Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...agents of this company, and having carefully examined the same, declare them to be a true, full and coiTect statement of the condition and affairs of said company, on the first day of July, A. D. 1873, to the best of their knowledge and belief. Signed, HENRY ROOT, President. WM. CHARLES, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, at Quincy. this 4th day of August, A. D. 1873. SeaLj AUGUSTUS M, EAREL, Votary PrMta. EEPORT OF THE HAMILTON, LACON AND EASTERN RAILROAD CO. TO THE Commissioners of Railroads and Warehouses of the State of Illinois. For the Year ending June 30, 1873. OFFICERS AND OFFICES. Names. Address. G. L. Fort, President Lacon, HI. Fred. Gage, Secretary" "W. E. Cook, Treasurer ' George F. "Wightman, Chief Engineer" General offices at Lacon, Marshall county, HI. Names of Directors. Address. Washington E. Cook Lacon, 111. Frederick Gage ' Greenbury L. Fort ' Benj. D. Shackleton Streator, HI. E. L. Stratton Long Point. Give proposed length, termini and connections. Chicago to Hamilton, 111., 246 miles, with a branch from Lacon to Wenona, HI., 20 miles constructed and operated by the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. Length of line, only graded 20 miles. Lensth of line, graded and ironed 20" Length of line, equipped and operated 1st of July, 1873 20 ' Prospects of completion--None. STOCK. Amount of stock subscribed $106,000 Percentage paid in 106,000 GENERAL REMARKS. The twenty miles built was constructed by the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, and that company can, and no doubt have, already furnished your honorable Commissioners all the information in detail. That company paid all expenses. That portion of the road already built was in the possession of the said company from the first. The Hamilton, Lacon and Eas...