RAILROADS.    411

in New-Hampshire, about 42f miles. This road is the connecting
link between Burlington (through Rutland) and Boston. The num-
ber of passengers carried one mile on this road, in 1872, was 6,139,
685 ; tons of freight, one mile, 22,909,589. Total receipts, for the
year, from all sources, $824,763.34; total expenses, $ 640,912.16.

Concord Railroad. Extends from Concord, through Bow, Hook
sett, Manchester, Bedford, Merrimack to Nashua, 35 miles. This
road has two tracks, and is one of the best lines in the country for
the distance, the annual receipts amounting to over $ 1,040,000, and
the expenses, $ 688,226. The number of passengers carried one
mile, 13,333,060.

Contoocook River Railroad. Extends from Hopkinton, through
Henniker to Hillsborough Bridge, distance, 15 miles. Receipts,
$ 44,000, expenses, $ 30,000.

Concord and Portsmouth Railroad. Extends from Concord,
through Pembroke, Allenstown, Hooksett, Manchester, Auburn,
Candia, Raymond, Epping, South Newmarket, Stratham, Green-
land and Portsmouth, distance, 58 miles. This road is run in con-
nection, with and under the management of the Concord Railroad,
and its cars are run over their track through Hooksett.

Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad. Extends from Dover, through
Rochester, Farmington, New-Durham to Alton Bay, where it con-
nects with Steamboats to various points on Lake Winnispeo-
gee. The whole length of road is 281 miles. It is under the
management of the Boston and Maine Railroad.

Eastern Railroad, in New-Hampshire. This, with the Eastern
Railroad of Massachusetts, and the Portland, Saco aud Portsmouth,
connects Boston with Portland, distance, 107 miles, That portion
in New-Hampshire is 16 miles, and extends through Seabrook,
Hampton Falls, Hampton, North Hampton, Greenland, west cor-
ner of Rye, and Portsmouth.

Peterborough and Shirley Railroad. The length of this road, in
New-Hampshire, is about 91 miles, and extends from Massachusetts
line through Mason, south border of Wilton to Greenville. It is
managed by the Fitchburg Railroad.

Manchester and Lawrence Railroad. Extends from Manchester,
through Londonderry, Derry, Windham, Salem, to Lawrence, Mas-
sachusetts—26 miles. The distance in this State, is about 221
miles. Receipts of the road, $177,000; expenses, $76,000. It ia
managed by the Concord Railroad.