WESTERN LAKES. The whole length of the lake coast is 5,000 miles, of which 3,000 is in the United States. Area sq. Miles Miles 180 Mackinaw straits. .... The extension of the water and railroad lines beyond the State of New York, form connected lines of navigation of sixteen hundred miles y Lake, seven thousand miles by Rivers, and sixteen hundred miles by Canals, besides upward of three thousand five hundred miles of connected Railroad lines completed, and as much more in pro gress. RAILWAY INVESTMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND. The following tables, prepared by J. G. Martin, Esq., of Boston, show the transaction during 1853 in the stocks of the principal roads controlled in Boston: DIVIDENDS OF RAILROADS IN MASSACHUSETTS. The following dividends were paid in Boston on Massachusetts Railroads, July 1st, 1854: There were also paid about an equal amount on various manufacturing Stocks. IMPORTANT TO STEAMBOAT AGENTS. This was an action brought by Patrick Ahern, in Dublin, against the London and Limerick Steamship Company for loss of four pipes of fine grape oil, entrusted to the defendants for conveyance from London to Limerick, per one of their steamers trading between the two ports, called the European. The casks containing the oil were broken on board, and all the oil was lost. The casks were shipped on the 24th October, 1852, and the steamer reached her berth in Limerick on the 29th. The defendants pleaded the dangers of the sea, the very stormy state of the weather during the voyage, and that it was impossible to save the oil. The plaintiff's case was, that the loss occurred from the negligence of the defendants in not stowing the casks in the usual way, by coigning or bedding them so that the motion or tossing of the sea would not disturb them. The jury found for the plaintiff £93 15s 7d. PROGRESS OF RAILWAYS IN INDIANA. The Indianapolis Journal has been furnished by a gentleman well acquainted with the subject, the following statement of railways in operation, in progress, and contemplated, within that State. He says: "I may have omitted some, and in some few instances the length given may not be exactly true, but they are as nearly accurate as I could make them from Colton's map of Indiana." The following list comprises the number of miles of road within that State, completed and in operation: THE FOLLOWING LIST COMPRISES THE NUMBER OF MILES IN PROGRESS IN THAT STATE. THE FOLLOWING LIST COMPRISES SOME OF THE CONTEMPLATED ROADS, THE DISTANCES GIVEN BEING THOSE WITHIN THE STATE: The following table shows the length of the three proposed routes for a Pacific railroad: From New York to San Francisco, via Dubuque, Central Route.. 3,160 From New York to San Francisco, via St. Louis... 3,214 From New York to San Francisco, via Memphis. 3,031 RECEIPTS OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. It will be seen from the following official statement that since the consolidation of the several lines composing the New York Central Railroad, that the increase of the freighting business has been very large, and that of the passenger business also, notwithstanding a considerable reduction of fare under the consolidation act and other arrangements. The aggregate business of the line for the year, estimating for May, June, and July, will, it is believed, exceed $5,500,000. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT FOR NINE MONTHS COMMENCING AUGUST 1ST, 1852 AND 1853; THE RECEIPT IN 1852 BEING DERIVED FROM THE RETURNS OF THE OLD COMPANIES. Total receipts Total increase, 9 months Add for arrears of mail service lately adjusted with the department, not before included.... 848,619 74 4,128,627 74 37,957 94 Grand total. 4,166,585 68 C. VIBBARD, General Superintendent. RATES OF PASSAGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK. According to the Alta California, the Steamship Companies have determined upon fixing the prices of passage at the following rates: $270 Second Cabin. 240 Steerage UNCLE SAM, INDEPENDENT LINE-Including Transit, Mule Hire and Railroad. Upper Saloon.. $200 140 $200 145 $180 124 |