Number of shares of ordinary stock (subscribed). 1,853 1'853 37 Cost OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. Amount at last report and by this report. Grading and masonry.. Bridges $87,542 84 Superstructure, including rails... Engine and car-houses, machine-shop, machinery and fixtures... 500 00 Land, land damages and fences 12,436 05 Engineering and agencies. 26,793 76 Locomotives, engines and fixtures.. 10,121 86 Freight and other cars. 7,028 07 CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD. sell, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.. Gauge of track. 38 miles. 4 ft. 84 in EQUIPMENT. Number of locomotive engines for freight service.... . 1 Average weight (with tender and fuel and water) of each kind of locomotive engines, viz.: Freight engines... 10 tons. NAMES AND RESIDENCE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION. Residence. Carthage, N. Y. JOSEPH PAHUD. Havrisville, N. Y. GEORGE GILBERT.. Carthage, N. Y. CHARLES P. RYTHER. Carthage, N. Y. ROLLIN DICKERMAN. Carthage, N. Y. NICHOLAS WAGONER Carthage, N. Y. CURTIS C. INGRAHAM. Carthage, N. Y. RICHARD F. NEARY Carthage, N. Y. JOHN C. REED ... Carthage, N. Y. EDWARD A. BOND...... Clayton, N. Y. John T. WALSH .. Carthage, N. Y. HENRY W. HAMMOND.. Carthage, N. Y. SOUTIMAYD S. HOYT Carthage, N. Y. THE NAMES AND OFFICIAL ADDRESSES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. Official Address, Carthage, N. Y. Carthage, N. Y. Harrisville, N. Y. Carthage, N. Y. Communications intended for this company should be addressed, George Gilbert, Carthage, N. Y. BOSTON AND ALBANY. (Date of charter, November 2, 1870.) First. Act of Commonwealth of Massachusetts establishing the Western Railroad Corporation March 15, 1833. Second. Castleton and West Stockbridge railroad, incorporated by the State of New York May 5, 1834. Third. Name changed to Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad Company by act of May 5, 1836. November 11, 1841, a permanent contract of transportation was made by the Western Railroad Corporation and the Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad Company for the operation of the latter by the former. Fourth. By act of Commonwealth, of Massachusetts, passed May 24, 1867, the Western Railroad Corporation and Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation were consolidated under the name of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company under authority of act of State of New York, passed May 20, 1869, and by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed May 23, 1869, the Boston and Albany Railroad Corporation of Massachusetts, the Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad Corporation of New York, and the Hudson and Boston of New York, were united and consolidated and became the Boston and Albany Railroad Company. This was consummated November 2, 1870. Number shares of ordinary stock (subscribed). 200,000 200,000 6,590 Statement of Unfunded Debt. $74,900 00 67,300 69 Interest due and unpaid.... 6.065 00 Dividends unpaid.. 413,939 00 Open accounts 200,000 00 Total .... $762,204 69 Cost oF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. Amount at last report and by this report. Grading and masonry.. $6,333.343 95 Bridges.. 1,182,731 13 Superstructure, including rails. 5.795, 293 01 Passenger and freight stations, buildings and fixtures.. 2,947,617 89 Engine and car-houses, machine-shop, machinery and fixtures. 1,293,718 76 Land, land damages and fences... 5,173,713 61 Engineering and agencies... 1,642,298 12 Locomotives, engines and fixtures 1,215,000 00 Passenger and baggage cars.. 488,000 00 Freight and other cars... 1,442, 400 00 Athol branch .. 438.358 28 Newton Highland branch. 411,400 00 Total...... $28,363.874 78 List of Branches Owned, Leased and Operated. (Built.) Owned. Grand Junction Cottage Farm.... East Boston .... 9.30 19.56 7.98 Newton Lower Falls Riverside Newt'n Low'r F'ls 1.10 .57 Saxonville Natick 3.70 .54 Milford. S. Framingham.. Milford 12 3.18 Milbury Milbury Juncti'n. Milbury 3 .50 *Athol .. Springfield.. Athol 45 26 5.25 Hudson & Boston.. Chatham. Hudson. 17.33 17.33 8.15 Pittsf'ld & N.Adams Pittsfield. North Adams. 18.65 4.64 Ware River. Palmer 49 North Brookfield... East Brookfield.. North Brookfi'ld. 4 .62 Svencer. South Spencer... Spencer .. 2.18 .60 Providence, Webster & Springfield Webster Junct'n. Webster Mills 10.11 1.06 Owned. Owned. 8.15 Owned. Leased. Leased. Leased. Leased. Leased. Length of Athol Branch. Operated by B. & A. R. R Operated by N. Y. & N. E. R. R 48 50 45.28 1.20 Gauge of track. 4 ft. 81 in. 403.30 miles. 115.31 63 to 72 lbs. 56 to 72 50 to 63 6,903.78 3,228.32 3,563.10 EQUIPMENT. Total number of locomotive engines owned..... Average weight (with tender and fuel and water) of each kind of locomotive engines, viz.: With eight wheels. Box freight... 3,344 Platform or flat.. 501 Cattle 477 Oil... 186 Coal. 1,012 Service.. 41 Gravel Caboose With four wheels. 521 88 Total number of freight cars. 5,561 609 10 MISCELLANEOUS. 2 Aggregate capacity of same in bushels ... 1,500,000 Number of freight or cattle-yards, of two acres or more in area... 11 Aggregate area of same in acres.... 193.59 Miles of track laid in same.... 53.73 Average number of persons directly employed by the company during the year.... 5,138 Aggregate amount of salaries and wages paid to same for the year.. $3,009,952 65 DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION AND TOTAL MILES Run. Number of miles run by passenger trains. 1,949,970 Number of miles run by freight trains... 3,010, 215 Switching and other mileage.. 719,875 Number of passengers (all classes) carried in cars. 8,794,412 Number of tons, of 2,000 pounds, of freight carried in cars. 3,325,517 Number of miles traveled by passengers, or number of passengers carried one mile (“ total movement of passengers")..... 167,402,441 Number of miles one ton of freight was carried, or number of tons carried one mile (“total movement of freight”). 374,347, 455 Average rate of speed (miles per hour) adopted by ordinary passenger trains, including stops...... 25 |