APPENDIX, REPORT of the Commissioners appointed to locate County Seats under the act entitled "an act to organize the counties of Houghton, Schoolcraft, Ontonagon and Marquette," approved May 18, 1846. To his Excellency ALPHEUS FELCH, Governor of the State of Michigun: The undersigned John Ball, Harry V. Man and Horace C, Thurber, commissioners appointed by your Excellency for the purpose of designating and establishing the county seats of the counties of Houghton, Schoolcraft, Ontonagon and Marquette, in the state of Michigan, beg leave to report: That we have visited said counties and have made such examinations in the premises as was thought necessary and proper, and have selected and designated the following points as the county seats of said counties, that is to say: The county seat of the county of Houghton to be at a point ten rods west of the quarter post on the south line of section nineteen, in township fifty-eight, north range thirty-one west. The county seat of the county of Schoolcraft to be at a point on fraction number four of section thirty-six, in township forty-seven, north of range nineteen west, forty rods north of the quarter post on the south line of said section. The county seat of the county of Ontonagon to be on the north east quarter of section thirty-six, township fifty-two, north of range forty west, at a point sixteen rods west of the west bank of the Ontonagon River, and fifty-three rods south of the north line of said section. The county seat of the county of Marquette to be on fraction number four of section eleven in township forty-eight, north of range twenty-five west, at a point fifteen rods south of the north quarter post of said section. DETROIT, January 22, 1847. JOHN BALL, H. V. MAN, HORACE C. THURBER, ACCEPTANCE of Michigan Central Rail Road Company. Be it known, that the Michigan Central Rail Road Company hereby assent to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled 'an act to authorize the sale of the Central rail road, and to incorporate the Michigan Central Rail Road Company,' approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six," and which said act was approved the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six; a ma. jority of the directors of said company signing the aforesaid assent, agreeable to the provisions contained in the said act. BOSTON, Oct. 6, 1846. J. M. FORBES, President, DAV. A. NEAL, WILLIAM DWIGHT, D. D. WILLIAMSON, JNO. C. GREEN, ERASTUS CORNING, JNO. ELIOT THAYER, GEO. B. UPTON, Directors of Michigan Central Rail Road Company. REPORT of the Michigan Central Rail Road Company, made agreeable to the provisions of the 32d section of their act of incorporation, and including the time from September 23d, 1846, to January 1, 1847. Capital stock subscribed, two millions and two hundred thousand dollars. Length of road in operation, one hundred and forty-five miles. Receipts from freight, eighty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five 54-100 dollars, Receipts from passengers, thirty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty 18-100 dollars. Number of through passengers, thirty-seven hundred and fifty. Number of way passengers, sixteen thousand six hundred and seventy-four and one-half. Expenditures for repairs of rail road, eleven thousand one hundred and fifty-three 29-100 dollars. Expenditures for repairs of engines and cars, seven thousand eight hundred and ten 89-100 dollars. All other expenses on account of operating the road, twenty thousand four hundred and ninety-five 12-100 dollars. Number of engines, nine. Number of passenger cars, eight. Number of freight cars, one hundred and one. Number of baggage cars, four. Number of repairing cars, twenty-five. Average number of men in the employment of the company, three hundred and twenty-seven. Number of miles run by passenger trains, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and ten. Number of miles run by freight cars, fifty-two thousand six hun. dred and thirty-two. J. M. FORBES, GEO. B. UPTON, Directors. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk, ss. BOSTON, January 13, 1847. Personally appeared the within named J. M. Forbes and Geo. B. Upton, and made oath that the foregoing statement of the condition of the Michigan Central Rail Road Company is correct, according to the best of their knowledge and belief, before me, GEO. S. HILLARD, Received and filed in the office of the Secretary State, January 1, 1847. G. O. WHITTEMORE, Secretary of State. |