ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE Mo- s ^^i * TPT THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, FAR 18 4 7. - Uoiston: DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, STATE PRINTERS, No. 37, Congress Street. 1848. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners http://archive.org/details/annualreportsofr02mass 1)CL> — <&o mm on total tij of piasBacljusetts* House of Representatives, February 5, 1848. The Committee on Railways and Canals, to which have been referred the Annual Reports of the Railroad Corporations, report : That returns have been made by thirty-five corporations. A part of these returns are not in strict compliance with the statute 1846, ch. 251, and do not furnish the information required. Appended to this report is a list of deaths and injuries upon the several roads, so far as the returns exhibit the same. The report of commissioners of the sinking fund of the Western Rail- road has been examined and believed to be correct. The committee recommend the printing of two thousand copies of these papers. For the committee, DANIEL N. DEWEY. House of Representatives, February 5, 1848. Accepted. Sent up for concurrence. C. W. STOREY, Clerk. Senate, February 7, 1848. Concurred. CHAS. CALHOUN, Clerk. i*>^\l LIST OF DEATHS AND INJURIES UPON THE SEVERAL RAILROADS, Which have made returns in regard to the same for the last year. No. of Per- No. of sons injured. Deaths. Boston and Lowell Railroad, - - - 1 1 u Boston and Maine - - - 1 3 Boston and Providence H - - - - 2 Boston and Worcester it, - - - 16 17 Cape Cod Branch U - - - 1 - Connecticut River it - - - 2 - Eastern u - - - 3 - Essex u - - - - 1 Fall River n - - - - 4 Fitchburg .{ - - - 1 1 Nashua and Lowell it - - - 2 3 New Bedford and Providence a - - - 1 1 a New Bedford and Taunton - - - 1 1 Old Colony a - - - 5 - Pittsfield and North Adams u - - - - 1 Western u - - - 7 9 41 44 INDEX. Barre and Worcester, ........ page 1 Berkshire, . "3 Boston and Lowell, "9 Boston and Maine, ........." 14 Boston and Providence, ........ "21 Boston and Worcester, ........ M 25 Cape Cod Branch, . , "35 Cheshire Railroad Company, ........" 39 Connecticut River, . "43 Dorchester and Milton, ..." 47 Eastern, "52 Essex, "57 Fall River, "63 Fitchburg, "68 Fitchburg and Worcester, "73 Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company, . " 77 Hartford and New Haven, in Massachusetts, .... "81 Hampshire and Franklin, . " 88 Lexington and West Cambridge, ...... "90 Lowell and Andover, ........." 94 Nashua and Lowell, ......... "98 New Bedford and Taunton, . "103 Norfolk County, "108 Norwich and Worcester, . "Ill Old Colony, "119 Peterboro' and Shirley, . " 134 Pittsfield and North Adams, " 138 Providence and Worcester, " 142 South Shore, . " 149 Vlll Stony Brook, page 154 Stoughton Branch, « 158 Taunton Branch, « \qq Vermont and Massachusetts, « 154 « West Stockbridge, . 170 Western, « 174 " Report of Commissioners Sinking Fund, . « 179 Worcester and Nashua, "180 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BARRE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts : The directors of the Barre and Worcester Railroad Company can report but little action under the act of incorporation of that company. Those to whom the charter was particularly granted, took early measures to have books opened, and subscriptions obtained for the stock in said company. It was found that many of the warmest friends of that project, in the town of Worcester, and some other towns in that vicinity, were subscribers for stock in the Providence and Worcester, and Worcester and Nashua Railroads; and it was deemed expedient to suspend the ob- taining subscribers until the opening of the first-mentioned road, and the payment of the assessments to the stock in the last. Soon after the open- ing of the Providence and Worcester Railroad for use, the books were reopened and subscriptions obtained, and the company has been organ- ized by a choice of officers. The recent and present great depression in the monetary concerns of the country, has prevented so large a subscrip- tion as was expected, but have promises of a liberal increase. During the past season, surveys and examinations have been made for the pur- pose of testing the correctness of former surveys, and to place the com- pany in a condition to commence work on the road early in the next season, should the pecuniary concerns of the country be in a more favor- able condition. No assessments have been made, and of consequence no receipts can be reported ; and the expenditures have been paid by individuals whose accounts have not been rendered. All of which is respectfully submitted : JOHN W. LINCOLN, GINERY TWICHELL, JOHN BROOKS, CHAS. L. KNOWLTON, SETH CALDWELL, SAMUEL S. HOWE, ETHAN A. GREENWOOD, Worcester, January 22, 1848. 1 2 BARRE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD. Worcester, ss. January 22, 1848. Personally appeared the above- named John W. Lincoln, John Brooks, Seth Caldwell, Ethan A. Green- wood, Ginery Twichell, Charles L. Knowlton, and Samuel S. Howe, directors of the Barre and Worcester Railroad Company, and severally made oath that the foregoing report, by them subscribed, is true. Before me, CALEB DANA, Justice of the Peace. NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BERKSHIRE RAILROAD COMPANY Return of the Berkshire Railroad, under the Act of April 16th, 1846, chap. 251. Capital stock, - $600,000 00 Increase of capital since last report, 100,000 00 Capital paid in, per last report, - 500,000 00 Capital paid in, since last report, - 100,000 00 Total amount of capital stock paid in, 600,000 00 Funded debt, per last report, - Funded debt paid since last report, - Funded debt, increase of, since last report, Total present amount of funded debt, Floating debt, per last report, - 2,198 69 Floating debt paid since last report, Floating debt, increase of, since last report, Total present amount of floating debt, Total present amount of funded and floating debt, - Average rate of interest per annum on do., Cost of Road and Equipment. For graduation and masonry, per last report, 500,000 00 For graduation and masonry paid during the past year, See last report. Total amount expended for graduation and masonry, For bridges, per last report, - For bridges, paid during the past year, Total amount expended for bridges, For superstructure, including iron, per last report, - For superstructure, including iron, paid during the past year, - See contracts of transpor- Total amount expended for superstructure, including tation with Housatonic iron, -_.._- j> Railroad Company, an- For stations, buildings and fixtures, as per last report, nexed to Directors' Re- For stations, buildings and fixtures, paid during the ports of 1843 and 1845. past year, - Total amount expended for stations, buildings and fixtures, ------ For land, land-damages and fences, per last report, For land, land-damages and fences, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for land, land-damages and fences, ------ For locomotives, per last report, - 100,000 00 For locomotives, paid during the past year, Total amount expended for locomotives, For passenger and baggage cars, per last report, - See contract with Housa- 1 BERKSHIRE RAILROAD. For passenger and baggage cars, paid during the tonic Railroad Co., an- past year, - nexed to this report. Total amount expended for passenger and baggage cars, - - - - - For merchandise cars, per last report, For merchandise cars, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for merchandise cars, For engineering and other expenses, per last report, For engineering and other expenses, paid during the past year, - Total amount expended for engineering and other expenses, _____ Total cost of road and equipment, - $600,000 00 Characteristics of Road. Length of road, - - 21 miles, 11 chains. Length of single track, - Length of double track, - None, except turn-outs. Length of branches owned by the company, stating whether they have a single or double track, None. Weight of rail per yard in main road, 56 lbs. Weight of rail per yard in branch roads, - Maximum grade, with its length in main road, 40 ft. 1 mile, 16 chains. Maximum grade, with its length in branch roads, - Total rise and fall in main road, - See Report of 1842. Total rise and fall in branch roads, - Shortest radius of curvature, with length of curve in main road, - From 872 to 1090 feet.— Shortest radius of curvature, with length of curve [mile, 2 chains. in branch roads, - - - Total degrees of curvature in main road, - Total degrees of curvature in branch roads, Total length of straight line in main road, - 12 miles, 48 chains. Total length of straight line in branches, - Aggregate length of truss bridges, Whole length of road unfinished on both sides, Doings during the Year. Miles run by passenger trains, - 13,146 Miles run by freight trains, - 19,782 Miles run by other trains, - - - - Total miles run, - Number of passengers carried in the cars, - 38,896 Number of passengers carried one mile, 622,080 Number of tons of merchandise carried in the cars, Number of tons of merchandise carried one mile, - Number of passengers carried one mile, to and from other roads, - Number of tons carried one mile, to and from other roads, ------ Average rate of speed adopted for passenger trains, including stops, - - - - - 22 miles per hour. Average rate of speed adopted for freight trains, in- « « " - eluding stops, - j 4 Estimated weight in tons of passenger trains, in- cluding engine and tender, but not including pas- sengers, hauled one mile, - Estimated weight of merchandise trains, including engine and tender, but not including freight, hauled one m lie, - : : BERKSHIRE RAILROAD. Expenditures for Working the Road. For repairs of road, maintenance of way, exclusive of wooden truss bridges and renewals of iron, - For repairs of truss bridges, - Expenses borne by Hou- For renewals of iron, including laying down, satonic Railroad Compa- For wages of switch-men, gate-keepers and flag-men, ny.