| From the Richmond Sentinel |
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| June 4, 1863 |
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| The report of the President and Directors
of the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad, made to the
stockholders at their last meeting, shows that the earnings for the
past year from all sources amount to the sum of $641,520.76, of which,
the sum of $304,467 was derived from passengers, $276,067 from
freight, $11,000 from the mails, $44,609.13 from the Express Company,
and $5,377 from other sources. The expenses were, for the period,
$189,334.21, leaving the net receipts $452,186.55. |
| The company has bought about 1,000 bales
of cotton, as a means of procuring supplies for the repair of the road
at the earliest practicable period after the raising of the blockade.
They have also purchased some forty slaves for the use and benefit of
the road. |
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