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THE CAIEO BRIDGE.

this Company, to file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Ken-tucky a certificate to be drawn by the General Solicitor, which shall express theabove facts.”

At your meeting held on the 17th September, 1890, the Secretaryreported that he had complied with these instructions, and submitteda receipt from the Secretary of State of Kentucky, of which the fol-lowing is a copy:

Received July 9,1890, of A. G. Hackstaff, Secretary of the Chicago, St. Louis& New Orleans Railroad Company, a certificate showing that said Railroad Com-pany had complied with the provisions of an Act passed by the GeneralAssembly of Kentucky, entitled, “ An Act authorizing the Chicago, St. Louis &New Orleans Railroad Company and the Illinois Central Railroad Company, or

either of them separately, to build and maintain a railroad bridge across the OhioRiver,” approved March 29, 1886; also a certified copy of an extract from theminutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of said Chicago, St. Louis & NewOrleans Railroad Company, held in the city of New York June 18th, 1890, settingforth the facts contained in the certificate above indicated.

Geo. M. Adams,

Secretary of State.”

By "Willie L. Ringo,Ass’t Sec’y of State.

Your attention is invited to the able and exhaustive report of Mr.George S. Morison, Chief Engineer of the Cairo Bridge, upon thedetails of the work.

Since the figures as to cost given in Mr. Morison’s report were made

up, the work of filling the approaches with earth has continued, andthe cost to your Company of the bridge proper, and of the approachon the Kentucky side of the river, down to December 31, 1891, includ-ing interest during construction, has been $2,649,485.95. TheIllinois Central Railroad Company has expended upon the approachon the Illinois shore, $374,091.16. The total outlay has, therefore,been $3,023,577.11.

It is estimated that 46,400 cubic yards of earth will be required tofill the remainder of the trestle approach on the Kentucky shore, and269,300 yards on the Illinois shore.

Respectfully submitted,

Stuyvesant Fish, President.