The New York herald., 1873-11-29


dated November /, 1871, $7o7, ,922; same company's
second mortgage railroad ana land grant bonds,
dated November l. 1871, 81 ,2!2,ooes same conl- com
$l7ls,43s Total bonded Indebtedness $l5 ll3, 500
floating indebtedness, $276s, O2b. Total indebted
ness, $ll,s7i.Ss5. Assets OF cash. debts due COM
pany and securities other than Of this company,
amounting to 81, ,340,070 on hand
Stock OF the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
to the amount OF $lO0, 900 has been subscribed,
and certificates for 69o shares OF 800 each have
been issued. During the year 1873 the road was
on the Missouri 10 the mouth OF Glendive Creek,
on the Yellowstone, distance Of 205 miles The
yet been Fixed by the company. The surveys
necessary to complete continuous line across the
Continent, which were left unfinished last year by
reason OF the open hostility OF the Sioux Indians
OF Montana ana Dakota, have this year been
brought to most satisfactory conclusion. con-
tinnous line has been surveyed from Lake Superior
30 Puget sound, and the data have been obtained
Tor deciding the final location Of the road between
the above named termini. The entire line OF
The company reports that for climate, soil, guam
tlty and variety OF mineral wealth, and all the ele
ments necessary 10 the support OF . dense pOpula-
uon, there is no zone OF Similar extent ana value
between the Mississippi River and the Pacific ocean
GUS to parallels 46 ana Al north iatitnde.'
Tne whole amount expended on surveys from
the begnnng OF the work 70 the lst OF July last is
$l,o6S,s73 The extent O line surveyed is 9,3SS
miles, and IA addition, 1850 OF river reconnois
sance. Tne amount received from passengers on
the road lin Minnesota and Washington Territory
ls Slo3o5l lor transportation OF relght $393, ,549
which includes q few days OF the earnings In June,
1873 IN Dakota The expense OF the road and fix.
lures has been $40 $780, and the indebtedness OF
the company is $29, ,309, 337 The word '.expenser
as used above is said by the company to mean the
cost OF the road proper and its fixtures only.
yhe company's report states that on october /,
1874 trains were running regularly (both pas
from Lake superior TO the Missouri River, dis
tance OF 453 miles, and from Kalama, on the Col
tSr a. mes to towards "a rag
track has been laid ana Is miles more nearly
graded. which when completed tabout the 1st OF
December tins yearl will make continuous road
from the Columbia River to Puget sound IO5 miles.
On the 9th oflast January You accepted the first 2s
miles OF the Northern Pacific Railroad in Mn
nesota from its junction with the Lake Superior
and Mississippi Railroad, near Thomson, to the
Red River OF The North, and on the 10th of Sep
tember 1878, 65 miles OF the road IN Washington
Territory, ION its main line between the city OF
Portland, Oregon and its western terminus on
appointed to examine the completed portion of the
road Qs5 niles IN Dakota Territory has not been
received.
on the llth OF March last you accepted 155 35-loo
miles OF the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway,
from the Sc 76-l0o mile south OF the southern boun-
dary line OF Kansas to Red River, near Preston,
Texas. Total number OF miles accepted 242 1l-lO0.
accepted on the 4th OF september last 81 2s-l0O
miles OF the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, lying
between Little Rock, in Arkansas, and the soutli-
ern boundary OF Missouri. Application having been
made for the examination OF the portion Of this
road lying between Little Rock and Fulton com.
missioners have been appointed for that purpose,
but their report has not yet been received.
tion t50sa miles, OF the Burlington aud Missouri
River Railroad in Nebraska, reported on by the
commissioners on the 30th OF October OF that year,
This makes total accepted line in that State OF
1909 miles. That portion OF the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad from the west side OF the ST.
Francis River to point opposite the city Of Little
Rock on the north bank OF the Arkansas River
called .Argenta,n 81 l-10 miles, was accepted by
the department on the 9Th OF last March.
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
or the Yellowstone National Park the Secretary
says:-l deem 1t incumbent on me to refer to the
TYn NM nrdi nff f11nN Nn
National Park No appropriation has yet heen made
for the purpose OF opening the park to the public,
and OF enabling this department to carry into ei-
feet the necessary rules ana regulations tor its
been visited during The past summer by many
persons, and that it has been despoed
by them OF great quantities OF its mineral
deposits, and other curiosities. su-
perintendent OF the park was appointed
Ia May 1872, but, there being no appropriation
services have necessarily been gratuitous, and he
could not be expected, under such stances,
TO reside permanently In the Park. Applications
have been made by various parties Tor permission
to erect buildings and to construct roads within
the park. The act OF March l. 1872, confers upon
me the necessary authority to grant leases for
building purposes, bur no leases have been
granted, for the reason that sufficient information
has not been obtained as to the responsibility OF
the several applicants 1t appears to me to be
eminenty proper that early steps should be taken
by Congress for the protection OF this great
national wonder from the vandalism or curiosity
hunters. This Department should not be held re-
sponsibe for the condition OF the park, so long
the ends contemplated by the act OF March l. 1872.
The boundaries OF the park should be properly sur
veyed and located, as many persons desire to enter
and settle upon public lands contiguous thereto.