St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company. School District No. 2, Hickman County 1.18 miles, at $18,000 per mile Other property. West Virginia, Pineville and Tennessee Railroad Company. School District No. 1, Bell County 1 mile, 373 feet, at $4,000 per mile School District No. 4 4,993 feet, at $4,000 per mile STATE OF KENTUCKY, $8,960 $23,800 $3,010 $21,240 570 $21,810 $4 282 $3,782 OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, FRANKFORT, KY. We, the undersigned Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Kentucky, duly appointed and qualified according to law, hereby certify that the foregoing pages from and includ- OF ing page 1 to and including page 119 to the beginning of this -certificate of this book of assessments, embrace the valuation as fixed by us of property of companies owning or operating railroads subject to taxation in the State of Kentucky for the year 1894; that the figures set opposite the school districts in the respective counties therein set out show the valuation of railroad property therein subject to taxation in same; and that said valuation, per mile, is made by us as required by law. "Given under our hands this 22d day of November, 1894. C. C. M. CHORD, Chairman, CHARLES B. POYNTZ. A copy-attest: D. C. HARDIN, Secretary. Projected-Altamont to Manchester, Ky., 25 miles. Completed, 3.5 miles. Guage, 4 feet 8.5 inches. Rail (steel), pounds. Chartered May 24, 1890. The road was projected for the purpose of providing an outlet to the coal fields of Eastern Kentucky. Cost of road and equipment, $67,500, (Directors-C. Crooke, W. P. Crooke, A. M. Crooke, W. B. Smith and R. H. Crooke. Officers-C. Crooke, President; A. M. Crooke, Secretary and Treasurer, Altamont, Ky., and R. H. Crooke, General Attorney. Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Company. Line of Road-Ashland, Ky., to Straight Creek Junction, Ky., 22.06 miles of sin-, gle main track; 8.19 miles sidings. The Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Company has trackage arrangement over 21.3 miles of this line. Rolling Stock-Locomotives, 8; passenger cars, 2; baggage cars, 1; cabooses, 2; freight cars (closed), 4; gondolas, 59; flat cars, 12; four-wheel five-ton coal cars, 347. Financial Statement-General balance sheet June 30, 1894 Cost of road, $1,433,798.59; cost of fixtures, $384,523.71; bills receivable, $65,307.35; cash, etc., $12,616.36; accounts, $46,454.01; total, $1,9 12,700.02. Credits-Capital stock, $1,49 1,500; funded debt, $244,000; floating debt, $127,128.59; balance, $77.071.43; Total, $1,942,700.02. Officers-Douglas Putnam, Jr, President and General Manager; John G. Peebles, Vice-President; Robert Peebles, Secretary-Treasurer, General Passenger and Freight Agent; E. C. Means, General Superintendent; John F. Hagar, General Attorney; W. B. G. Hatcher, Chief Engineer. Directors-James M. Bailey, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Kenny L. Butler, Cincinnati, Ohio; George N. Biggs, Huntington, W. Va.; John G. Peebles, Portsmouth, O.; John Means, Ashland, Ky.; Douglas Putnam, Jr., Ashland, Ky. Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad. History-Track was laid on this road in 1892 from Beattyville Junction (near Lumber Point on the Kentucky Union) to Beattyville, Ky., 5.6 miles, and from Beattyville to coal mines, 1.4 miles, total 7 miles. Business was begun under the corporate name of the Winchester and Reattyville Railroad Company, but the name has been changed to the Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad Company. The road has been operated since June 1, 1893. Rolling Stock-Locomotive, 1; combination car, 1. Financial Statement--Capital stock, $160,000; funded debt in bonds, $160,000. Cost of road, $160,000. Operations, gross earnings June 1, 1893, to September 1, 1893, $7, 267.66. Officers-Robert Wallace, President and General Manager, Versailles, Ky.; G. W. Gowdy, Vice-President, Beattyville, Ky.; James P. Amsden, Secretary and Treasurer, Versailles, Ky.; Ed. M. Wallace, General Attorney, Versailles, Ky.; F. K. Baird, Passenger and Freight Agent and Comptroller. Principal Office and Address-Versailles, Ky. Burnside and Cumberland River Railway Company. Line of Road-Burnside Junction, Ky., to Burnside Landing, Ky., 1 mile. Sidings, etc., 4.3 mile. Guage, 4 feet, 81⁄2 inches. Rail (steel), 53 pounds. History-Chartered May 1, 1890; road opened December 1, 1890. Rolling Stock, June 30, 1893-Locomotive engine, 1. Financial Statement -Capital stock (authorized, $50,000; par, $100), $15,000; funded debt (First mortgage 6 per cent. 20-year $500 coupon bonds, dated December 1, 1890, interest payable June and December), $15,000. Dividends payable Annual meeting, second Tues lay in January at Burnside, Ky. at Burnside, Ky.; interest at First National Bank, Somerset, Ky. Joseph Cox, Jr., Cincinnati, O. Register of stock, M. F. Molloy, Cincinnati, O. Directors—C. W. Cole, Oliver Kinsey, M. F. Molloy, Cincinnati, O. Officers.— C. W. Cole, President, Gen. Manager and Purch. Agent, Cincinnati, O.; Oliver Kinsley, Vice-President, Cincinnati, O.; M. F. Molloy, Secretary and Auditor, Cincinnati, O. Principal Office and Address-Burnside, Ky.; Stock Transfer Office, 54 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, O. History-Chartered September .30, 1886, and road as above put in operation im December, 1890. The project is for a railroad from Charleston, S. C., to Ashland, Ky., |