THE TEN MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1870.

13. Floating debt paid since last report,

None.

14. Floating debt, increase of, since last report,
15. Total present amount of floating debt, [unpaid
dividends, interest warrants and taxes,]

16. Total present amount of funded and floating debt,
17. Whole amount in cash value realized from funded
and floating debts, .

18. Whole amount in cash value realized from stock and debts,

19. Average rate of interest per annum paid during the year,

20. Maximum amount of debts during the year, [including funded and floating debts,].

COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT.

21. For graduation and masonry, per last report,
22. For graduation and masonry paid during the past

year,

79,227 47

$3,603 30,]

95,458 12,]

99,061 42

$77,516 32

23. Total am't expended for graduation and masonry,
24. For wooden bridges, per last report,
25. For wooden bridges, paid during th past year,
26. Total amount expended for wooden bridges,
27. Total amount expended for iron bridges (if any,)
28. For superstructure, including iron, per last report,
29. For superstructure, including iron, paid during
the past year,

30. Total amount expended for superstructure, includ-
ing iron,

Nothing.

161,416 37