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Annual report of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, showing the condition of the said company and the state of its affairs on the 1st day of March, 1864, to be presented to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under and in accordance with the provisions of the 20th section of the act of Congress entitled “An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,” approved July 1, 1862.

First. The following are the names of the stockholders of said company and their places of residence, so far as the same can be ascertained, to wit:

J. W. Avery, Jacob Arnold, C. W. Adams, Sacramento City, California; J. J. Ayers, W. J. Adams, San Francisco, California; B. Brickell, E. J. Brickell, Dutch Flat, California; L. A. Booth, Sacramento City, California; E. L. Bradley & Co., Dutch Flat, California; F. Elleard Beans, Nevada City, California; Bowstead & Co., Sacramento City, California; N. W. Blanchard, Dutch Flat, California; W. C. Burnham, B. Burt, T. Bell, Joseph Bruner, Daniel Brown, H. Bowman, James Bithell, E. Blum, Robert Beck, J. Bellmer & Co., Joseph Banquier, Charles Barnes, R. T. Brown, Sacramento City, California; E. Burke, Mariposa, California; H. W. Bragg & Co., George A. Bassett, Sacramento City, California; M. D. Boruck, San Francisco, California; Thomas Baker, J. G. Baker, Sacramento City, California; E. P. Bancroft, (trustee,) Boston, Massachusetts; C. D. Bates, Samuel Cross, Cornelius Cole, Charles Crocker, C. H. Cummings, J. H. Culver, C. S. Coffin, Mrs. Martha F. Cockran, Hiram Cook, H. Cronkite, A. Chevalier, Marie Conrad, C. H. Converse, T. H. Cook, A. Coolot, H. S. Crocker, William Cummings, D. W. Clark, B. R. Crocker, Sacramento City, California; O. L. Chamberlain, Sutter Creek, California; Wm. Coates, Sacramento City, California; Charles M. Chase, San Francisco, California; John Conrad, C. Collins, E. B. Crocker, N. L. Drew, George B. Dean, J. A. Duffy, E. Davis, W. Dreher, D. K. Drew, N. L. Drew & Co., W. J. Douglass, Sacramento City, California; Alphonsine Dumant, San Francisco, California; W. G. English, J. R. Evans, C. and F. Ebner, A. Egel, D. W. Earl, W. L. Everett, Sacramento City, California; Thomas W. Findley, Grass Valley, California; J. F. H. Forbes, Fredericks & Krebs, W. R. S. Foye, P. Franklin, M. Fitzpatrick, J. S. Floberg, Freind & Torry, Jos. M. Frey, L. H. Foote, J. W. Forney, Sacramento City, California; Walter H. French, Virginia City, N. T.; Peter B. Forster, San Francisco, California; John Gillig, Sacramento City, California; Robert Gardner, Knight's Landing, California; Albert Gallatin, A. S. Gumlaw, Gustavo Gotthold, Eugene Gaxort, B. Gossner, William Grumbaum, Christian Gruhler, Elias Gruhler, J. Gruhler, L. H. Gurmur, Godchaux Bros. & Co., Sacramento City, California; Mrs. C. C. Glidden, Boston, Massachusetts; Ira Goodman; C. G. Hooker, Mark Hopkins, C. P. Huntington, W. H. Hill, J. S. Harbison, Miss M. E. Husley, G. F. Hartman, J. Hector, A. Heilbron & Bro., W. B. Hunt, for Eugenie Hunt, Sacramento City, California; Mrs. E. M. Glidden, Boston, Massachusetts; H. F. Holmes, William Henkel, Charles Heinrich, A. K. P. Harmon, Jacob Heppe, W. H. Hill for Jane E. Hill, W. H. Hill for Isabella M. Hill, E. Holmes, Hull & Lohman, August Heisch, Sacramento City California; George Hepburn; Jared Irwin, Samuel Jelly, Sacramento City, California; N.M. Jacobs, Peter Johnson, C. C. Jenks, Elias Jacobs, Enoch Jacobs, T. D. Judah, Joel Johnson, Kelly, Mott & Co., W. F. Knox, Klink & Mastfield, H. Kohler, J. B. Kohler, L. Krambach, Edward Kraus, E. Kimball. Frank Keiler, David Kendall, Tobias Kandell, Sacramento City, California; C. Kellmer, Dutch Flat, California; E. C. Kemble, Lord Holdbrook & Co., Sacramento City, California; W. Loutzenheiser, Grass Valley, California; W. K. Lendsey, Cosumnis, California; H. W. Larkin, E. J. Loomis, M. Littleton, Isaac Lewis, C. B. Linton, Lyon & Son, Locke & Lavenson, M. Lecompt, George I Lytle, Christopher

Lages, T. M. Lindley, J. D. Lord, Charles Lutter, Sacramento City, California; C. A. Lambard, Boston, Massachusetts; P. Lynch, Forest Hill, California; John A. Lowery, Sacramento City, California; Charles Marsh, Nevada City, California; John F. Morse, Sacramento City, California; B. F. Moore, Dutch Flat, California; E. McLaughlin, Grass Valley, California; J. T. Mathewson, Dutch Flat, California; James McGuire, F. Mieer, Conrad Meyer, T. H. Muhlenfels, Samuel Mosier, John Meister, W. W. Marvin, John McNiel, R. H. McDonald, A. Menke, H. Meyers, E. B. Mott, jr., George R. Moore, P. F. Maugan, D. Z. Moore, D. O. Mills & Co., E. H. Miller, jr., James McClatchey, Sacramento City, California; D. W. Mahon; Drury Malone, N. S. Nichols, A. Newbaur & Co., Leonard Newbourg, James O'Neil, Ira Oatman, Georg Ochs, F. Oettl, I. S. Pond, J.T. Pike, Sacramento City, California; Placer county, California; John C. Parks, Dutch Flat, California; Arch. C. Powell, Syracuse, New York; P. H Russell, Sacramento City, California; C. Rice, Iowa Hill, California; Thomas. Ross, G. Renaud, John Ryan, W. B. & B.T. Ready, Frank C. Ross, S. B. Robbins, Martin Ransick, J. W. Reeves, B. B. Redding, H. B. Rice, George Rowland, Wm. M. Ratcliff, Rippon & Hill, Sacramento City, California; J. P. Charrierre Rond, San Francisco, California; John E. Robinson; P. Ryan; D. W. Strong, Dutch Flat, California; E. Stockton, Folsom, California; A. A. Sargeant, Nevada, California; C. W. Smith, Grass Valley, California; Leland Stamford, J. A. Seaman, John Smith, Philip Scheld, T. W. Strowbridge, Mary Scott, E. Soule, Louis Schafer, Charles Sellinger, John Shade, P. Stanton, Joseph Stevens, H. Schroeder, S. H. Schroer, C. Stremming, J. Strutz, George W. Stewart, Lee Stanley, W. R. Strong, George Schmeiser, Wm. H. Spaulding, George H. Swiniston, Thomas K. Stewart, Robert Seeger, Sacramento City, California; A. P. Stanford, Jacob Shew, San Francisco, California; Sacramento county, California; W. B. Shaw; E. B. Sturgeon; R. N. Sherman; S. D. Smith, Sacramento City, California; I. N. Turner, Nevada City, California Henry Freichler, S. Pryon, H. Theilbahr, Dores Theilbahr, Turton, Knox & Ryan, L. Upson, G. K. Van Heusen, I. S. Van Winkle, Sacramento City, California; John Williams, E. G. Waite, Nevada City, California; D. W. Welty, in trust for Mrs. E. Baldwin, O. C. Wheeler, Julius Wetzlar, Sacramento City, California; J. C. Williams, Drytown, California; H. Wachhorst, D. W. Whitmore, C. F. Wheeler, Conrad Weil, D. W. Welty, Sacramento City, California; Mrs. E. L. M. Williams, Boston, Massachusetts; D. K. Zumwalt, Sacramento City, California.

Second. The following are the names of the directors and other officers of the company, and their places of residence:

Directors.-Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, C. P. Huntington, E. B. Crocker, Sacramento City, California; D. W. Strong, Dutch Flat, California; A. P. Stanford, San Francisco, California; L. A. Booth, Sacramento City, California; Charles Marsh, Nevada City, California; E. H. Miller, jr., Sacramento, City California.

President -Leland Stanford, Sacramento City, California.

Vice-President.-C. P. Huntington, Sacramento City, California.
Treasurer. Mark Hopkins, Sacramento City, California.
Secretary.-E. H. Miller, jr., Sacramento City, California.

Acting Chief Engineer.-Samuel S. Montague, Sacramento City, California.
Attorney.-E. B. Crocker, Sacramento city, California.

Third. The amount of the capital stock of said company subscribed is $1,387,600. The amount thereof actually paid in is $1,600,552 05, of which there has been paid, in cash, $510,552 05; in the bonds of the county of Sacramento $300,000, and in the bonds of the county of Placer $250,000.

Fourth. The following is a description of the lines of road surveyed for said company, to wit: A line commencing on the east bank of the Sacramento river, at the foot of K street, in the city of Sacramento, thence through the city

of Sacramento to the American river, at a point known as "Muldrow's old ferry, thence across the American river and the bottom land thereof to the high land on the north side of said river, thence in a direct line to the town of Lincoln; also a line from a point where the first line touches said high lands, north of the American river, in a direct line to a point on the California Central railroad, known as Pleasant Grove; also another line from said point on said high lands, in a direct line to a point on the California Central railroad, known as Leet's Ranch; also another line from said point on said high lands to a point on said California Central railroad, known as Grider's Ranch; also a line from said last-named point on the California Central railroad up Miner's Ravine, by the Mountaineer House, Newcastle Gap and Auburn, to Clipper Gap; also a line from said last-named point on the California Central railroad, by way of Secret Ravine, to Newcastle Gap; also a line from said point on California Central railroad, by the way of Antelope Ravine, to Newcastle Gap; also a line from Lincoln, by way of Doty's Ravine and Dry Creek, to Clipper Gap; also a line from a point where said last-named line crosses Doty's creek, up said creek, by way of Millertown, to a point on said last-named line near Neilsburg; also a line from Clipper Gap, upon and following the ridge of land between Bear river and the north fork of the American river, by way of Illinoistown, Secrettown, Cold Springs and Dutch Flat, to the valley of the South Yuba, up the valley of the South Yuba to the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at a pass known as the Donner Lake Pass; thence down the eastern slope of said mountains to the Truckee river; thence down the Truckee river to a point known as the Big Bend of the Truckee; thence in an easterly direction towards Salt Lake, a distance of five miles.

And the following is a description of the lines thereof fixed upon by said company for the construction of that portion of said railroad lying east of the city of Sacramento, to wit: commencing on the bank of the Sacramento river, at the foot of K street, in the city of Sacramento; thence to the eastern line of said city, near the termination of B street; thence to said point known as Muldrou's old ferry; thence crossing said American river to the high lands north of the same; thence in a nearly direct line to a point on the California Central railroad near Grider's House; thence up the ridge of land between Antelope and Secret, Ravines to a point known as Newcastle Gap; thence up Dutch Ravine to a point near the Bloomer Ranch, thence across said ravine and across the heads of Baltimore Ravine to Auburn Ravine, above the town of Auburn; thence up the ridge of land on the west side of the north fork of the American river, and between that river and Bear river, by way of or near to Neilsburg, Clipper Gap, Illinoistown, Secrettown, Dutch Flat, to the valley of the South Yuba river; thence up said valley, through Summit valley, to the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the pass known as Donner Lake Pass; thence down the eastern slope of said mountains, south of Donner lake, to the Truckee river; thence down the valley of the Truckee river, through the Truckee meadows, to the Big Bend of the Truckee.

And the cost of such surveys has amounted to the sum of $59,466 81.
Fifth. No amount has yet been received for passengers on said railroad.
Sixth. No amount has yet been received for freight on said road.

Seventh. The following is a statement of expense paid and incurred by said company on account of said road and its fixtures, to wit:

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Incidental expenses, interest, discount on bonds and cur

rency, taxes, salaries, &c...

Construction account...

Iron and superstructure.

$2,260 47

59,456 81

130, 659 03

997, 626 83

340, 166 23

Engines and cars..

Buildings, tools and materials, office fixtures and furni

ture, &c.

Total....

$117,543 30

12, 395 34

1,660, 118 01

Eighth. The following is a statement of the indebtedness of said company, with the various kinds thereof, to wit:

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Sacramento:

I, Leland Stanford, president of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, do hereby solemnly swear that the foregoing annual report is a correct statement of the affairs and condition of said company as therein set forth. LELAND STANFORD,

President C. P. R. R. Company of California.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, a notary public, in and for said county, this tenth day of March, 1864, as witness my hand and official seal.

JNO. G.

Notary Public, Sacramento, California.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTErior,

Washington, D. C., Feb. 11, 1868.

SIR: In compliance with the request of C. P. Huntington, esq., vice president of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of California, I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of that company for the year 1866, which was filed in this department on the 13th December last.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. H. McCULLOCH,

Secretary of the Treasury.

O. H. BROWNING, Secretary.

Annual report of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, for the year ending December 31, 1866.

FIRST.

Stockholders.-Sarah E. Avery, Melissa Avery, Jacob Arnold, Henry Ames, Sacramento, California; J. J. Ayres, William J. Adams, San Francisco, California; C. D. Bates, L. A. Booth, Sacramento, California; E. J. Brickell, B. Brickell, Illinoistown, California; Bradley & Trim, Dutch Flat, California; T. E. Beans, Nevada, California; James Bithell, William C. Burnham, B.

Burt, Joseph Bronner, Robert Beck, T. Bell, R. T. Brown, Daniel Brown, John Belmer & Co., Joseph Bauquier, C. Barnes, Ida Bowman, W. J. Bowman, E. Blum, Thomas Baker, H. W. Bragg, Seth Babson, George A. Bassett, Sacramento, California; Ethelbert Burke, Marcus D. Boruck, Samuel Brannan, George E. Barnes, San Francisco, California; Mrs. E. Barencamp, H. A. Barling et als., trustees, John A. Baxter, J. S. Bacon, Bement & Dougherty, John Boyd, Noah Brooks; E. P. Bancroft, trustee, Boston, Massachusetts; O. L. Chamberlain, Sutter Creek, California; County of Sacramento, California; County of Placer, California; L. B. Crocker, Mrs. Anna E. Crocker, Oswego, New York; D. D. Campbell, Schenectady, New York; Charles M. Chase, San Francisco, California; Cornelius Cole, California; James H. Culver, C. H. Cummings, Charles Crocker, E. B. Crocker, H. S. Crocker, B. R. Crocker, Hiram Cook, Mrs. M. T. Cochran, Charles H. Converse, John Conrad, Maria Conrad, F. Chevalier, D. W. Clark, T. H. Cook, A. Coolot, James Campbell, W. P. Coleman, H. Cronkite, N. L. Drew, N. L. Drew & Co., D. K. Drew, James A. Duffy, E. Davis, W. J. Douglass, William Dreher, J. Domingos, C. K. Dougherty, Henry Dunn, Georgianna Mary Dean, Sacramento, California; Alphonsine Dumont, William Dolan, San Francisco, California; George T. M. Davis, New York city, New York; Martin DeForest, Schenectady, New York; Volkert P. Douw, Mrs. Helen L. Douw, J. T. Davis; W.G. English, Daniel W. Earl, W. L. Everett, C. & T. Ebner, A. Egel, M. M. Estee, W. R. S. Foye, Friend & Terry, P. Franklin, J. P. Floberg, Michael Fitzpatrick, L. H. Foote, Joseph M. Frey, F. Foster, J. S. Friend, Sacramento, California; Peter B. Forster, San Francisco, California; Walter H. French, Virginia, Nevada; Antoinette Franchot, Richard Franchot, Syracuse, New York; J. W. Forney, New York; John Gillig, Virginia, Nevada; Albert Gallatin, Dayton, Nevada; Robert Gardiner, Knight's Landing, California; Jacob Gruhler, A. S. Greenlaw, Moses Greenbaum, Gustave Gotthold, Eugene Gaxoet, Sacramento, California; Charles H. Grim, San Francisco, California; Christ Gruhler, Elias Gruhler, B. Gossner, W. C. Gay, Sacramento, California; Mrs. C. C. Glidden, Mrs. E. M. Glidden, Glidden & Williams, Boston, Massachusetts; Simon C. Groot, Schenectady, New York; Mark Hopkins, C. P. Huntington, C. P. Huntington, agent, William H. Hill, Jane E. Hill, Isabella M. Hill, J. S. Harbison, George Hepburn, Miss M. E. Hurley, E. Holmes, Hull & Lohman, G. T. Hartman, J..Hector, William Henkel, August Heisch, A. Heilbron, Charles Heinrich, Jacob Heppe, Eugenie Hunt, James H. Herrick, (in trust,) Silas Hussey, jr., Mrs. E. H. Heacock, Sacramento, California; C. G. Hooker, San Francisco, California; S. Hooper & Co., Boston, Massachusetts; John H. Hersey, D. R. Hunt, John Hillhouse; Jared Irwin, Samuel Jelly, N. M. Jacobs, Peter Johnson, Elias Jacobs, Enoch Jacobs, Joel Johnson, C. F. Jobson, David Kendall, Klink & Martsfield, Edward C. Kemble, H. Kohler, Edward Kraus, John B. Kohl, L. Krambach, Tobias Kadel, G. F. Klink, C. H. Krebs, Sacramento, California; Frank Reed Kimball, Mrs. C. A. Kimball, C. A. Lambard, Boston, Massachusetts; J. W. Lester, New York, New York; Phillip Lynch, Gold Hill, Nevada; Lord, Holbrook & Co., T. M. Lindley, W. K. Lindsey, M. Littleton, J. D. Lord, H. W. Larkin, Locke & Lavenson, E. J. Loomis, C. B. Linton, Michael Lecompt, Lyon & Son, George J. Lytle, Christopher Lager, George S. Locke, O. D. Lambard, S. Lipman & Co., Sacramento, California; Charles Marsh, Nevada, California; John F. Morse, San Francisco, California; B. F. Moore, Dutch Flat, California; D. O. Mills & Co., R. H. McDonald, James McGuire, E. B. J. Mott, George R. Moore, F. Mier, T. Muhlengels, C. Myer, P. F. Managan, John Meister, D. Z. Moore, John McNeil, H. Myers, E. H. J. Miller, James McClatchy, Drury Melone, William Martfield, Sacramento, California; George McDonald; D. W. Mahon; Samuel Mosier, N. S. Nichols, A. Nowbaur, Leonard Newburg, Sacramento, California; A. W. North; James O'Neil, Ira E. Oatman, Franz Oettll, J. B. Ogden, George Ochs, J. T. Pike, J. S. Pond, John Peasley, Sacramento,

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