ARTICLE 8. An annual meeting of stockholders of this company shall be held at the office of the company, on the first Thursday of October in each year. Stockholders may vote in person or by proxy. ARTICLE 9. The capital stock shall be payable as the same may be called for, in monthly installments of not more than 10 per cent. The aggregate amount of bonded indebtedness of this corporation shall not at any time exceed fifteen thousand dollars per mile of road. ARTICLE 10. The directors shall select from their own number a president, who shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the company. The directors shall also appoint a vice-president, a secretary and treasurer, and such other agents and officers as it may be deemed necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of said company. The directors shall have power to adopt a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure; to render the interest of stockholders transferable; and to establish all needful by-laws, rules and regulations. ARTICLE 11. Private property of stockholders shall be exempt from liability for the corporate debts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereunto subscribe our names and place of residence, and the number of shares of stock we agree to take in said company, this 27th day of September, A. D. 1872. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND MCGRGOR R. R. TRANSFER OFFICE. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Dec. 10, 1874. Hon. J. H. OSBORN, Hon. GEO. H. PAUL, Hon. J. W. HOYT, Commissioners: GENTLEMEN:-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 4th inst., in which you do me the favor to request a brief but complete description of the pontoon railway bridge at Prairie du Chien. This bridge, it is proper to say, was built and is being operated by me by virtue of an agreement with the Milwaukee, Chicago and Saint Paul Railway Company. It was finished for the passage of trains on the fifteenth day of April last, since which time it has been in successful use. It is located between Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and McGregor, Iowa, at which points it connects the river termination of the Prairie du Chien and Iowa and Minnesota divisions of the St. Paul Company's lines. It extends across both channels of the Mississippi river and an intervening island, the total length being seven thousand and two hundred feet. The structure consists of substantial piling except its pontoon draws, of which there are two, one across each navigable channel. Each pontoon is four hundred feet long, thirty feet wide, five feet deep, trussed through and through, provided with suitable machinery, and operated by steam power. To admit the passage through the bridge of boats or rafts, the pontoons are detached from the permanent track at one end, and moved around parallel to the current. The pontoons when in this position or "open," leave a clear passage for the requirements of navigation, of four hundred feet, a passage double the distance of that of any other draw across the Mississippi river. The cost of the bridge when fully completed, will be about $150,000. The transfer toll over it is fixed by contract at one dollar per car. The capacity for business is as great as would be that of any other single track bridge on the same location, and it is as safe. The bridge has received, in various written testimonials, and otherwise, the approval of the representatives of the leading river interests and the indorsement, besides, of the United States government through its engi neer, Gen. Humphrey, who reports it to the War Department, "exceptionally free from objection on account of its obstruction to navigation." Acts legalizing and establishing it were passed last winter by the legislature of Wisconsin, and by congress. The exclusive right to the use of this style of bridge is secured to me by letters patent. The only improvement required, and one which is about being made, is the adoption of long “aprons" on approaches, in place of short ones now in use. Yours, very respectfully, J. LAWLER. FORM OF ANNUAL REPORT OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. [Adopted by the Railroad Commissioners of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.] 2. Date of annual election of directors. 3. Name and address of person to whom correspondence, concerning this report, should be directed. CAPITAL STOCK. 1. Capital stock authorized by charter..... COMMON STOCK ISSUED. 2. Stock subscribed by municipalities paid in bonds 3. Stock subscribed by individuals and other corporations paid in cash .... 4. Stock issued for account of construction.. 5. Stock issued for bonds of company cancelled. 6. Stock issued for dividends payable in stock. 7. Stock issued for payment of floating debt.... 8. Stock issued for interest on bonded debt 9. Stock issued for construction account on extension lines 10. Stock issued to represent purchased lines.. 11. Other common stock issued-and for what?. 17. A list of the stockholders at the last election of directors, showing the name, residence and amount of stock owned by each, must be filed herewith. 18. When and to whom was the original stock, owned by the company, sold, and what was the cash value realized by the company for the same? 19. If any stock has been issued since the original, state the date or dates when the same was issued, in what manner the same was paid for, and the cash value realized by the company for the same. *NOTE.-Unless some good reason exists to the contrary, this proportion-and all other estimates of the same character-should be for the miles of road in this state compared with the whole. If made on a different basis, please state the reasons therefor. FUNDED AND UNFUNDED DEBT. 1. Describe severally all outstanding classes of bonds, including amounts, dates of issue, interest, where and when payable.... 2. Amount of debt not secured by mortgage 3. Total funded and unfunded debt ... 4. Net cash realized from bonded debt, above described 5. Proportion of debt, bonded and floating, for Wisconsin... COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. 1. Cost of right of way.. .... 2. Cost of real estate, exclusive of right of way. 3. Cost of construction.. 4. Cost of equipment 5. All other items of expense for construction and equipment... ..... 6. Amounts paid for road, or portions of road, not built by the company (specifying amounts paid, and how paid, in each case and line acquired).. Total cost of entire line Total. Wis. Lines. ORIGINAL COST AND PRESENT ESTIMATED VALUE OF TOTAL PROPERTY IN THIS STATE. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Original Present 1. Right of way, as per accompanying schedule*. 2. Land for depots, stations, etc., as per schedule.. Total cash valuation of all lands purchased .. 3. Grading, as per schedule 4. Masonry, as per schedule. [No. culverts, bridges,; No. tunnels.]. 5. Bridging as per schedule, [No. iron bridges, wooden bridges... No. ; No. Total cash valuation of substructure..... Dollars Cts. Dollars Cts. *NOTE.-A schedule of items corresponding to this schedule, for each division of the road in this state should accompany this general report, and also a schedule of items not specified in this general report should accompany the schedule for each division. Total cash valuation of superstructure 11. Passenger stations, fixtures and furniture, as per schedule. [No. stations, -] 12. Freight stations, and fixtures and furniture, as per schedule. [No. stations -].... 13. Engine and car shops, as per schedule.. [No. 14. Machine shops, as per schedule.......... [No. 15. Machinery and fixtures, as per schedule.. 16. Engine houses, as per schedule 17. Car sheds, as per schedule..... 18. Turn tables, as per schedule.. 19. Track and other scales..... ..... [No. No. No. [No. [No. miles] 20. Wood sheds and water stat's, as per sched. [No. 21. Fencing ........ 22. Elevators, as per schedule. Total cash valuation of buildings of every sort 23. Engineering expenses before and during construc'n Total cost of engineering and official manage- 25. Incidental expenses Total original cost and present estimated cash 26. Locomotives, as per sch. [No.-; av. wt. tons, 33. Mail cars 34. Express cars.. 35. Freight cars, closed 36. Platform cars 37. Hand cars. [No. -; av. wt. tons, [No. ; av. wt. tons, 38. Machinery and tools to accompany trains, repair track, etc, used by trackmen or others.. 39. All other property not enumerated... Total cash value of equipment.... 40. Amounts paid for and present value of road not built by company.. miles of Grand total original cost and estimated present : |