348 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
[April 25, 1896. 
The scores in the shoot-off were as follows: 
F E Rogers , ,11111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111— 49 
Blgelow 11111111110111111111111111111111111001111111111110—46 
RECORD OF THE FOURl^H DAT, APRIL 17. 
In to-day's events just 52 shooters took part, the tournament closing 
with 35 entries in the last programme event. Of those who shot at 160 
targets, Sergeant, of Joplin, Mo., came out ahead with the excellent 
percentage of 94.3; Tom Marshall was next with 93.1, Linderman being 
third with 90.7. Dick Merrill and Duer tied for fourth place with ex- 
actly 90 per cent. Of those who shot only in the four open events, 
Rolls Heikes was high with 91.2 per cent.; Fred Gilbert was second 
with 90 per cent. The scores were: 
Events: 13345678 Shot at. Broke. Ave. 
Running 18 17 15 18 15 17 15 16 
Horton 17 18 17 19 16 15 18' 18 
Miller 16 19 17 15 12 15 . . 
Gilbert 18 18 17 19 
Van 15 14 7 16 10 
Norten 17 18 17 15 18 17 20 15 
Linderman 18 20 17 18 . . 20 17 17 
Bike 17 17 16 16 17 20 19 19 
Grimm 17 17 15 18 
Budd - 17 18 16 19 
Wilson 12 17 .... 12 16 .. .. 
Keller 13 18 12 16 
Easton 17 16 16 15 19 17 17 18 
Marshall 18 17 18 18 20 20 20 18 
Merrill 17 16 17 20 19 19 17 19 
Bigelow 16 14 17 18 19 19 19 19 
Duer 17 16 19 17 20 17 19 19 
Cox 14 17 13 15 17 17 19 18 
Elliott 15 16 20 19 
Heikes 17 19 19 18 
Ray 20 17 19 15 17 17 18 18 
Sergeant 20 17 19 18 20 20 20 17 
Kinmouth 19 15 15 18 20 19 18 18 
Browning 16 17 17 18 17 18 20 18 
Cornett 17 15 .... 15 15 .. .. 
Snow 17 16 14 16 14 19 17 19 
Reust 17 15 10 18 16 15 18 19 
Rhodes 17 15 18 17 17 14 18 17 
Ferguson 15 15 12 18 15 13 17 16 
Parker 16 .. 16 
Courtney 17 18 
Tucker 16 14 16 17 
F E Rogers 20 18 16 18 18 17 18 17 
Den 19 15 18 16 16 14 20 15 
Parmalee 17 18 20 14 
Sexton 19 14 18 18 18 19 19 16 
Robinson 13 17 .... 15 18 17 17 
Lane 6 . . 11 . . 11 12 18 15 
Goff 18 19 .. 15 17 17 18 16 
McElroy 17 15 16 . . 18 15 16 14 
Gregg 16 35 .. 13 14 16 15 
Durno 14 17 16 17 18 17 16 
Lindsley.... 13 13 14 
Wanda 7 .. 
Kennedy 9 
L G Clark 
Canfleld .. 
Edwards , . . 
Banders 
Morton 
Spears 
Hodges....... 
. 13 11 15 11 
. 16 18 20 17 
. 13 15 13 14 
. 18 15 18 18 
. 14 14 .. .. 
,. 15 17 16 .. 
. 13 18 20 18 
. 14 13 16 14 
160 
160 
120 
80 
100 
160 
140 
160 
80 
80 
80 
80 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
80 
80 
360 
160 
160 
360 
80 
360 
360 
160 
160 
40 
40 
80 
160 
160 
80 
160 
120 
120 
140 
140 
120 
140 
60 
20 
100 
80 
80 
80 
40 
60 
80 
80 
Paul 
131 
138 
94 
72 
52 
137 
127 
141 
67 
70 
59 
54 
135 
149 
144 
141 
144 
130 
70 
73 
141 
151 
142 
141 
62 
132 
128 
133 
121 
32 
30 
63 
142 
133 
69 
141 
97 
67 
120 
111 
89 
115 
39 
7 
50 
71 
55 
69 
24 
48 
71 
57 
81 
86 
78 
90 
52 
85 
90 
88 
83 
87, 
73.7 
67.5 
84.3 
93.1 
90 
88.1 
90 
81.8 
87.5 
91.2 
88.1 
94.3 
88.7 
88.1 
77.5 
82.5 
80 
83.3 
75.6 
80 
75 
78.7 
88.7 
83.1 
86.1 
88.1 
80.1 
83.7 
85.7 
79.2 
74.1 
82.1 
65 
85 
50 
88.7 
68.7 
86.2 
70 
80 
88.7 
70.1 
R. LlTZKE. 
Trap Around Buffalo. 
O. S. BURKHARDT'8 GOOD SCORE. 
Buffalo, N. Y., April 8.— C. S. Burkhardt made the good score of 23 
out of 25 flrBt-class birds to-day at Audubon Park, beating out thirteen 
competitors for the "championship of Erie county" and the badge 
donated by B. F. Smith. There was a strong wind blowing that aided 
the birds very much. The scores and handicaps were: 
C 8 Burkhardt (30_> 323322323223112210212.112— 23 
J Edwards (29) 11.2133230223221302322033—23 
George McArthur (25) 03222323022233.2232.23330—20 
B F Smith (30) .222222.2222.222.2222.2220— 20 
RSlaney (28; 3223330232O30233O232. —16 
J Koch (30) 12012222201032222200 —35 
Brown 322212102010102220 —13 
Dr Woodbury (27) 0222.32023222.0 —10 
J Krolz (26) .-. . .1011110110101220 —11 
Norris (27) 10221021100120 — 9 
Sherbert (28) 021012002210 — 7 
Hanks (28) 0122020010 —5 
L Bennett (29) .202020 — 3 
Dr Michaels (27) „ 000.0 — 0 
AUDUBON'S WEEKLY SHOOT. 
April 11.— A hard wind blowing this afternoon made good scores 
almost an impossibility. A. P. Pope, of Olean, N- Y., was among 
the guests, shooting a Daly gun and Walsrode powder in the interests 
of Schoverling, Daly & Gales, of New York city. The scores were: 
Events: 12 3 4 5 6 Events: 18 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 20 
LW Bennett 6 .12 16 
G O Miller 6 12 16 
Eaton 7 7 9 
E W Smith 8 11 
Sweet 3 6 4 
Birch. 7 .. .. 
J Edwards 8 .. 17 
Kelsey 10 14 16 
Sole 6 9 2 
Norris 8 8 17 
OS Burkhardt.... 7 13 9 
Forrester 9 13 13 
10 16 10 
.. 30 .. 
5 10 4 
8 .. .. 
.. 10 .. 
.. 13 
6 4 
.. 13 
.. 12 
... 11 . 
8 
Targets: 10 15 SO 
Johnson 9 
McArthur 7 5 15 
Meyers 7 9 
Dr Sauer 1 3 
AP Pope .. 14 19 
McMichaels 8 1 .. 
Weberhower 10 10 
Durky 6 12 
White 6 .. 
Brown 8 9., 
Alexander 12 .. 
10 15 10 
.. 12 
9 9 
4 .. 
.. 7 
April 16.— The second shoot of the series of live for the champion- 
ship of Erie county and the badge was decided to-day. B. F. Smith 
won with 23 out o£ 25; C. 8. Burkhardt, the winner of the first shoot, 
making a good bid for to-day's contest. Smith had the best of it, hav- 
ing corn in one pocket, wheat in another, and the mate to Fred Gil- 
bert's rabbit's foot in another. The birds were a fair lot, but were 
uneven in quality; some were corkers, while others were very slow to 
start; a breeze blowing off Lake Erie helped them a bit. The entry 
list to-day would have been larger had not several of our shooters 
been off after snipe. Events 2 and 3 were at 7 live birds, 85 entrance, 
two moneys, high guns, 30yds. rise everybody. The scores in all the 
live-bird events follow: 
No. 1. 
B F Smith (30) 22022222.2222222222222222—23 
A Pope (30) 21322221212221221022.0233—22 
C S Burkhardt (33).3232.32333.22010222211121— 33 
Dr Woodbury (27),3.33223233223300.33312200— 19 
R Stacey (28) 1220022.13222221 1 20. —35 
Dubbs (29) 2220222.122220 —11 
J Edwards (29).... 11.1330.3222220 —31 
fl Zeller (27) 221010010222223 —11 
No. 2. 
2222222—7 
2S..323- 5 
No. 3. 
2222222—7 
2222.21—6 
2.22232- 
02.0011- 
2100302—4 
2122212-7 
0222012—5 
2002222—5 
A match at 100 targets per man, unknown angles, $5 entrance, 2 
moneys, high guns, was also shot off, Smith again coming ahead of his 
three opponents, Dubbs taking second place. Scores: 
Copeland 11O01O0101O10010103333333330333O33333O333333303303—35 
01111010011O1101O111101111011130333030O33333330133-36-73 
Dubbs 11111011100011110010111133101101110000110111111101-35 
10111101011111O101133333111111111333O3O31110111111-42—77 
Edwards 00010110003303303033033330011100100101033303031011—28 
00111101101101101111011111011011101330330101011011—34-62 
Smith 13033101101111111100111111110111131111111111330033-42 
33303101111111110111111011101111101111011001111101-40-82 
B. F. S. 
Burnside Gun Club. 
Burnside, La., April 11.— The scores given below were made by 
members of the Burnside Gun Club this afternoon. The weather was 
clear, but there was a strong wind blowing. Mr. T. A. Divine, of 
Memphis, Tenn., came down from bis city to take part in the badge 
shoot, he being a member of our club. All shooting was at unknown 
angles. Scores: 
Events: 
Targets: 
12 3 
10 SB 10 
S Miles 7 18 9 
T A Divine 4 18 4 
Tucker 4 17 6 
Boote 5 20 8 
Gentry 6 17 7 
Mire 6 17 8 
Boreaux , , , , j M , , , , , , 21 3 
Events: 13 3 
Targets: lo So 10 
Stuart..,. 18 5 
Bringier 14 8 
Dalferes 13 .. 
Btouto 11 .. 
crown,,. mi »• 9 ,, 
Green , , , , , 9 , , 
The* Peekskill Tournament. 
The Peekskill, N. Y., Gun Club is an organization that has always 
been exceptionally favored in regard to the weather at its tourna- 
ments in the past. This year the clerk of the weather was once more 
gracious to the management, and turned on some of his very best 
material for midsummer days. The dates of the shoot were April 
15-17; first two days, targets; last two days, live birds. It hardly 
seemed possible that a matter of only eight days before the shoot 
opened we had been hustling to get indoors out of the way of the 
snowflakes, that called up remembrances of the coldest day in winter; 
that was on April 7. On April 15, the first day of the shoot, with the 
thermometer marking 80 in the shade, cool places and open doors and 
windows were at a premium. It was just the weather for target 
shooting, and those present on the grounds at the Peekskill Gun Club 
on the 
FIRST DAY, APRIL 15, 
enjoyed to the full all the comforts of shooting empire targets with- 
out having to huddle around a stove in the vitiated atmosphere of the 
ordinary gun club's shooting house. 
It was on the grounds of this club that a world's record for an 8-men 
team, 25 targets per man, known angles, was made: On Aug. 20, 1894, 
the club's 8-men team scored 193 out of 200 shot at In a match with 
the Marlborough (N. Y.) Gun Club. The grounds themselves are 
peculiar, and except under very favorable circumstances are hardly 
the grounds that one would look to for a world's record. We have 
seen grounds with an all-sky background, notably those of the Altoona 
Rod and Gun Club, at Wopsononock. At Peekskill the grounds boast 
of an all-earth background, being situated in a hollow of the hills that 
slope down to the eastern bank of the Hudson River. In the fore- 
noon the light when the sun is bright is very trying, but in the after- 
noon, with the sun behind one's shoulder, the yellow rings on the 
targets show up well, and then good scores may be looked for. For 
shooting at pairs, the grounds are about as hard any we have ever 
seen: Van Dyke's and Bartlett's 17 out of 30 pairs being little short of 
marvelous when one takes into consideration the great difficulty of 
getting quickly on to the second target, owing to the inferior back- 
ground. On this day, too, the dead grass had only recently been 
burned off, leaving the blackened surface of the ground to still fur- 
ther impair its qualities for showing up the targets. 
The conveniences at the club house are considerable, everything 
being well arranged for the comfort of the club members and their 
guests. There is another thing, too, that always makes these annual 
reunions of the club very pleasant. Like their neighbors, the New- 
burghers, the Peekskill boys are adepts in the art of entertaining 
their guests, making them feel at home as soon as they put their feet 
inside the grounds. Vice-President H. P. Dain, Jack Halsted, Dr. 
Horton, Dr. Mason, Orrin J. Loder, Edward F. Hill, George W. Rich- 
mond, B. O. Everinghim, etc., all made this shoot a thoroughly enjoy- 
able one. 
Among those present from a distance were: Ferd. Van Dyke and 
B. A. Bartlett, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. ; E. D. Fulford, 
again shooting his single-barreled Francotte to the front with 
the rattling good percentage of 92.5 out of 215 targets 
shot at, all at unknown angles; Neaf Apgar, shooting con- 
sistently well as a rule, but spoiling his average by compara- 
tively low scores in Nos. 10 and 11; Sanders, a good shot from Al- 
bany, and, be it known, a convert to the true merits of nitro powders; 
Doc Stansbrough, Capt. Wood and J. and T. Rhodes, a delegation 
from Newburgh under the able leadership of that coming shot, W. O. 
Gibb, secretary of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association; J. 
M. Baker, of Ridgefleld, N. J., a good shot at targets, but one who 
does not get all the practice needed to make him a crackerjack. There 
was another guest present whose name has always been well and 
favorably known among shooting men, DickSwiveller (W. L. Colville), 
late of the Baker Gun Co., but now the Eastern representative of the 
United States Smokeless Powder Co., the manufacturers of the Gold 
Dust Smokeless Powder, a powder that has found great favor in the 
eyes of shooters in the farthest West. Messrs. Halsted and Baker shot 
25 shells loaded with Gold Dust in No. 8; their scores show pretty well 
what their ideas of the powder are now. With so many good smoke- 
less powders on the market, Gold Dust has a big task before it, 
but it has a good godfather in the person of the popular Dick Swiv- 
eller. 
The shooting of the different men is best told in the table that fol- 
lows. Fulford leads with 92.5, Bartlett being second with 90.2; then 
comes Van Dyke a fraction further back with 89.7, notwithstanding 
his score of 6 out of 10 in No. 1; Stansbrough was fourth with 87.9, 
fifth place falling to Neaf Apgar with 86 per cent. Only two straight 
scores were made during the entire day, outside of the 10-target race 
that opened the ball. Van Dyke ran 15 straight in No. 2, Fulford get- 
ting his 20 straight in No. 10. In No. 31 both Fulford and Van Dyke 
were straight up to the end of the 19th round ; both then dropped 
their last targets! Van Dyke broke 19 out of 20 in No. 3, losing one 
target through his own negligence. A balk owing to broken target 
had delayed the game, and Van put his repeater at half-cock, forget- 
ting to raise the hammer when it came to his turn to shoot. Empire 
traps and targets, with a wire pull, were used, Billy Hobart looking 
after the traps, which needed but little of his attention, and doing 
squad hustling work in general. The treasurer of the club, E. F. Hill, 
was in the cashier's box. W. C. Gibb filled the position of referee 
with his usual grace and accuracy. Below are the 
First Day's Scores. 
Events: 133456789 10 11 Per 
Targets: 10 15 20 20 30 SO SO 26 25 20 20 Shot at. Broke, cent. 
E D Fulford 8 14 18 19 18 19 19 23 22 20 19 
Neaf Apear 30 32 38 38 38 37 18 20 22 17 15 
B A Bartlett 10 13 18 16 19 38 39 24 23 37 17 
F Van Dyke 6 15 19 18 19 39 17 20 24 16 19 
F S Edwards 8 14 17 17 17 17 13 22 17 18 15 
Dr Horton 6 9 17 39 34 
P H Mason 10 14 15 13 .. 20 36 32 
Sanders 8 14 17 18 19 12 17 22 20 . , 
Dr Stansbrough. 9 13 16 16 18 17 19 23 23 18 17 
G H Wood 7 12 36 ., 38 36 34 23 19 39 37 
J Rhodes 6 14 12 . . 11 . . 15 
T Rhodes 7 12 15 19 . , 
J B Halsted 13 37 14 .... 22 1 9 .. 16 
J M Baker 14 21 22 17 15 
HP Dain .. .. 18 15 20 18 19 
Two events were shot at pairs during the day. A recess was taken 
before lunch;after event No. 6 had been disposed of. While waiting for 
lunch the bo j s got up extra No. 1 at 5 pairs, Van Dyke winning with 
8. Apgar takiog second place with 7; Halsted shot along "for fun." 
The other event was No. 10 on the programme. In this event it will 
be seen that both Bartlett and Van Dyke did some excellent work with 
their guns, each scoring 17. The scores in these events were as 
follows: 
215 
399 
92.5 
215 
385 
86 
235 
394 
90.2 
215 
392 
89.7 
215 
375 
81.3 
85 
65 
76.4 
130 
300 
76,9 
84 
175 
147 
235 
189 
87.9 
195 
161 
82.5 
85 
58 
68.2 
75 
53 
70.6 
130 
101 
77.6 
110 
89 
80.9 
110 
90 
81.8 
No. 10. 
10 11 10 10 30 33 31 01 11 11—15 
10 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 10 31—14 
11 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 13—17 
11 11 11 10 11 11 11 33 30 30 17 
30 30 30 03 30 30 30 00 33 30-30 
11 33 30 30 30 30 00 30 30 33—32 
rid do 66 id do do id li id id— 6 
Extra No. 3. 
Fulford 30 30 01 11 10—6 
Apgar 10 30 30 31 11-7 
Bartlett 01 10 10 11 10-6 
Van Dyke 11 11 30 33 30-8 
Stansborough ....00 10 33 03 30-5 
Halsted 31 10 10 11 11-8 
Edwards 31 10 10 00 01—5 
Sanders. , 
Second Day's Scores. 
Hot as it was yesterday, to-day was even hotter, the weather being 
certainly something phenomenal for this time of year. The company, 
too, was very warm! Van Dyke led with a total of 243 out of 260, an 
average of 93.4, Apgar being close behind him with 92.3; Bartlett was 
third with 91.9, breaking one target less than Apgar. 
Among the new faces were: Dutcby Smith, of Plainfield, N. J. ; 
Capt. A. W. Money, of the American E. C. Powder Co. ; M. Herring- 
ton, of the W-A Smokeless Powder Co. ; E. C. Likely, of Newburgh, 
N. Y., etc. 
Event No. 10 was the "Gold Dust" event, the Gold Dust (United 
States) Smokeless Powder, through its Eastern representative, Dick 
Swiveller, offering a cash prize for competition. The full scores in all 
the events were: 
Events: 1 2 3 U 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 lk 
Targets: 10 15 20 25 20 15 20 25 20 25 25 15 15 10 
Dutcby 9 13 16 22 15 11 20 23 15 22 23 . . 13 
Stansbrough.. 10 9 15 22 32 . . 
Apgar.. . , 8 3 4 20 23 38 34 20 25 3 8 22 23 3 3 35 
Halsted 9 32 36 37 36 33 38 16 36 23 19 33 33 
Bartlett 9 34 37 24 39 32 38 24 19 24 23 34 34 
Rohr 3 7 39 .. 7 .. 
Fulford 8 33 39 22 38 13 18 22 19 .. 23 14 13 
Swiveller 7 .. 14 .... 13 .... 18 20 .. 14 .. 
Van Dyke 10 13 19 23 20 15 18 22 19 21 25 15 14 
Capt Money. 20 17 9 18 23 16 20 23 .. 13 
Rsrrington 19 16 18 17 21 17 19 21 . . 13 
Horton • 13 20 
Dain 14 15 18 19 22 20 
Loder 23 9 18 . . 
Hobart 16 . . 
Likely 18 .. 
Gibbs 16 .. 
Everinghim , . , , 21 . . 
Richmond.,,,, 15 ., 
Snowden,..,,. , , , .. .. 7 ., 
Hill. , ■ , , , . . , , . . . . ■ , , , , 17 . , 
12 
Shot 
Per 
at. Broke, ct. 
235 
202 
85.9 
85 
68 
80 
260 
840 
92.3 
260 
206 
79.2 
260 
239 
91.9 
75 
42 
56 
225 
202 
85.3 
115 
93 
80.8 
260 
243 
93.4 
200 
168 
H 
190 
355 
81.6 
35 
33 
94.2 
155 
328 
82; 5 
95 
64 
67.3 
25 
16 
64 
25 
18 
72 
25 
16 
64 
25 
21 
82 
25 
15 
60 
25 
7 
38 
40 
85 
68.5 
Third Day's Scores. 
Friday, April 17, the hottest day of the year so far, was the live-bird 
day of toe tournament. The attendance was not so large as might 
have been expected, still there were 15 entries in No. 3, the handicap 
event at 15 birds. Among the newcomers were G. S. McAlpin, of the 
Carteret Club; F. G. Moore, of the Larcbmont Y. 0.; W. G. Clark, 
late of Altoona, Pa., but now of New York; J. von Lengerke, repre- 
senting the firm of Von Lengerke & Detmold, and therefore shooting 
a Francotte gun and Schultze powder. 
In the scores given below, the figures in brackets after the shooter's 
name denotes his mark in No. 3. Notwithstanding the heavy handi- 
caps of McAlpin and Apgar, they were the only two who ran 15 
straight in the main event. Five men scored 14, three had 13, and two 
more had 13 to their credit. Thus out of the fifteen that shot in this 
event all but three got money; of the Peekskill men that entered. 
Vice-President Dain was the only one to finish, scoring 14. Jimmie 
Taylor and Harry Higginson were both away up at the finish. 
Of the events given below: No 1 was at 5 birds, §5, 3 moneys, all at 
28yds. ; No. 2, 7 birds, $7, 3 moneys; No. 3, 15 birds, 810, birdB extra, 
handicap rise. Scores: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
G S McAlpin (31) 22122—5 
F G Moore (30) 22 22—4 2220222—6 
F Southard (29) 02222-4 2111110-6 
H P Dain (28) 10202-3 1323333—7 
B A Bartlett (30) 22303—4 2032323—6 
E n Fulford (32) 22213—5 3109211—6 
W G Clark (31) 21230-4 2332322—7 
F Van Dyke (33) 22212-5 3022292-6 
J Taylor (30) 21108-4 2121122—7 
Dr Horton (28) 02222- 4 3121222—7 
Rohr (28) 1180812—6 
J B Halsted (29) 
Von Lengerke (30) 
Neaf Apgar (31) 
HCH (SO) 
Two miss-and-outs were shot, the results in these events being as 
follows: 
No. 1, miss-and-out, 88:- Clark and McAlpin 6, Van Dyke 5, Bartlett 3, 
Moore 0. 
No. 2. same: Taylor 9, H. C H and Horton 8, Apgar and McAlpin 6, 
Fulford and Clark (re-entry) 5, Dain and Halsted (re entry) 4, Moore 
3, Halsted and Clark 0. 
No. 3— Handicap. 
2222221 22222222—16 
212182221202222—14 
202222222012200-11 
121221322320223—34 
223222212022222—34 
332822302230223—33 
222I.202.222112..— 32 
222202333012322-13 
221212212022322—34 
200221233300 — 9 
22.222130223032—32 
3333.03002330 — 8 
232211220212121—14 
213212222222222—15 
022222222220222—18 
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PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
The Growth of a Great Railroad. 
At the celebration of the golden jubilee of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road in Philadelphia, April 13, President Roberts gave some striking 
figures illustrative of the colossal growth of the corporation which 
now controls 9,000 miles of road, with a trackage capable of circling 
the globe with a girdle nf steel, and which represents an aggregate 
capitalization of 8834,000,000. 
In drawing a parallel between the year 1852, when a final line of 
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and the present time, he said: 
While your corporation moved in the year 1852 but 70,000 tons of 
freight— much less than it moves now in a day— the aggregate tonnage 
of the various corporations composing its entire system amounted to 
160,000,000 tons in the past year, a tonnage which bears a fair propor- 
tion to the entire tonnage of all the transportation lineB in the United 
States. It carried, with reasonable amount of safety and precision, 
75,000,000 of passengers. In 1853 the total number of locomotives was 
about fifty, and the entire number of cars owned by the corporation 
was not over 1,000. To-day your system controls 8,400 locomotives 
and 141,000 cars of all kinds, including 226 barges, steamboats and 
other craft used in connection with its lines upon the water. This 
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The gross income of your corporation in 1852 was less than $2,000, 
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8ystem waB over §133,000,000. Those who are acquainted with the 
revenues of the various States forming our good country, and are 
acquainted with the revenues of our entire nation, will know that 
this beara a very formidable proportion to either. Now, such a cor- 
poration as this cannot be conducted without bringing itself closely in 
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portion of the United States, and upon their prosperity depends very 
largely therefore the prosperity of your company. To show you 
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over 836,000,000, an average pay roll of over $100,000 a day. This, 
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This 836,000,000 bears but a slight proportion to the daily disburse- 
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The number of men that were employed in 1852 we have no record of 
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his money who has not promptly received it when it was due. After 
making all this distribution of funds, what has remained for you 
that are here, the shareholders of the company, for yourselves? It 
has been a distribution to you in the last half century of over $166, 
000,000, a very fair rate of interest on every dollar that has ever been 
invested by the shareholders in the corporation from the first day it 
was invested to the present time. 
Special Bates South. 
The Southern Railway, Piedmont Air Line, announce the following 
special low rates to points South reached by the system. The meet- 
ing of the Sons of Revolution, Savannah, Ga., April 20; American 
Medical Association, Atlanta, Ga., May 2: Methodist Episcopal Confer- 
ence, Mobile, Ala., May 6; Gun Club tournament, Memphis, Tenn., May 
11; Woman's Board of Missions, Memphis, Tenn , May 17; Western 
Georgia Association, Chattanooga, Tenn., May 80; Royal Arcanum 
Supreme Council, SavanDah, Ga., May 20. This great system reaches 
all points South, giving the quickest time and best service. For in- 
formation call on or address New York Office, 271 Broadway.— Adv. 
A Delightful Trip to Memphis. 
The Southern Railway, Piedmont Air Line, have made arrange- 
ments to carry a large number to Memphis to attend the tournament 
which is to be held in that city next month, The superior service and 
quick time is what the public want. This is the only line operating 
through sleeping carB from New York to Memphis. Dining car ser- 
vice, New fork to Atlanta, cpecial low rates have been made for tte 
tournament. For fuither iniormation call on or address Eastern 
Office, Southern Railway, 271 Broadway.— Adv. 
Memphis Tournament.— A special Pullman car will leave for the 
Memphis tournament via the Royal Blue and Shenandoah Valley 
route from foot of Liberty street, New York city, on Saturday, May 
9, at 5 P. M. Reduced rates have been secured. For information 
apply to J. E. Prindle, New York Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, 
New York; or L. J. Ellis, Eastern Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, 
New York. 
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