Owensboro, Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad Company.

Line of Road-Owensboro, Ky., to Horse Branch, Ky., 42.16 miles. History-Chartered April 24, 1882; charter amended March 7, 1888, May 13, 1890, and May 22, 1890. Road opened to Fordsville (26 miles) October 1, 1889; extended to Horse Branch; completed June 1, 1893. In August, 1892, a controlling interest in this company was acquired by parties in the interest of the Chesapeake' Ohio and South western Railroad Company.

Rolling Stock-Locomotive engines, 2. Cars-passenger, 2; freight (box, 10; flat, 2; coal, 30), 43-total cars, 45.

Financial Statement-Capital stock, $754,400; bonds, $668,864.

Directors-M. V. Monarch, Owensboro, Ky.; Epes Randolph, C. F. Krebs, John Echols, Louisville, Ky.; J. J. McHenry, Hartford, Ky.

Officers-M. V. Monarch, President, Owensboro, Ky.; John Echols, Vice-President, C. F. Krebs, Auditor, Louisville, Ky.; G. E. Coleman, Superintendent, Owensboro, Ky.

Principal Office and Address-Louisville, Ky.

Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company.

Line of Road--This company has no main track in this State. Entering Louisville from New Albany, Ind., on the tracks of the Louisville Bridge Company and Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. It has 3.96 miles of siding in Louisville on leased ground.

Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad Company.

Line of Road-Paducah, Ky., to Lexington, Tenn., 118.61 miles. Sidings, etc., 12 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 81⁄2 inches. Rail (steel), 60 lbs.

History-Consolidation in July, 1889, of the Paducah and Tennessee Railroad Co. (chartered in Kentucky March 6, 1854; amended March 5, 1873, and February 25, 1888), the Paducah and Tennessee Railway Co. (organized in Tennessee March 25, 1888), and the Paducah and Tennessee Railroad Co. (organized in Tennessee March 20, 1888). Construction begun in 1890, and road completed and opened as above in November, 1892.

The Tennessee Midland Railroad is controlled by this company, with which it has a 30-year traffic contract, and guarantees, by endorsement, interest on its bonds.

Rolling Stock December 31, 1892-Locomotive engines, 9. Cars-passenger, 4; baggage, etc., 2; freight (box, 170; flat, 45; stock, 10; coal, 15); caboose, 1; other, 10. Of this equipment there was acquired through car trust, a large portion of which has already been paid off: Locomotives, 4; cars-passenger, 4; baggage, etc., 2; freight (box, stock and platform, 230; coal, 20), 250; other, 10-total cars, 266.

Financial Statement-Cost of road, $4,714,050; cost of fixtures, $149,950-total, $4,864,000. Capital stock, $2,432,000; funded debt, $2,432,000-total-$4,864,000.

Funded debt consists of $1,815,000 first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds, dated August 6, 1890, due July 1, 1920, interest January and July, secured on the line from Paducah to Hollow Rock, 87 miles; and $617.000 first mortgage (on extension from Hollow Rock to Lexington, 32 miles) 5 per cent. gold bonds, dated July 1, 1892, due July 1, 1920, interest January and July.

The bonds are for $1,000 each in coupon form, with privilege of registration; principal and interest payable in gold at the Central Trust Company of New York, or at the St. Louis Trust Company, St. Louis, Mo, The bonds are authorized at the rate of $20,000 per mile of completed road. Trustees, St. Louis Trust Company, StLouis, Mo. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange

The equipment notes are payable in installments, the last falling due in August, 1897, and the amount outstanding as above includes interest to maturity.

Annual meeting in December, at Paducah, Ky.

Directors-John T. Davis, Thomas H. West, William L. Huse, Alvah Mansur, Daniel Catlin, John A. Scudder, T. J. Moss, J. H. Allen, St. Louis, Mo,; John Overton, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.; A. B. Lamb, Paris, Tenn.; T. H. Puryear, Paducah, Ky.; E. B. Johnson, St. Elmo, Ill.

Officers-W. L. Huse, President, St. Louis, Mo.; John Overton, Vice-President C. W. Whitelaw, Treasurer, St. Louis, Mo.; W. J. Hills, General Superintendent, J. J. W. Fristoe,ecretary, Paducah, Ky.; A. G. Browning, Auditor, Paducah, Ky. Principal Office and Address-Paducah, Ky.

This road has recently been sold, and, it is reported, purchased for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.

Paducah Union Depot Company.

Line of Road-36.80 feet of main track in Paducah, Ky., to Ohio river, where there is a trans'er for trains of the St. Louis and Paducah Railroad to Brooklin, Ill. The company owns a substantial union passenger depot, used by C. O. & S. W., and St. L. & P. trains, and has 2 miles and 4,400 feet of siding.

Financial Statement June 30, 1893--Cost of road and fixtures, $200,000; assets, $2,326.18; deficit June 30, 1895, $15,591,68-total, 219,917.86. Capital stock, $100,000 ; funded debt, $100,000; sundry accounts payable, $19,917.86--total, $217,917.86.

Officers-John Echols, President, Louisville, Ky.; Geo. W. Parker, Vice-President, St. Louis, Mo.; Henry T. Nash, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo.; A. J. Crow, Superintendent, Paducah, Ky.; Q. Q. Quigley, General Attorney, Paducah, Ky.

Directors-John Echols, Epes Randolph, Louisville, Ky.; Q. Q. Quigley, Chas. Reed, J. E. Williamson, Paducah, Ky.; George W. Parker, St. Louis, Mo.; W. T. Wilson, Pinckneyville, Ill.

General Office-Paducah Ky.

Portsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad Company.

History of Road-The construction of this line was commenced in the summer of 1892, and it was opened for traffic May 25, 1893. Beginning near Tygart Station, on the E. L. & B. S., it extends 6.25 miles up the south fork of Tygart Creek to a fire clay deposit owned by the company.

Rolling Stock-One locomotive.

Financial Statement-Cost of road and fixtures, $135,000.

000. Funded debt, $34,000.

Capital stock, $100,

Officers-A. T Johnson, President, Portsmouth, Ohio; S. P. Adams, Secretary and General Manager, Portsmouth, Ohio; T. W. Kinney, General Superintendent, Brinegar, Ky.; B. F. Bennett, General Attorney, Greenup, Ky.

Directors—A. T. Johnsen, Ports nouth, Ohio; C. E. Bowen, J. E. Fritsch, Logan, Ohio; S. P. Adams, Porthmouth, Ohio; Thos. Powell, Sciotoville, Ohio.

General Office-Portsmouth, Ohio.

Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad Company.

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100-197 miles.

Lines of Road Projected-Versailles, Ky., to Beattyville, Ky. 97
Beattyville, Ky., to Jellico or Middlesborough, Ky... .
Completed: December 31, 1892, Versailles, Ky, to Irvine, Ky.
Sidings, 5.67 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. Rail (steel), 60 pounds.

61 miles.

History-Chartered March 10, 1888; road completed as above at the close of 1891. Receiver appointed December 2, 1891, on the application of the Central Trust Co., of New York, N. Y., trustee of the first mortgage.

Rolling Stock-Locomotive engines, 4. Cars-passenger, 5; baggage, etc., 2; freight, 10.

Financial Statement-Capital stock (authorized at rate of $30,000 per mile), subscribed, $2,425,000; funded debt (first mortgage 6 per cent. 30-year $1,000 gold bonds dated July 1, 1889, interest January and July) issued and outstanding, $2,375,000— total stock and bonds, $1,800,000. The bonds are coupon, with privilege of registration, and are authorized at the rate of $25,000 per mile. Trustee, Central Trust Co., New York, N. Y. Interest payable at the Bank of North America, New York City. Annual meeting, second Tuesday in July.

Directors-John W. Stine, Thomas W. Bullitt, A. L. Schmidt, E. T. Halsey, Henry L. Stone, J. W. Ainsley, R. Ried Rogers, Louisville, Ky.; T. B. Maloney, Beattyville, Ky.; W. T. B. Williams, Irvine, Ky.; B. M. Arnett, W. L. Steele, Nicholasville, Ky.; Newland Jones, John D. Harris, C. D. Chenault, C. L. Searcy, Richmond, Ky.

Officers-John McLeod, Receiver, Louisville, Ky.; V. M. Nourse, Auditor, Louisville, Ky.; W. H. Adams, Superintendent, Richmond, Ky.; S. T. Copeland, Cashier, Louisville, Ky.; C. M. Browning, General Freight and Passenger Agent, Richmond, Ky.

Principal Office-Louisville, Ky.

Short Route Railway Transfer Company.

Line of Road-In Louisville, Ky., 1.52 miles. Second track, 1.52 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches. Rail (steel), 62 pounds.

History-Chartered March 7, 1873. This railway extends along the Ohio river front of the city of Louisville, from Preston street to Fourteenth street (the approach of the Louisville Bridge), a distance of 1.52 miles, all of which is a double track, iron viaducts crossing all the streets in the business portion of the city overhead. It supplies the shortest connection between the depots of the railroads located at the eastern end of Louisville and those entering by the two Louisville bridges in the western part of the city. Work was commenced in the spring of 1883, and the line opened for business on May 14, 1884. At Fourteenth street it connects directly with the Louisville and Nashville, the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern, the Pennsylvania, the Ohio and Mississippi, the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago, and the Louisville,

Evansville and St. Louis Railroads. The Kentucky and Ohio Bridge Company operates a number of trains over it, in connection with its briage franchise, to and from New Albany.

Financial Statement, June 30, 1895-Capital stock, $500,000; funded debt, first mortgage 6 per cent, thirty-year bonds, due August 1, 1912, interest February and August, $500,000; cost of road, $1,000,000.

Directors-C. P. Huntington, I. E. Gates, New York, N. Y.; John Echols, Wm. R. Ray, Charles R. Long, W. T. Rolph, J. C. Gilbert, W. W. Smith, Thomas W. Bullitt, Louisville, Ky.

Officers-John Echols, President, 23 Bond street, New York, N. Y.; Charles R. Long, Vice President, Louisville, Ky.; C. F. Krebs, Secretary and Auditor, Louisville, Ky.

Principal and Transfer Office-Louisville, Ky.

St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company.

Line of Road-This company has only 1.53 miles main track, and 2.5 miles siding in Kentucky, which is located at Columbus, where there is a river transfer of business between the Iron Mountain and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroads, the track of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad being used for a short distance.

West Virginia, Pineville and Tennessee Railroad Company.

Line of Road-2 miles and 86 feet of main track, extending from a point on the Cumberland Valley Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, near Pineville, Ky., with 2,554 feet of siding. No rolling stock.

Financial Statement-No stock or bonds issued yet, but the Southern Land Improvement Company holds the note of the company, due five years from October 5, 1892, without interest, and will, at the proper time, accept stock and bonds in payment of this obligation. Due Southern Land and Improvement Company for track right of way and franchise, $125,000; sundry expenses for track repairs and advance for extention, $3,905.41; bills payable on account supplies for construction, $1,105.79; due contractors, $888.74--total, $130,899.94.

Directors-J. D. Blake, Pineville, Ky.; J. W. Buchanan, Louisville, Ky.; R. Chichester, Pineville, Ky.; Frank D. Swope, E. McConn, Maxwell S. Baker, Louisville, Ky.; John G. Taylor, Chicago, Ill.; L. C. Barrett, Minneapolis, Minn.

Officers-J. D. Blake, President, Pineville, Ky.; John W. Buchanan, Vice-President, Louisville, Ky.; R. Chichester, Pineville, Ky.; Bullitt & Shields, General Attorneys, Louisville, Ky.

General Office--Pineville, Ky.

Southern Railway Company in Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky., to Lexington, Ky., 80.5 miles; Lawrenceburg to Burgen, Ky., 26.02 miles; Versailles to Georgetown, 16.73 miles-total, 123.25 miles.

Trackage: K. & I. B. R'y, Louisville to Louisville Junc., 6.93 miles-total operated, 130.18 miles; sidings, etc., 22.10 miles. Guage, 4 ft. 8 in. Rail (steel), 60 pounds.

History--The property of the Louisville Southern Railway Company was sold under foreclosure August 16, 1894, and conveyed to this company, organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000, in the interest of the Southern Railway Company, on September 1, 1894.

Rolling Stock, June 30, 1895-Locomotives, 25. Cars-passenger, 18; baggage, etc., 5; freight (box, 608; flat, 46; stock, 70; caboose, 12; other, 9)-total, 793.

Operations, year ending June 30, 1894-Train mileage--passenger, 204,352; freight, 301,295; other, 162 089-total, 667,736 miles. Passengers carried, 218,954; one mile, 5,436,203. Tons freight moved, 552,417; one mile, 41,712,704. Earningspassenger, $133,591; freight, $430,625; other, $37,240-total, $601,457. Operating expenses-transportation, $162,822; motive power, $146,023; maintenance of way, $139,491; of cars, 51,163; general, $56,827-total, $556,326. Net earnings, $45,131. Charges against income-interest on bonds (in default), $217,000; other interest, $30,290; general expenses, $2,399-total, $249,689. Deficit, $204,558; deficit forward, $200,813-total, $405,371.