Michigan Central Railroad

The annual report of tho Michigan Cendal Railroad Coinpitny shows an inciense f almost a niillion of dollars in the grosa iuruings of the road. The gross earnngs frorn passengers were $2,367,181.67 ; :rom freight f 4,652,873.82 ; miscellaneous L282,002.57; total L7,302,1 18.06,- against f0,441,412.58 for the previous year. Of tuis inoreasu $563,238.04 belongs to the main line and $287,367.52 to tha bransh98. The increase in passenger fara ha beenI2S3.115.23, and in freight $606,775.06; n miscellaneous it haabeen only $915.12, f he increaso in passenger earnings upoa the inain line has been $98,459.84, and apon the branch linea, $154,655.39.' The expenses of operating were $4,340,564.87; taxes, $145,370.59; a total of $1,986,935.46. Net earnings $2,315,182.80. . ■ During the year there waa a reduotion in local freights of 1-4 cent per ton' pet mile ; henee while the amount of freight increased 95,800 tons the increase of money received was only $947.11. . During the year 44 miles of doubla track havo been laid and 97 miles of tha main truck relaid with steel rails, - a total of 141 miles of steel track. Thirtyono miles of doublé track were graded froin Detroit to Ypsilanti, and 57 mile f rom Niles to Lako on the Western división, Tho rolling stock was increased With ■18 locomotivos, costing $700,000, 14 firstclass passenger coaches, 16 second class passenger cars, 12 baggaga cars, 25 o oommodation cars, and 1,235 cars for freight pnrposes. The total coat of increased rolling stock amounts to $1,251,202.04. The branch roads under the management of the Central are the Kalamazoo & South Haven, 40 miles ; Jackson, Lan sing & Saginaw, open to within 65 miles: of the Straits of Mackinaw, 212 miles; Grand River Valley, 94 miles; and tha Xiles and South Bund, 10 miles. These branches earned 21 33-100 por cent. of the whole business of the, Company. The report declares the Detroit Tunnel a failure and regards a bridge across the Detroit River as a necessity. The gross receipts, less expenses, leave a net suni of $1,444,076.96; decrease $62,346.90. The bonded debt now amounti to $9,735,000, and the sinking fund to $1,030,054.03, leaving the net bonded debt f8,104,945.97. The capital stoei now amounts to $18,738,204 and tha construction account to $24,536,880.92. Tho usual dividend of 5 per cent. for the last six mouths was not paid, the uioney being applied to improvements. The nuinber of passengers who left Chicago over the Michigan Central during the past year was 112,836, an increase of over 11,00') ; and the tons of freighl forwarded f rom Chicago were 453,086. The total nuuiber of passengers carried over the muin line and leased branchet was 1,507,640, none of whom were seriouslj injured. A Large Steamer, A New York correspondent of tha. Boston Olohe thus describes tho Inman steamer City of Chester : As soon as the intelligence spread that the largest ship but oue afloat was an-chored at the toot of Spring street, crowds of curiosity-seekers, as well as critics of naval architecture, flocked to sea the great leviathan. Of course, it was absoiutely impossible that tho desires of all that oaine could be graüfied, but aa far it was feasibla they were. The officers of tho ship and Mr. Nkhul-on, one of tha agents of the line, displayed more ihan their accustomed courtesy in answering all questions asked, and in chaperoning their nunierous visitors. The vessel is 150 f eet loag, over all, 44 feetin beam, and 30 fcet in depth. Her tonnag? is 5,000, giving a nominal horse power of 850, which is capable of being worked up to 4,250. Like the other ships of the Inman line, she is fall-rigged. Firetclass passenger room is provided for 150, and there is accominodatiou of a kind hitherto unknown to the average steerage passenger for 1,200 of that much suffcring class. The diuing hall of the saloon is situated on the spar deck amid ships. It measures 43 fcet square. It has a highly polished walnut wainscoting, divided into panels by Corinthian columns rluted and lilleted in the most artisüc style, with capitals and bosaes richly gilded and supported by ebony plinthe. Liht is r.dmitted into tha apartment throngh perforated side panols (a new invention) and a large ornamental lantern cupoia. Smoking cabina, ladies' saloons and retiring rooms, staterooms,etc, furnished with pianos, Kbraries, etc, are in proportion to the huge dimeusions of the vessel. The frame of the ship is strong and niaseive. A range of stringer plate, of extra width and thickness, securely riveted, runs entirely round the ship over the decks. She is divided into eightaompartments, by lueans of seven water-tight bulkheads. In case of fire, bhe is prepared with a hose of powerful caliber, with pumps capable of being worked by steam or hand, and a fire annihilator of ingeuious construction is amongst her stores ; and, for tho safety of her passengers in case of danger by drowning, there ure ten life-boats of more than the ordinary capacity. Altogether, the City of Chester, m size, symmetfy and buoyancy, was pronouncgd by all who visited her to day, to be the porfection of aaTal architecture, while, owing to the loftiness of her 'tween decks, she afforda to steernge passengors a measnrement of rrom oqual to that given to the saloon Qgars. Tho livsly now existing between the Atlantic Ocean steaiuers is likely to a good effect. The Inman wes the first to make substantial improvement in the carriage oi' steerage passenger3. The Cunard followed Thcüi sanie the AiV hite Star, excelling both, and now the Inman is ag,iin coming to the front. The race is amnsing, and very bencficial to ocean travelei's. The warden at Sing Sing prison gireg a complete denial to the eensational stories, recently published, of special favors beii.g granted to the convict 1iValworth. He says young Walworth is treatcd just the sanie us other prisoners. When it was knuwn that be was coming application was made by those having charge of the shoe shop, as tluy wanted a man in their ofSco who was not a" common thief, and I sent Walworth. Aa to his retusing food, he has been suffering for a few days from siükness brought abont by connnement and ibj change in the mode of life. He haa seen his mother and no one ehe, and her but tbree times. His cell is furnished the samo as the others, and he receivei no better treatment or attention than any other prisonsr. A lady having the good fortune to have her hilábno I ng ni7ns9lf on an t.pjile tree, the wife of a neigbbör immediately carne to büfr a branch of that tree, to have it grafted into orie in her orchard. " For who knows," says she " but it znay bsar the saae kind of fruit,"