Ashcroft's Railway Directory For; Containing an Official List of All the Officers and Directors of the Rail-Roads in the United States & Canadas, Together with Their Financial Condition and Amount of Rolling Stock (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. 1864 Excerpt: ....' M. M. Cooper, Chief Clerk, A. G. Gaw, Philadelphia. Purchasing Agent, A. Pardee. Nine Directors. A. S. Roberts. E. Roberts. J. G. Fell. W. A. Ingham. F. Peel. Benj. Davis. Jesse R. Burden. Chas. Jenkins. Dr. Finley. CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAIL-ROAD. From Harrisburg to Chambersburg, Pa., 52 miles. Branch; Franklin, Chamber'sburg to Hagerstown, 22 miles. Office, Chamrersrurg, Pa. Capital paid in, $956,900. Funded Debt, $270,500. Total cost of Road, $1,131,037. No. of Locomotives, 12. Passenger Cars, 1st class, 7; second class, 3. Freight Cars, 66. Baggage Cars, 5. Gauge of Road, 4 feet, 8 inches. Time of Election, first Monday in October. President, Hon. Fred'k Watts, Carlisle, Pa. Treasurer, Edward M. Biddle. " " Superintendent, O. N. Lull, Chambersburg, " General Ticket Agent, A. H. McCulloh, " " Master of Machinery A. S. Hull, " " Master of Car Repairs, J. Shafer, " " Twelve Directors. Josiah Bacon. J. Edgar Thomson. Ed. Smith. H. J. Lombaert. W. M. Henderson. D. O. Gehr. Thos. B. Kennedy. Wistar Morris. Thos. A. Scott. John Hulme. Thos. A. Biddle. E. C. Knight. CUMBERLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. From Cumberland to Lanaconing, Md., 25 miles. Branch; Along Neff's Bun 1 miles long. Office, Mount Savage, Md. Capital paid in, $1,000,000. Funded Debt, $250,000. Total cost of Road, $1,466,147. No. of Locomotives, 8. Passenger Cars, 1st class, 2. Freight Cars, 199. Gauge of Road, 4 feet 8i inches. Time of Election, January 1. President, John A. Graham, Mt. Savage, Md. Secretary C. H. Ogden, 55 Broadway, N. Y. Superintendent, C. Slack, Mount Savage, Md. Chief Engineer, John M. Standish, Frostburg, Md. Master of Machinery, Robert Maxwell, Mount Savage, Md Road Master, Albert Holle, " Chief Clerk, Henry ...