412    RAILROADS.

Manchester and North Weare Railroad. Extends from Manches-
ter, through Goffstown, north-east corner of New-Boston, to Weare,
19 miles. It is under the management of the Concord Railroad.

Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad. Extends from Con-
cord, through Hopkinton, Warner, the southern portion of Sutton
to Bradford, 27 miles. Receipts, $ 131,000 ; expenses, $ 101,000.
It is managed by the Northern Railroad. This road together with
the Sugar River, and Contoocook Valley Railroad, have been
formed into one corporation, called the Concord and Claremont
(N. H.) Railroad.

Monadnock Railroad. Extends from Winchendon, Mass., to
Peterborough, 15f miles. Its length, in New-Hampshire, is 13f
miles, and extends through Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterborough.
This is a new road with no through connection on any of the great
lines, but it now pays more than the running expenses.

Mount Washington Railroad. This road extends from the base
of the White Mountains, to the summit of Mount Washington,
about three miles. It has been built at an expense of nearly $ 200,
000, and now pays more than running expenses. The track is un-
like any other road in the world, and, together with the invention
of the brakes to hold the train, is a novelty in itself and worthy
of a visit to the mountains. Fare—up, $ 3. up and down, $ 4.

Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad. This is a new road, aud the
first cars went over its track in the summer of 1873. It forms a con-
necting link, which gives a direct railroad communication between
northern and central New-Hampshire, with Providence, New-Bed-
ford and other cities in that section of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. It is nearly twenty miles in length, about five of which are
in New-Hampshire.

Nashua and Lowell. Extends to Lowell, fourteen miles, five and
a quarter of which is from Nashua to Massachusetts line. It has a
double track and is one of the best managed roads in the State.
Cost of road, $ 737,000; annual receipts, $ 603,000 ; expenditures
$ 521,000. It may be necessary to state, that the Wilton, Stony
Brook, Salem and Lowell, and Lowell and Lawrence railroads are
managed by the Nashua and Lowell, and the above is the total re-
ceipts and expenditures, of all these roads.

Nashua and Rochester. A new road now being built, and
nearly finished. It extends from Nashua, through Hudson, north-
ern part of Pelham, Windham, Derry, Hampstead, Sandown, Fre-