The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-01-27

there is probability that thsir railroad
laws will be remodeled after tho law Of
this State. ,.3 =, ...s. E.....
LENGTH or TRACK.
The whole length Of railroad in opera
tion in this State 1t the close of tho year
ending June 80, 1875,was 1854 l.2 miles.
The only track laid during the year, was
forty miles laid by the Central Railroad
Of Minnesota, from Mankato to Wells.
They graded during the fall Of 1875 most
Of their road from Albert Lea to tho State
line south. When this road is complet.
ed, it will form IN important, connection
between the prairies Of Minnesota and
the coal fields Of Iowa. >.n
COMPARISON OF ROADS TO AREA or LAND.
The limited extent Of railroads in Min
nesota, compared to area, is shown by
{comparison with other States
Minnesota has one mile of railroad to
forty'three and 45.100 square miles of
territory.
Illinois one mile Of railroad to five and
1890 miles of area.
Ohio one mile of railroad to seven AID
7.lOO square miles.
Massachusetts, one mile CT railroad to
four and ITO 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 $56,l05, ,92O. Of this amount
the proportion for this State as shown
by tables, is So, 500, ,252, making an aver
age per mile of road of 1884. The
Northern Pacific have issued go, ,232, 800
Of stock, and have 22o 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, Is shown by
tables following, is t8o,684,539. The un-
funded debt is s5,7S5,lo2. Making the
total indebtedness $o2, 2,4lo,731. OF which
debt there appertains properly to the
roads in Minnesota, except the Northern
Pacific, $54.72o,c43. This makes the
average debt per milo of road $31,727.
The average Of both stock, liability and
debt being $50,57l per mile. This leaves
out the Northern Pacific. which We have
no means Of apportioning.
EARNING AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
The entire earnings Of all roads report.
ed were $4,952, 1925 OF this 81, 1927 ,224.-
18 was derived from passengers and 49,.
231, ,333.27 from freight, the balance
$780,, 1854, from miscellaneous sources
this shows decrease Of earnings IS COM
pared with year before Of 81 "a, ,516.1o.
The total operating expenses of all the
roads was 3,925, ,322.l4; this shows de-
crease in the operating expenses of $374,-
1858 as compared with the year before.
The total net earnings were $685.
966 .66 less than for the year be-
The average gross earnings per
The average operating expenses
per mile were .... ....... 1850 81
II. average netearnings per mile
Were.... .... ...... 636 -
TRAIN NILES AND TONNAGE.
Total passenger train miles ...... 900, ,343
Total freight train miles 80. ...... 1,l4O,610
Total train miles ...... 3,l72, ,939
1t will be seen by reference to tables
that give only tho total train miles, tho
total tonnage during the year was 1885,
1T, Of this 392,072 tons were grain. This
does not include the tonnage Of the VII
mona & St. Peter railroad.
The whole number of passengers car
ried during the year oo6,2l8. The mum.
Der carried one mile was 37,020,623.
Acc1DENTs.
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, fifty
were employees, and eight were other per-
sons.
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 other per.
sons were injured and three killed from
want of caution.
Tho whole number of acres of land re.
ceived by the companies up to December
81, 1874, was 6,530,274 acres. OF this
the companies report sold and contracted
to be sold, 877,l76 15.100 acres.
The companies report having received
from sales and contracts to December 81,
1874, $4,277, ,2l358.
The lowest average price reported by
any company is $3.50 per acre; and the
highest average price is $0.68 per acre.
JOHN J. RANDALL,
Railroad Commissioner.
st. Paul, Dec. 20, 1875.
Massachusests and Virginia Jsining
HaD60.
(Richmond, Va, Telegram, 22d.]
A reception of the Boston committee
last night took place in the Masonic lodge
room, in the presence Of large crowd Of
ladies and gentlemen. Gov. Kemper cx-
tended on the part of the Old Dominion
hearty welcome to the guests, whose
presence recalled the time when Virginia
and Massachusetts, struggled side by side
for the constitution and liberty. Vir-
ginia was IS loyal now Is ever in trying