Download or read book Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Western N. C. Railroad written by Western North Carolina Railroad Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Western N. C. Railroad: Held in Salisbury, September 11, 1863 The receipts for freights and passengers the past year, have almost trebbled that of the previous year, which was $33, 580 56, and for the past, $89, 624 08. We have also receiv cd from Confederate States, State 01 North Carolina and N C Rail Road, for services done on other Roads, which makes the total earnings of the Road $162, 766 55. The total expense 'of ope1ating' the Road for same period 13 $62, 694 14, leaving the nett earnings, $80, 040 14, being 144' per cent. On the cost 'of Operating. This sum will be Very nea1ly absorbed by the dividend of 4 per cent. Declared by the Boa1d, payable on the 21st September next. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.