Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-03-30

1EAUlO QS sVV Pei nuhuAA'
NO. So.
J.. Southern Mlnuesoaa Railroad.
(Fro,r the La Crosse Republican and Leader.l
We are in receipt of General Manager
Van Horne's annual report to the bond
holders of the Southern Minnesota rail-
road, giving in detail the earnings and
expenses of tho road, its indebtedness,
lands acquired and sold, and such changes
and improvements as have been made
during the year 1875. We shall not un-
dertakc to give condensed statement of
the report, but = few Of the leading items
may be Of public interest. Mr.. Van
Horne makes creditable and gratifying
showing on page six Of the pamphlet be-
fore US. 1t is here stated that the earn
ings for 1875 were $788,240.76,
while the total operating expenses
amounted to o,:ly $457,lll.97, leaving .
balance on the right side Of tho COM
pany's ledger Of $33l,12s.70. The Gloss
and damage account amounted in the az.
gregate to $9,532.S4~$4,778.70 of which
was paid for injuries to persons. The
company carried over their line during
1875, 54,l0l passengers, for which they
received $8G,938.l4. During 1874 5l,224
passengers were carried over the road,
yielding a revenue of $S6.587.7S, or
$37O46 less than was received from the
same source during 1875. There were
received at Grand Crossing ILL., ,93l tons
Of freight during the year 1875, against
81, ,434 at the same station during the pre-
vious year, an increase that was not only
profitable TO the railroad com.
pany, but q credit to La Crosse.
Mr.. Van Horne says it is esti-
mated that fully one'ha'' Of the wheat
raised and harvested along the line Of the
Southern Minnesota last year is still in
the country, promising large and salts
factory spring business for the road.
With the sanction of the Executive Com
mittce inducements have been offered to
parties to erect Touring mills and suitable
grain elevators along the line. and within
the six months Immediately preceding
the date Of his report, six tirst'class elc-
vators with a capacity of from l2,OCO to
10000 bushels-an aggregate capacity of
1000 bushels-havc been erected.
Three large mills are in prog :ess; others
are being enlarged, and others arc to be
built during the year 1876.
The Executive Committee, in submit
ting General Van Hornc's report to the
bo,siholdcrs, pay him this acknowledge
ment:
ut is proper to say that frequent per-
sonal observation during the past year
convinces US that the work done and the
improvements made by Mr.. Van Horne
arc of most substantial and permanent
character, and tend 10 true economy in
the operation of the road: and in our
Judgment, the bondholders have every
reason to be satisfied with his manage
ment.'
The heavy SHOWS and extensive floods
during the winter and spring Of 1879
made railroading expensive business, but
tho Southern Minnesota has heretofore
recovered from calamities Of this charac
ter as chcaply and rapidly as other line
in this section.
| A Three Cnld Monte GnMc--A Grcenl
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lFrom the St. Paul Dispatch, 24th.]
On the night before last, in nice. quie
room in the European Hotel on Thir'
street, four railroad sharks known a
Shang Stanton, Retei Tom. Long Procto
and Frank Hunter were quietly amusin
themselves with 'deck" Of cards, wal,
ing patiently for something to fall int
their maws. They had not long to wait
however, for a grecny from St. John:
New Brunswick, intent on seeing tn
elephant. dropped in and watched thei
proceedings with an anxious eyc-sa'
the "ieck" dwindle into three cards an
watched the rapid way in which card
we're manipulated; saw the money pas
ing from one to another so quick as
make his head swim. He hadstud!ed tn
game thoroughly, felt bound to vii
and concluded he would stake h
pile on the result. He did and won, an
won again-it was as easy as falling of
log but presently his gains commence
to flow down into the sharks bellies, bt
still he did not lose faith in his star, an
when he was asked if he was through, r
sponded, "rhrough! Not much; m
: name is Graham, and hail from Ne
Branswak, and no d - d Yankee can be-
me. There is q watch and chain, whie
are worth $3.50. You can inspect the
for yourselves. l will put them I
+ against similar amount"
A consultation took place between Il
con(ederatcs, and after short time Il
q terms were agreed to and the game r
commenced. 1t is unnecessary to 81
I that the dupe was again the victim.
= BY this time he was beginning to get
4 g!immer of the truth and after indulgi,
9 in few harmless expletivcs, left Il
|, room with the avowcd determination
+ relating tho whole affair to the polio
Instead, however, Of doing this he nev
e gave them any information until y
r terday, when he told Sergeant Clark n
t Officer Casey Of the matter. and tho
II gentlemen recovered the watch in salo
n on jackson street, where they had soak
"a it for drinks, &c. In the mean time
l. three.card men had jumped the town .
,e escaped.
=. M.rk Twain's References.
le Mark Twain made up his mind that
It must marry, and that no one else but II
le particular girl could be Mrs. Twain.
/, set about that courtship in his usual slt
ce deliberate, drawling fashion. bcc.'
ID Mark TWAIN, in the conception and e
N cution Of every piece Of business, "a
n far above the mere literary adventure.