WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT..... VICE-PRESIDENT. ROBERT J. NIVEN.. ISAAC C. BUCKHOUT SECRETARY. ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT. Communications intended for this company should be addressed Fourth avenue, corner Twenty-sixth street, New York city. The undersigned have caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this company, from the books and records, and have examined them as far as practicable, and believe them to be correct. (Signed) C. VANDERBILT, JR., Treasurer. (No. 75.) NEW YORK AND HEMPSTEAD PLAINS. OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK AND HEMPSTEAD PLAINS, S. H. SWEET, Esq., NEW YORK, December 28, 1870. Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor: DEAR SIR.-In answer to your inquiry in relation to the New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad Company of Long Island, I would state that the certificate of organization has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, but no further advancement has been made toward completion. The office of the company is in this city. Respectfully yours, T. C. GOETCHIUS, Secretary. (No. 76.) NEW YORK, HOUSATONIC AND NORTHERN. STATE OF NEW YORK, New York City and County, ss: SEWALL SERGEANT, Treasurer, and FRED. M. MEAD, acting Superintendent of operations of the New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad Company, being severally sworn, each for himself deposes and says, that the statements in the annexed report, which has been signed by each of them at the end thereof, are true and correct, according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Funded debt, as by last report ... .... 102,000 00 141,500 00 40,000 00 33,400 00 174,900 00 7 per cent. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD. Length of road... Weight of rail, per yard, on main track.. Number of first class passenger cars (rated as 8-wheel cars). . Number of freight cars (rated as 8-wheel 39.75 miles. 5.11 66 58 to 60 pounds. 1 1 cars)..... 3 Length of main line of road from White Plains to Brookfield, Conn... 39.75 miles. DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION, AND TOTAL MILES RUN. Number of miles run by passenger trains...... * 10,800 7,620 38,100, 3,475 Total movement of freight, or number of tons car ried one mile.... 17,375 * Mixed trains. Average rate of speed adopted by ordinary passen- Average weight, in tons, of freight trains, exclu- The amount of freight, specifying the quantity in tons : Of the products of the forest. Of vegetable food... Merchandise. Other articles Total 12 12 30 788 1,030 1,657 3,475 The rate of fare for passengers, charged for the respective classes per mile, as follows: For first class through passengers. *10 cents. EXPENSES OF MAINTAINING THE ROAD, OR REAL ESTATE OF THE CORPORATION. Repairs of road-bed and railway, excepting cost of The part of the road operated is wholly in the State of Connecticut. |