ville and the Ohio Valley roads, and would be a most valuable acquisition to Louisville, in diverting to that city an immense trade that now goes to Evansville, and in affording the shortest route to superior coal fields and vast forests of fine timber. The celebrated Breckinridge cannel coal field is on the route of this proposed road. We are unable to state just what progress has been made in this enterprise, owing to the failure of its management to furnish us with the necessary data. But we learn from the public prints and from private parties that a corps of engineers are at work locating the road, and that some work has been done on its construction.

The Versailles, Midway and Georgetown Road.

An effort is being made to extend the Versailles and Midway Railroad to Georgetown, and thence to Cynthiana. A subscription of $20,000 has already been voted by Georgetown, which assures the building of the road that far; and it is believed that means will be provided to complete the road to Cynthiana. This road will pass through the heart of the bluegrass section, and will give to Versailles and Midway a direct line to Cincinnati by its connection at Georgetown with the Cincinnati Southern, and will afford Cynthiana and Georgetown an outlet to Louisville.

The Frankfort, Georgetown and Paris Road.

Another road is projected through the blue-grass region from Frankfort to Georgetown, Paris and Mt. Sterling or Owingsville; thence to the coal fields of North-eastern Kentucky and Virginia. This is a very important enterprise, and is, we learn, being pushed forward with great energy. It will penetrate the rich blue-grass and coal lands of Kentucky, and will give not only competition to these sections, but will vastly benefit Louisville, by furnishing her a short line through and into a territory that has hitherto been tributary to Cincinnati.

We hope to be able to give a good account of these enterprises in our next report.

Railroad Companies Incorporated by the General Assembly of Kentucky in 1886.

The Bowling Green and Northern Railroad Company. Incorporators, C. G. Smallhouse, Thos. H. Hays, H. H. Skiles, Wm. Mathews, D. W. Wright, M. H. Crump, J. D. Hines, C. U. McElroy, Robert Walker, R. L. Evans, W. H. Blakely, W. T. Cox, Wm. Merideth, G. E. Speck, H. E. Jenkins, Fred. Merideth, J. J. Proctor, W. R. Haynes, and Nirge Clark ; capital stock not to exceed $30,000 per mile of road. Route of road, from Bowling Green to Scottsville, and from Bowling Green to any point on Chesapeake, Ohio and South-western Railroad in counties of Ohio, Grayson, or Hardin. Company may issue bonds in any amount not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars per mile of road. Charter approved March 31, 1886.

The Grayson Springs Railroad Company. Incorporators, G. W. Gibson, J. T. Campbell, C. J. Vanmeter, J. E. Stone, R. W. Gibson, and M. P. Clarkson; capital stock $10,000. Route of road, from a point on the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad, near Grayson Springs Station, to Grayson Springs, with right to extend to Green river. Charter approved April 6, 1886.

The Lexington, Nicholasville and Whitesburg Railroad Company. Incorporators, J. J. Douglass, W. Douglass, W. A. Sears, L. D. Baldwin, M. S. Greenbaum, and W. P. Lincoln ; capital stock not to exceed $30,000 per mile of road. Route of road, from Lexington through the counties of Fayette, Madison, Jessamine, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Breathitt, Perry, Letcher, and Pike, to some point on the division line between Kentucky and Virginia. Charter approved March 15, 1886.

The Louisville and Madison Railway Company. Incorporators, Richard T. Jacob, James A. Leech, W. J. Adams, Samuel Russell, Chas. H. Gibson, Joseph Huffaker, W. F. Peak, Edward Richardson, Henry A. Bell, and Frank L. Powell; capital stock $1,000,000. Route of road from Louisville to Milton. May issue bonds not to exceed $30,000 per mile. Charter approved April 19, 1886.

The Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railroad. Incorporators, Jay H. Northup, Wallace J. Williamson, George L. Richardson, M. B. Goble, Walter S. Hawkins, of Kentucky; D. B. Harris, of Vermont; Anson Maltby and H. H. Holister, of New York, and John Carlisle, of Ohio; capital stock $1,000,000. Route of road, from a point on the Ohio river in Boyd county, by the most practicable route to the West Virginia and Virginia State line, and may connect with any road built through the eastern part of the State of Kentucky or the adjacent States. Charter approved April 19, 1886.

The West Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad Company. Incorporators, E. C. Gordon, W. W. Littlejohn, C. C. Harris, W. L. Gordon and W. T. Mulligan; capital stock not to exceed $20,000 per mile. Route of road, from a point on the Kentucky and Tennessee line, in Trigg or Christian county, through any of the counties of Christian, Trigg, Caldwell, Hopkins, Crittenden, Webster, Union, and Henderson. The town of Princeton, Caldwell county, to be a point on the main line, and may construct branch roads from any point on the main line to any town in the counties named. Approved April 19, 1886.

The Clarksville and Ohio River Railroad Company. Incorporators, W. L. Edmunds, F. W. Darby, H. F. McNary, W. S. Powell, R. B. Ratliff, Z. J. Crider, J. K. McGoodwin, H. M. Jones, and J. A. Garner; capital stock $1,500,000. Route of road, from a point on the line between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, in Christian or Trigg county, by way of Princeton, in Caldwell county, to any point on the Ohio river above Carrsville and below the mouth of Green river. Charter approved May 15, 1886.

The Carrollton and Louisville Railroad Company. Incorporators, W. F. Howe, P. T. Barker, J. A. Donaldson, J. E. Gobmeyer, T. J. McElrath, M. I. Barker, F. A. Adams, J. C. Bell, Joseph Huffaker; capital stock $2,000,000. Route of road, from Louisville to Carrollton, with power to construct branch roads as the company may deem advisable. Charter approved May 18, 1886.

The Charleston, Kentucky and Western Railway Company. Incorporators, W. Gaylord, E. A. Reser, H. A. Milford, J.

S. Spaulding, W. W. Cox, W. T. Fitzpatrick, M. M. Cassidy, and C. R. Withers; capital stock $5,000,000. Route of road, from a point on the Kentucky side of the Ohio river at or near the cities of Covington and Newport, or at some point opposite the city of Portsmouth, Ohio; thence through the counties of Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Robertson, Harrison, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Nicholas, Fleming, Bath, Montgomery, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe, Greenup, Carter, Elliott, Magoffin, Morgan, Johnson, Floyd, Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Clay, Perry, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Harlan, Knox, and Bell to any point on the South-eastern boundary line of the State of Kentucky, Virginia, or Tennessee, at such point so as to give the best passage for said road through the Cumberland Mountains. Charter approved May 15, 1886.

Henderson, Bowling Green, and Somerset Railroad Company. Incorporators, P. J. Potter, F. G. Cox, T. J. Smith, Jno. M. Galloway, W. H. Blakly, J. M. Wilkerson, B. W. Bradburn, W. J. Davidson, Moses Kuykendall, and S. E. Hill; capital stock not to exceed a sum necessary to build the road. Route of road, from a point on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, at or near Somerset, through the counties of Russell, Adair, Metcalfe, Barren, Allen, and Warren, by way of and through Bowling Green, Butler, Ohio, McLean, Daviess, and Henderson. The road to be constructed by way of Morgantown, in Butler county; Hartford, in Ohio county; Glasgow, in Barren county; and Manchester, in Clay county. Charter approved May 7, 1886.

The Hopkinsville Branch Railroad. Incorporators, C. H. Bush, E. P. Campbell, Samuel G. Buckner, R. T. Petree, S. E. Trice, H. G. Abernathy, and J. D. Russell; capital stock $50,000. Route of road, from the city of Hopkinsville to some point on the Indiana, Alabama, and Texas Railroad, or on the Cumberland river in Kentucky, or to Lafayette, in Christian county; or to Cadiz, in Trigg county; or to some point on the Chesapeake, Ohio, and South-western Railroad, and may extend to Mayfield, in Graves county, or by any route they may deem best to a point on the Mississippi river in this State. Charter approved May 7, 1886.

The Midland Kentucky Railroad Company. Incorporators,

I. Knox Frazier, Henry L. Philips, and W. J. Kendrick, of the county of wayne; William Curd, Thomas Z. Morrow, and James Denton, of the county of Pulaski; Thomas P. Hughes, of New York City; William B. Hoke, Lucian B. Quigley and Fontaine T. Fox, Jr., of the city of Louisville; capital stock $3,500,000. Route of road, from Louisville to Somerset, and thence to Monticello, on an-air line, or as near as the same can be constructed. Charter to be null and void unless work is commenced within three years from date of approval. Approved May 15, 1886.

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The Paducah and Fort Jefferson Railroad Company. corporators, J. C. Dupoyster, J. D. White, W. J. Rodgers, J. W. Turk, R. M. Shelton, J. O. Harkless, Luke M. Bridges, B. A. Neal, Frank France, T. T. Gardner, John P. Edwards; capital stock an amount necessary to build road. Route of road, from Paducah to Fort Jefferson. Charter to be null and void if work is not begun within six years after date of approval. Approved May 10, 1886.

Cincinnati, Cumberland Valley and Nashville Railroad Company. Incorporators, Samuel Whinery, O. H. Waddell, Robert Gibson, George Perkins, C. B. Simrall, Thomas D. Lovett, and Louis Krohn; capital stock $7,000,000. Route of road, through the counties of Wayne, Clinton, Cumberland, and Monroe, or any of them. Approved May 15, 1886.

Cumberland Gap and Eastern Kentucky Railroad Company. Incorporators, John Dishman, Knox county; William Bingham, Bell county; J. H. Bailey, Harlan county; J. T. Walker, Samuel Stone, T. J. Smith, S. S. Parks, Madison county; capital stock $10,000,000. Route of road, from a point on the Knoxville Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, between London and Williamsburg, to a point at or near Barboursville; thence on to Cumberland Gap and to Pound Gap, with power to build any branches desired. Approved May 17, 1886.

Louisville and Portsmouth Railway Company. Commissioners to solicit subscriptions to capital stock, James M. Thomas, James W. Ferguson, and William Tarr, Bourbon county; capital stock $5,000,000. Route of road, from Louisville,