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(No. 4.)

ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA.

STATE OF NEW YORK, 88:

Albany City and County, S

JOSEPH H. RAMSEY, President, and WILLIAM L. M. PHELPS, Secretary and Treasurer of the Albany and Susquehanna 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 theerof, are true and correct, according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

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Total amount now paid in of capital stock..

Funded debt, as by last report..

Total amount now of funded debt...

Floating debt, as by last report..

Average rate, per annum, of interest on funded debt..

$1,400,000 00

5,000,000 00

3,280,000 00

5,000,000 00

4,399,000 00

4,367,000 00

83,440 00

7 per cent.

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fixtures.....

Land, land damages and fences

Engine and car houses, machine shops, machinery and

Locomotives and fixtures, and snow plows....

* Increased to $15,000,000 for double tracking and other improvements, and equipping and stocking the road, as provided by terms of lease to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, said lease having been ratified by a unanimous vote of the stockholders of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company May 3, 1870.

118,285 31

586,383 96

338,053 08

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The property of the company was leased for the term of its charter February 24, 1870, to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and the operations are, therefore, reported by the latter company.

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Communications intended for this company should be addressed Albany, N. Y.

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)

J. H. RAMSEY, President.

W. L. M. PHELPS, Sec. and Treas.

*Elected by the common council of the city of Albany, July 2, 1870, in pursuance of section 8 of an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled "An act to authorize the city of Albany to make a loan to the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company," passed April 10, 1852.

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REPORT OF THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL COMPANY, LESSEES OF THE ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD.

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WLLLIAM L. M. PHELPS, Cashier, and HENRY A. FONDA, acting Superintendent of operations of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad department of the Delaware and Hudson Canal 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. (Signed) H. A. FONDA,

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Length of double track, including sidings

Length of branches owned and leased by the company,

laid ...

Weight of rail, per yard, on main track..

Number of engine houses and shops..

Number of engines

142

miles.

142

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Number of first-class passenger cars (rated as 8-wheel cars) ...

Number of second-class and emigrant passenger cars (rated as 8-wheel cars)....

Number of gravel and other service cars ...

Number of baggage, mail and express cars (rated as 8-wheel cars)

30

3

145

12

1,490

Number of freight cars (rated as 8-wheel cars) ..... Length of main line of road from Albany to Binghamton

343

142 miles.

Number of coal cars.....

DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION, AND TOTAL MILES Run.

Number of miles run by passenger trains

276,684

Number of miles run by freight trains

512,701

Number of passengers (all classes) carried in cars....

362,123

Number of miles traveled by passengers, or number of

passengers carried one mile...

11,533,281

Number of tons, of 2,000 pounds, of freight carried

in cars....

441,100

Total movement of freight, or number of tons carried

one mile .....

41,808,653

Average rate of speed adopted by ordinary passenger trains, including stops (miles per hour).

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Rate of speed of same when in motion ..
Average rate of speed adopted by express trains, in-
cluding stops..

Rate of speed of same when in motion

Average rate of speed adopted by freight trains, including stops...

Rate of speed of same when in motion

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Average weight, in tons, of passenger trains, exclusive of passengers and baggage

107

Average weight, in tons, of freight trains, exclusive of freight.....

159

The amount of freight, specifying the quantity in tons :

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The rate of fare for passengers, charged for the respective classes, per mile, as follows:

For first class through passengers

For first class way passengers..

2 cents. 3 66

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