, 1876-01-22
YuEyALEEY RAILROAD.


Since our lat annual meeting, our road has
been extended TO this city, lad with 25b. I
iron the entire distance Cver Ihiiiy-ihree
miles. inclusive of side tracks. The Wallula
incline built, station buildings here and at
Whitman built, and ether improvements rs
cessary. with twelve miles Of grading; and
during the meantime We hsve done all the
TRANSFORMATION. either over the wooden track
or the I iron track. required to Keep the O.
). y. Co.'S boats loaded 30 their full capacity,
except les than three hundred tons that
were transported ty teams caring the early
part Of The year.
By the examination of the monthly sb-
straCts herewith submitted You will see the
exact business OF The road Substantially
the business Of the valey-its imports, ex-
ports, and passenger travel the receipts
thersfrom ana their disI ur-rnsnts. ! shall
say no more Of What We have done the road
speaks for itself save TO express our thanks
to the rank and file Of our employees, for the
faithiulness with which they generally have
performed their a:Gu0us duties, laboring
oftimes under dlsadyautag g-ous circumstances,
and end uring great har'!ShlV5,-
We have met with some accidents, but
daring the uow rear thIes years that We
have been employed IN this enterprise, get
! ting our material from almost the a. ends of
/ the earth, " bringing all Qur timber down
| streams never oPeI ed =aEigated before,
| hundreds of miles. We have not lost a man by
/ sickness or accident.
! Every demand against your company has
! been satisfactorily met. and yonr credit Is
still rooi to ct such extension Of time as Will en-
able you, from tae earnings OF the rutd, prcQcrly
! cJairCtei, 20 pay OF your present Indettedress-
That debt should be psIi ut early a day as pos
sih,e from tie earnings OF TIE road, aud uvoIt m
poTerishlng ourselves, by paying cut those earn
igs IN interest, which earnings, N the tutu,e viii
nectssarily have 70 be expended IN keeping up the
sJ.psTsr UUcUge aud rolling stock Of the road, and
/ D,ying satisfactory dividends To stockholders.
The following soIne Of the present necessities
/ - make road efficient to do tie business:
Should he balastei casting say S2uOper mile g G,e0D
! " e ant as many more ears, cstIug-.--.-- 5000
Ne want passenger lOeoinot:v., costing ly,Cc1
: Two passenger cars c>stn, $40 etch..-... $500
! Workshops and mproyemcnts-------------. 1850
To,aI.....-...--.----.--. ,s5, eco
We sIouli have 4 triguuyh line to AVOID aeci-
( dents and satisfactorily dispatch business
submit an estimate Of running expenses Tor next
1 wear a. io.lyTs:
WOOD 1000 on-s AT S,rCG
Salaries OF officers now Iii-----............. 3.i3c
Agents supaTIntenIents, engineer ard cashier 5000
I Assistant agents. section bo~ses, b!aCksmltls,
locomotive engineers, conductors, say 10
Iu-n at Hu average OF 80 per mouih.-..---- 5000
I E.reIilen, hIskeS;nsa aud station and section
men, tWeuty-toar at $50 Yer m)uth.------- Il, 100
Oil- 500 material, $780, engine work, $500, I,5C0
TAXES and I:4ldou leo
-..-.$ 900
/ Estimates u yearly wear aul decay, as follows
All the ties VII probably have "a be 81 IL four
years:
| Their og7 100000 on the ToaI requiring yearly
25,GH0 new ties, which Al - cents each dellv-
cred, SO
/ Iron, with Our light traffic aud cur light roll-
! Irg stock, Will probably last 20 yeIis. yearly
Wtar---- Observation-Disclosures 1880
/ To keep rolling stock complete, alter road Is
furnished, Will protaCly require yearly 900
We have the statistics OF the business both up anj
down from NuliuIa as "A basis o. form our clicult-
/ tious on Tor our future business.
The amount Of the up II, .gi for three years las
been lG us tons measurement ls!rlgtIug IUI aIl
| material shipped up by our company, counted AZ
0Ee-l.Ilt rates lea.uS 95y5 ton tle Cuusum tive
shipment Of THIS country for rEs, or equal yearly
( to 5iGj tons.
The down freight for TIE Ilst years a1nountei 10
-G,N0l tons, equal yeuly 10 Sg33 tons, making
total up and down freight Ut ~ J tons yearly. This
amount of tonnage cst!.',lute Oa with muck
cert ;nty fUr the future think too We can c4ic,-
| l1te on q small increase. Iua sT heist3, y-tGiy
mt HClu3GT rilIOad material tcf thc last yeals
show deresse III toIEsEe. bus tiIe down treshls
have steadily increased. i is fair 20 conclude Tor
t!e next year, Uu,es, there Eliure Of crops, that
" Will have 200 ti- oi aeFit 70 cdTTy, over The
rad, which at 81 Itr $4,000
Tie passenger travel that heretofore has Lot
uos- than justified a line OF stages running.
tWic. per week, pat &osn, il tn system ot
de....-n ;s3.n, "a I'ut carried 20 Jcu -Teut
Nrkn' tie gross earnings cf Tie rOsd......:5I uGa
Ee-ag- running cNi"-~--. 4o,3t3
va f-ve I:t......-.-.-....-..............2-5sao $40
( Ert yorr >'s,GIy repairs, ro he,P up your gca1
=Et roiing siosk at.api--is, as e-t.'aa,eI
''--"'@, $3.50
Making yearly l0s, T. the comp ny os------ $50
~Eh"ut paying "a cut GA p-t~cH. IL :nts7, or
interest, or G!Ti :-ni> IN siOgl--
From tLs iar settlement, N % fIOm tie lgs: basis
that on CI have :0r an estim'c lo- lie iG,ufe, Il
l. evident that to make C;I- .Csl success, AMI keep
Il MP to orHteE the lcEr.t-s Il Should 30, that
wLle Your t"IEsfre TrHJU5 WIN; II j. yguT rates Ol
freight must he lncTC.S-d. Ge.t t'erRcn hold that
nearly al of tie VroSpclty ATTENDING very business
pursuit IN th VALLEY, tie psst tEo years, sDc. yea
c'mmcloet fIe.hl.-, IN the mann. resulted directly
from your enterprise. Over Sir3 r9l have beaa
spent here, IN payment Of uhIrand supplies IN bail
IIg the road, and gone INTO circulation here.
SIuee YOU commenced ope.HtiEE your IOui, the pro-
durc o.the country has found II ready clsh market Il
increased price. WI eat the nam staple Of tins
valley when yen had 10 rsrt,i IN the fIll Of 1873,
aud worth IN Portland from I91 10 >. 10 cents per
GENITAL, dill not command here over 10 cclts per
tu~is cash In flct, could not ue sold Tor cash. IN
large lots The present tall what has been worth II
PpTf'Ini on Average. from ca t8 10 eet!ts pr
GENITAL at least - cent isS pr bushel tAan then,
and has crmmaUIei here, On lu average % cents
per iaShel more than then. \ difference OF yalue,
cIuSct by the tICt..S Ot transportation WhIrn Your
railroad has brought Of 20 GERS per bush-l 10 the
pro iUCcT or owner
About 10000 bushels is the surplus If last haT-
vest every hEshel o. wL5ch has been increased in
value % the producer, whether sold NJ home 81 Ip
ped by themselves Al from > 70 90 cents per bsh=,
total Of Sl29u 100 enhanced value received Dy this
community fer the wheat crop Of 1873, when they
would not have received had II not been the al
vantageS OF transportation which the RAILROAD las
conferred.
Other products Of yOur valley have teen affected
in like manner Your railroad brings to this
community a cash market The worlds market
rats for Its surplus products cSs the cost OF trans
portatlon 10 a seaport mart.
And II b-rOmes Inc bOUnlen duty Of the incoming
board OF trustees, looking 70 tie prosperity OF this
community, almost every maIr r Of which this Tlll-
road benefits, and looking 20 tie interest OF the stock
holders. who have invested their means II tins en-
terpllSe, 70 see that for want OF pTuPtr management
and support, II G1ts not dWinE~ Il would be mad
10 starr- the s,s that lays the golden eg-
And every sensible person az home on abroad, would
condsmn IN its management 20 niaEurily policy
that VIII not justify keeping mp the road and is
rolling stock IN gUOl shape, AID paying legitimate
percentage It's cost, when = j. - ta-Ic power
10 do.
LETTER EIEE,
List OF advertised letters remaining in the Post
Office FOR the week ending January 9th, ls76.
Allen EIw;n W, NewIoy Jobny,
Adams " " Ring Mitchell.