LVA, RF&P 5/27/1863

Statement of the Affairs of the RF&P RR Co from the Commencement of the Work to 31st March, 1863

 

Cost of Road and Property

   
From Richmond to Acquia Creek

1,534,147 44

 
Cost of New Superstructure, Heavy Iron, etc 563,649 47  
Engineering Expenses to Manassas and Quantico 2,321 87  
Property conveyed by E. Robinson 147,858 13  
  2,247,976 91
   

Debts Due to the Company

   
From Individuals on New Stock 1,820 00  
From Bills Receivable 19, 068 13  
From Sundries in Open Account 97,181 69  
From Confederate States for Transportation of Freight and Passengers 193,312 98  
From Confederate States for Expense of Reconstructing Bridges Destroyed 22,422 67  
  333,805 47
   

Investments

   
Seaboard & Roanoke RR Co. Stock 24,616 94  
Stock of this Company 4,009 00  
Potomac Steamboat Company Stock 38,900 00  
Confederate States bonds (8 per cent.) 240,050 00  
  307,575 94
   

Cash

   
On hand 31st March, 1863 4,730 94  
  4,730 94
   
  $2,894,089 26
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Capital Stock

   
Subscribed by State, 2,752 Shares Old Stock 275,200 00  
Subscribed by Individuals, 4,248 Shares Old Stock 424,800 00  
Subscribed by Individuals, 3,000 Shares New Stock 300,000 00  
Subscribed by Individuals, 1,429 Shares Guarantied Stock 142,900 00  
  1,142,900 00
   

Debts Due by the Company of a Permanent Nature

   
Debts due in open account 74,042 60  

 Unpaid Dividends and Interest on Certificates of Debt

67,699 33  
Bills Payable 914 22  
  142,656 15
   

Profit and Loss

   
Receipts from Transportation since the commencement of the work to 31st March, '63 6,030,769 87  
Rents of Real Estate since the commencement of the work to 31st March 1863 6,340 62  
Petersburg Onmibus Account 4,272 52  
Dividends from Potomac Steamboat Co 83,385 00  
  6,124,768 01

Expenses of Transportation from the commencement of the work to 31st March, '63, including loss of bridges and depot by fire, interest, interest on certificates of debt and new stock, allowance to W. & F. Steamboat Company, and difference of exchange in settlement of Bonds due in London in 1862

3,939,383 91  
  2,185,384 10
Dividends paid since the commencement of the work to 31st March 1863 1,233,223 24  
  952,160 86
  $2,894,089 26
   
J. B. Winston, Treasurer    

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