The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-26
and all parties concerned, to allow the
present law to remain as it is, as enF
change would only tend toHnsettleA5St.:

VI M1uHCSCttts 11Ulu UIdIINaGO W w ellSs
They graded during the fall of 1875 most
Of their road from Albert Lea to the State
line south. When this road is complet.
ed, it will form an important Scannect;;ta;
between the prairies '''i "l''l'esoea "no
the coal neidS Cf1oWa.
COMPARISON OF ROADS TO AREA OF LAND.
The limited extent of railroads in'Min-
nesota, compared to area, is shown 1by
comparison with ether States. ~ 49,
Minnesota has one mile Of railroad to
forty.three and 45.10O square miles Of
territory.
Illinois one mile of railroad to five and
1900 miles of area.
Ohio one mile of railroad to seven AID
1olQQr square miles
Massachusetts, one mile CT railroad to
four andi7- 10 miles Of area. i ': J. 90
Thusiit appears that Illinois has nearly
ten times the extent Of railroads in pro-:
portion to area of land that Minnesota
has. :"'" III. =. :
STOCK. -: .,:s.' :,.'.. -.
The total stock as shown by the follow
ing tables of the railroads of this State:
amounts to>$56, I05, 920. OF this amount,
the proportion for this State as: Shown
by tables, is $s32, $780, 52, making an aver
age per mile of road of $sl8,844. The
Northern Pacific have issued $20,232 900
of stock, and have 229 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, as shown by
tables following, is $685., $50. The I'M
funded debt is SIS, 735, 1872. Making the
total Indebtedness $s92,419,731. OF which
debt there appertains properly'.to the
roads in Minnesota, except the Northern
Pacific, $54,72o,e43. This makes the
average debt per mile of road $s3l,727.
The average Of both stock, liability and
debt being $50,57l per mile. This leaves
out the Northern Pacific, which we have
10 means Of apportiening.
EARNING AND OPERATING EXPENSES. =
The entire earnings Of all roads report.
ed we're Sd, 952,l52.99 Of this 81, 1927, 224.-l
Is was derived from passengers and 3d.
23l 1887 from freight, the balance
$685., 505.54, from miscellaneous sources !;
this shows decrease of earnings as COM.
pared with year before of ST., 242, 5l6.l0.
The total operating expenses of all the
roads was $3,925, 1924: this shows de-
Ecrease in the operating expenses of 1914
1858 as compared with the year before
The total netearnings were $685. :. =
966 &c less than for the year be-
: fore, or 81 ,O26 S3O SO
The averages4g gross earnings per
mile Were:.-. ...... ....... 2,5o7 IL
PEI nile were 80. 30. ::::::. 1850 "a
TIE ayk ragenet earnings per mile .
were 3. .-.. 80. b3b %
ksas TRAIN MILES AND TONNAGE.
44otal passenger train miles ...... 900, 343
EIota freight train miles 80. l,i4o, 6 61o
! :5#It viii be seen by reference to tables
#at- give only the total train miles, the
Htal tenpage during the year was 1885,
/, Of this 392,072 tons were grain. This
Bes. notSinelude the tonnage of the Wi.
n$naF& St. T ete r railroad.
:HKFhe whole number Of passengers car
risd duringfhc year 996,2l9. The num-
ber carried one mile was 37,020,623.
rGSS ACCIDENTS. ::..'. .;.:';,'.'
The number of persons killed during
the year was seven. OF these four were
employees and three we're other persons So
Sevent4>six persons Nefs mjare4 Sof
whom eighteen were passengers, fifty
were employees, and eight were other per-
sons. :},.| -: + = g. ::
Fourteen passengers we're injured. from
causes beyond their control, and four
from want Of e ution.
Twenty-Five employees we're. }ihjQrSd
from causes beyond (heiri contfel, and
twenty five frorn want Of caution.
-Four employees were killed., Two from
causes beyond their control, and two
FROM want Of caution. Eight other per-
sops WERE injured and threekillsdzfr0r1
want Of caution.
LANDS. 81; 7. r.. =
The whole number Of acres Of land re-.
ceived by the companies up 10 December
| 81, 1874, was $780, 74 acres. hsOf 3this
! the Com anies RI port sold and contracted
to be sold. ST., 76 1900 acres.
The companies report having; received
from sales and contracts is Decembdr 81 ,
1874, $4,277,2l3 $50.
e. The lowest, average price ,rep9rted by
any company is! $2.S0ptr aeze ahd tho
hig hest average price is $9.6S per acre.
JOHN J. RANDALL,
'':;i Eailroad Commissioner:
St.. Paul, Dec. 20, 1875. =. 49,
Hcrzegovina---B attl e4.-Pr9$peets OF
Pacification.
I LONDON, Jan, GA Ragusa, CORES
ponde4t telegra phS that there has been
two Gays fightin g between the Turks and
the Herzegovinan insurgents. during
which three hundred and eighty Of the
former were killed and wounded. - =.
Trebingo is threatened with, famine.
|. It's reported the Porte has unoffcially
accepted Count Andrassy's proposals for