RR Canajoharie and Catskill Stockholders report 1842

Statement of Stockholders in the Capital Stock of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad
March 15, 1842   

From the Minutes of the State Assembly, Albany, New York. Transcribed by Arlene Goodwin.


State of New York
NO. 118

In Assembly
March 15, 1842

Report

Of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad Company, made in pursuance of a resolution of the Assembly, of the 3d February, 1842.

Statement of Stockholders in the Capital Stock of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad Company, of $50 each share.

Names

No. Shares

Residents

Amount paid.

Ezra Hawley

100

Catskill

$3,863 18

Estate Hiram Comfort

100

do

3,000 00

Thomas B. Cooke

216

do

10,520 00

Isaac Van Loun, (dec’d)

40

do

1,000 00

Cosswell & Brace

100

do

2,317 37

Solomon C. Woodruff

50

do

1,625 00

John Griffith

10

Esopus, Uls co.

325 00

John J. Ashley

10

Catskill

300 00

Charles Trowbridge

24

do

725 00

Stephen Bosworth

20 sub.

do

100 00

Henry H. Hyde

20

do

650 00

Orlando Kellogg

10

do

325 00

J. W. Baldwin

20

do

500 00

J. & J. Lockies

24

do

420 00

David Porter

20

do

650 00

Peter Breasted

20

do

650 00

E. Hatfield

10 sub.

Hudson

25 00

James D. Gardner

10

Unknown

150 00

James Mahaffy

15

Catskill

457 00

William Van Bergen

20 sub.

Catskill

150 00

William Wynkoop

40

do

1,100 00

John D. Dubois

20

do

650 00

Hiland Hill Jr.

20

do

650 00

Wm. W. Van Loan

10

do

325 00

William H. Wilson

10

New York

375 00

Jonathan Rowe

30

Catskill

975 00

Horace Willard

10

do

325 00

Tuzar Bulkley

10

do

175 00

George W. Taylor

10

do

300 00

Amos Cornwall

57

do

1,940 00

David G. Abeel

40

do

600 00

Solomon Yeomans

15 sub.

Unknown

112 50

Egbert Bogardus

5

Catskill

100 00

J. R. Sylvester

4

do

92 00

Lyman Rodgers

10 sub.

do

125 00

Fowler M. Ray

10

do

232 50

Garret N. Abeel

10

do

300 00

John Adams

100

do

2,725 00

Jacob R. Green

50 sub.

do

250 00

Peter T. Mesick

50

do

2,500 00

Robert Dorlon

20

do

650 00

Wm. G. Hoyt, (dec’d)

5

do

100 00

William Salisbury

50

do

1,250 00

Sturtevant & Austin

20

do

500 00

John W. Hunter

20

do

527 00

Herman Livingston

25

Columbia county

812 00

Henry Meiggs

10

 

150 00

Wilks Hyde

100

Catskill

2,500 00

H. McKinstry

80

New York

1,000 00

do

8

do

240 00

Christian Hanson

4

do

25 00

Elisha Blackmar

10

Cairo

300 00

John Sanders

200

New York

5,295 00

Silas Stannard

10

Schenectady

500 00

Isaac Hawley

2

Catskill

30 00

William Schuneman

20

do

600 00

James G. Dubois

10

Unknown

325 00

Robert Soles

5

Catskill

50 00

Isaac Rouse

5

do

150 00

Frederick Overbaugh

20

do

650 00

Mary Palmer

6

Troy

195 00

Jacob Hoagland, dec’d

10

Catskill

200 00

John Truesdall

100

New York

250 00

Francis Story

6

Catskill

195 00

Garret W. Sager

5

Athens

162 00

Ruth Cooke

117

Catskill

3,802 00

Geo. Leland

25

New York

812 00

Sturges Phinney, dec’d

5 sub.

Poughkeepsie

62 50

Charles Sanford

40

New York

1,400 00

Samuel S. Allen

10 sub

Unknown

50 00

Samuel Smith

20

New York

650 00

James Currie Jr.

50

do

1,740 00

Ephraim Beach

710

Catskill

35,500 00

Zadock Pratt

100

Prattsville

3,250 00

Wm. Deitz

6

Schoharie

225 00

Jacob Gibhard

10

do

250 00

Benjamin Pond

20

do

650 00

Henry Hamilton

4

do

100 00

Frederick Vogal

4

do

120 00

Peter Ousterhout, Sen

10

do

325 00

Wm. L. Michael

2

do

40 00

Peter Ousterhout

5

do

87 50

Jacob Houck Jr.

6

do

120 00

John L. Swart

1

do

32 50

Marcus Sternburgh

5

do

100 00

John Mason, dec’d

100

New York

3,500 00

Thomas Mahan

4

Unknown

100 00

Selah Van Duser

30

New York

375 00

Maltby & Bowlls

50

do

525 00

O. E. Maltby

20

do

450 00

Wm. Whitlock, Jr.

50

do

1,625 00

Scott & Morrell

50

do

1,750 00

E. P. Cooke

40

do

1,000 00

S. & F. Dorr & Co

40

do

700 00

Jacob S. Platt

275

do

8,250 00

Cornelius Van Santvoord

280

do

14,000 00

Elijah Atwood

40

do

1,400 00

D. S. Gregory & Co

40

do

3,500 00

Alfred Van Stantvoord

40

do

2,000 00

Jacob S. Platt

200

do

2,500 00

Geo. S. Doughty

188

do

3,959 00

Jas. L. Curtiss

187 ½ sub

do

1,406 25

John Griffeth

188

do

4,758 00

Silas M. Stillwell

375 sub

do

1,875 00

William Kain

200

do

2,500 00

James D. Douglass

300

do

11,100 00

Wm. A. Pentz

175

do

1,867 00

Henry J. Seaman

50

do

1,800 00

Frederick Pentz

50

New York

1, 800 00

Louis Decasses

100

do

3,250 00

O. Camman Executor

25

do

312 50

R. W. Martin

10

do

350 00

J. L. & I. Joseph

25

do

312 50

J. P. Decker, dec’d

20 sub

Catskill

50 00

Francis J. Marvin

100 sub

New York

250 00

John F. Mattice

5

Schoharie co.

150 00

Estate of Geo. Clark

100 sub

Otsego co.

3,250 00

Moses Austin

40

Cairo

2,000 00

Joel Brace

25

Catskill

25 00

Estate of Henry Lieber

60

Canajoharie

3,000 00

Solomon C. Woodruff

5

Catskill

25 00

John Pickel

5

Unknown

25 00

Nathan Farrel

10 sub

Catskill

43 50

Peter Shourman

10

do

325 00

Harvey H. Peck

10

Cairo

300 00

Jeremiah Krum

2

New York

50 00

Cyrus Chenery

25

New York

437 00

B Wiltsie & Co

5

Catskill

150 00

John Gebhard

10

Schoharie co.

162 50

Wilso Page

2

Catskill

65 00

Martinus Mattice

5

Schoharie co.

162 50

Henry F. Talmadge

87

New York

4,350 00

do do

215

do

1,075 00

Newton Hayes

100

do

4,000 00

Lewis Hickock

5

Durham

162 50

Jonathan C. Myers

12

Catskill

390 00

Wm. Thorp

2

Greene co.

65 00

Peter Roggin

2

do

65 00

James Utter

1

do

32 50

Ransom Osburn

1

do

32 50

Abijah Pratt

4

do

130 00

Richard Benjamin

4

do

130 00

Joseph Hariso

36

Unknown

180 00

Isaac Newton

71

New York

3,500 00

Grayham & Harriman

4

New York

110 00

Thorn, Haff & Sharp

10

do

300 00

Fitch & Robertson

15

do

450 00

Hezekiah Kelly

12

do

390 00

E. & J. Bussing

14

do

420 00

E. Mills

50

do

1,625 00

F.N. Wilson

33

Catskill

1,072 50

John M. Donnelly

84

do

2,730 00

Peter Hansin

6

Unknown

300 00

William B. Bend

5

New York

250 00

N. G. Kortright

55

do

2,750 00

Rec’d on stock surrendered

   

5,990 00

Rec’d from stockholders

   

2,381 00

Amos Cornwall, on acc’t of stock

   

1,250 00

H. R. Dunham & Co

42

New York

2,100 00

Geo. Calwell, transferred to estate of Lieber

     

Israel Pratt

2

Greene co.

65 00

Harriet W. Dellafield

40

Unknown

2,000 00

John P. Cushman

45

Troy

2,250 00

     

$235,961 47

Subscription written opposite the respective name, have no scrip.

Dock and store house, worth about $2,000.

No sales of stock.

Nothing paid on the Stock of the following Subscribers

Names

Residence

No. Shares

John D. Morrell

Canajoharie

5

James Wagner

do

5

John Marsh

do

5

D. F. Sacia

do

20

John Fray

Palatine

20

Thomas B. Mitchell

Canajoharie

10

Isaac Wood

do

10

S. Marsh & son

do

10

R. Fiero

do

20

J. Reed

Palatine

20

U. Wood

Canajoharie

20

John Hokirk

do

20

Henry Garlock

do

15

Henry Link

Fort Plain

20

Daniel Morell

Canajoharie

5

Henry J. Fritcher

do

5

Charles Scerf

do

5

G. P. Van Alstyne

do

20

D. A. Hawley

Canajoharie

5

John Atwater

do

5

R. Feiro

do

30

Adam L. Roof

do

75

Daniel Zoller

do

50

Philip Roof

do

50

Charlotte Winn

do

10

D. K. Fenner

do

20

Williams & Gould

do

10

George W. Murry

do

20

D. W. Erwin

do

20

G. P. Van Alstyne

do

50

H. J. Fitcher

do

5

J. W. Caldwell

do

20

Pliny Warner

do

5

John Spencer

do

20

Gilbert Warner

do

5

Aaron Nellis

do

10

S. A. Vrooman

do

20

D. Ecker

do

50

J. W. Caldwell

do

10

Livingston Spraker

Palatine

50

L. N. Marsh

Canajoharie

10

A. V. Putman

do

20

Williams & Gould

do

5

David Spaker

do

10

John Gebhard

Schoharie

10

Wm. Mann

do

4

Peter Mann

do

4

N. Bouck

N. York (supposed)

20

E. & G. Hawley

Catskill

40

A. B. Silks

do

2

Lucius Robinson

New York

5

Isaac N. Wyckoff

Albany

20

John Walker

New York

20

Goodrich Baldwin

Unknown

5

A. M. Pherson

do

5

Francis Sayre

Catskill

20

Abraham Van Vechten

do

200

R. L. Emmons

Unknown

10

William H. Dewitt

do

20

John Moore

do

10

H. H. Van Vleet and his Associates

New York

1125

L. Kiersted

Catskill

2

H. Friar

Catskill

2

John B. Coffin

do and Athens

2

William Magelton

Do

2

Martin Corss

Do

2

C. S. Bromly

Canajoharie

10

Debts Due From The Company

 

L Hickok

$651 35

Phenix Foundry

698 65

L. Jones & Co

106 91

Wiltsie & Co. about

150 00

J. A. Smith

55 00

S. Stannard

91 94

P. Shourman

11 63

P. Roggin

2 13

Ira Dubois

21 62

J. Judson

115 04

O. Phelps

498 34

Mann & Cooke

70 59

J. McWilliams

32 70

S. Stewart

40 88

J. Scott

64 19

J. Hayward

1,900 00

J. Eckler

52 82

J. Riley

24 72

A. Bonestel

35 28

J. Lusk

24 58

L. Kiersted

553 38

H. Conner

14 74

O. Corwin

5 00

E. Sherman

5 50

G. Sutton

334 90

S. Francis

94 68

Do. Haney

17 03

A. Hodges

325 00

Wm. Magilton

11 76

Moses Washburn

32 37

G. Caldwell

21 60

P. Ousterhout, Sen

26 60

S. S. Dyson

100 00

Mechanics’ Bank

548 10

Mrs. V. Orden

41 50

McWilliams

268 30

Salisbury Iron Works

241 04

Catskill Bank

5,907 40

do

654 40

H. R. Dunham & Co

347 34

Fowler M. Ray

50 00

Journal of Commerce

40 00

John Vedder

125 00

E. H. Broadhead, about

150 00


                                            $14,566 41

Unsettled Claims
Ephriam Beach, D. S. Gregory & Co
Amos Cornwall, Peter T Mesick
Francis Sayre John C. Peck
Thomas B. Cooke

Expenditures

Amount of payments for construction, &c ------------        $431,099 08

Loss of State stock,--------------------------------------------               6,387 99

Paid State interest---------------------------------------------             16,483 91

                                                                                                  $451,444 19                                 

Receipts

Amount received from Stockholders,--------                     -$235,961 47

do for interest, & c.,-------------------                                                916 31

                                                                                                  $236,877 78

State Loan.

2oo certificates of State Stock,---------------------------              200,000 00

Debts due from the company----------------------------              14, 566 00

                                                                                                $451, 444 19  

Earnings, 1841

L Kiersted, in account with Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad Co.

DR.

To amount of earnings, from April 20th, 1841, to 31st

December, 1841---------------------------------------------------            $7,532 58

Received of earnings of 1840, and paid out in 1841---------        121 35

                                                                                                        $7,653 93

Amount of earnings received in 1840----------------------------       $121 35

Amount of earnings of 1841-------------------------                        $7,532 58

Deduct Bills not collected---------------------------                              473 76

                                                                                                          7,958 82

Balance due L. Kiersted, carried to new account-------------         553 38

                                                                                                         $7,733 55

CR

Amount paid out by L. Kiersted, 1841------------------------        $7,733 55

Classification.

Putting down iron------------------------------------------------                 $70 27

Engineering on road,--------------------------------------------                 168 00

Wood,-------------------------------------------------------------                     521 58

Cartage of timber for repairs----------------------------------                 162 30

Running engine,------------------------------------------------                     584 68

Fencing,---------------------------------------------------------                          90 93

Incidental expenses--------------------------------------------                     144 51

Making and repairing cars,-----------------------------------                 1,515 52

Oil,---------------------------------------------------------------                          186 91

Teaming on road, while repairing engine,------------------               402 66

Repairing track,------------------------------------------------                    2,207 58

Running train,--------------------------------------------------                    1,197 66

Depot,-----------------------------------------------------------                           80 95

Salary of agent,------------------------------------------------                       400 00

                                                                                                          $7,733 55

Balance due L. Kiersted,---------------------------------------                 $553 38

The undersigned, treasurer and secretary of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad Company, certify that the annexed statement is a correct copy of the treasurer’s books of the company in their possession.

                                                                                                P. T. Mesick, Treasurer
                                                                                                L. Kiersted, Secretary

Sworn March 14, 1842
Ira Dubois, Justice of Peace.
[Assembly, No. 118]


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