| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| April 14, 1865 |
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| 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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