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.
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