Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-01-27
forty.threc and 45.100 square miles II
territory.

V1Sy'suIeS SAAV 7O'AVV S40o1V s0nS0 W
:erritory.
Illinois one nile Of railroad to five and
1910 miles Of area.
Ohio one mile Of railroad to seven ard
100 square miles. .-.-
Massachusetts, one mile CT railroad to
four and 7.10 miles of area.
Thus it appears that Illinois has nearly
ten times the extent Of railroads in pro.
portion to area of land that Minnesota
has.
The total stock IS shown by the follow
ing tables of the railroads Of this State,
amounts to $50, ,105, ,020. OF this amount
the proportion for this State as shown
by tables, is $32, ,506, ,252, making IN aver
age per mile Of road of $l8,844. The
Northern Pacific have issued $20, ,232, 900
Of stock, and have 220 miles Of completed
road in this State. have no means Of
knowing how much Of this stock apper.
tains to this State.
The total funded debt of the roads
doing business in this State, rs shown by
tables following, is $88, ,684 $50. The un-
funded debt is $5,735, 1872. Making the
total indebtedness $92, 2,4l9,73l. OF which
debt there appertains properly to the
FO6US IL N4I14IcoOG%s CASSpt SAC A~V1
Pacific, $54,72o.c43. This makes the
average debt per mile of road $3l,7N.
The average Of both stock, liability and
debt being $50,57 per mile. This leaves
out the Northern Pacific, which We have
ho means Of apportioning.
EARNING AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
The entire earnings Of all roads report
ed were $4, ,952, 1926 OF this 81, ,327 ,224..
l8 was derived from passengers and 49,.
23l ,333.27 from freight, the balance
&393, ,595.54, from miscellaneous sources
this shows decrease Of earnings as COM
pared with year before Of 81, PAP ,5l6.l0.
The total operating expenses of all the
roads was $3,925, 1924; this shows de-
crease in the operating expenses Of $374,-
1858 as compared with the year before.
The total net earnings were $751;
966 .66 less than for the year be-
The sversge gross earnings per
mile Were.... 2,oo7 IL
The average operating expenses
per mile were 80. ...... ....... 1850 81
It's average netearnings per mile
| were 90. go. ooO So
TRAIN NILES AND TONNAGE.
Total passenger train miles ...... 500, $40
Total freight train miles.... ...... l,l4O.6lO
| Total tain miles 1,939
1t will be seen by reference to tables
that give only the total train miles, the
total tonnage during the year was 1885,
1T, Of this 392,072 tons were grain. This
does not include the tonnage of the WI
mona & St. Peter railroad.
The whole number Of passengers car
ried during the year 906,2l8. The mum.
Der carried one mile was 37,O20,623.
The number Of persons killed during
the year was seven. Of these four were
employees and three were other persons.
Seventy.six persons were injured, OF
whom eighteen were passengers, fiftJ
were employees, and eight were other per-
sons.
i Fourteen passengers were injured from
causes beyond their control, and four
from want of caution.
| Twenty-Five employees were injured
from causes beyond their control, and
twenty-five from want Of caution.
-Four employees were killed, two from
causes beyond their control, and two
from want of caution. Eight o:her per
soas were injured and three killed from
want of caution.
| LANDS.
The whole number of acres Of land re
ceived by the companies up to December
81, 1874, was 8,530,274 acres. Of thi
tho companies report sold and contracted
to be sold, 877,176 l5-10O acres.
:. The companies report having received
: from sales and contracts to December 81
: 1874. $4,277,2l3.56.
- The lowest average price reported b.
any company is $3.50 per acre; and tn
> highest average price is $9.68 per acre.
). JOHN J. RANDALL.
= y Railroad Commissioner.
. St. Paul, Dec. 20. 1875.