NP, MT 4/14/1865

From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
 
April 14, 1865
 
Macon & Brunswick Railroad
   We have had placed on our table the Sixth Annual Report of the president and other officials of the above named road for the fiscal year ending February 1st, 1865, by which it appears that the gross earnings of the road have been $269,524.44, and the expenses $216,048.88, leaving as net profits $53,480.56. The capital stock of the company is $809,575. During the year the company has bought and paid for 1,600 acres pin land at a cost of $40,000, on which they have erected a steam saw-mill, at a cost of something over $11,000; and a lot for a depot in Macon at a cost of $20,000.
   The great importance of this road to Macon and through Macon to the State, is evidenced by the fact that though running as yet but a short distance,     miles, it transported during the past year 85,524 bushels corn, 11,000 bushels peas, 37,233 pounds lard, 37,500 pounds wool, 300,000 pounds fodder, 34,739 bushels charcoal, 12,318 cords wood, and 1,162,000 feet of lumber, besides wheat, meal, oats, rye, potatoes, etc., in considerable quantities.
   The public will receive the concluding remarks of the president with gratification. It is as follows: 
   "We conclude with the remark that we regard the affairs of the company as in a very good and healthful condition, having sufficient assets to complete the enterprise, if we shall escape the ravages of the public enemy, as we have up to this time; and we have quite as much confide3nce in the success of the enterprise and the value of the stock as ever."

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