The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-26

the coal neidS OrfOWa. -. .: - r.
COMPARISON OF ROADS TO AREA or LAND.
The limited extent of railroads in'Min.
nesota, compared to area,Sisr shown 7by
comparison with ether States: ~ 49,
Minnesota has one mile Of railroad to
forty.three and 45.l00 square miles Of,
territory. ~
Illinois one mile Of railroad to FIVE and
1900 miles of area.
Ohio one mile of railroad to seven and
.znl0Qs sQuaEa miles ~.~.a....... r.r-..r,.,.-,.
Massachusetts, one mile CT railroad to
four andi7 10 miles Of area III LEiE 10
'Thuslit appears that Illinois has.nearly,
ten times the extent ofraihoads in, prorl
portion to area Of land that minnesota
has. :1nNit't /: ~gHy!E
H. srock.l ri; @1{lA !'sfi =,
=. The total stock 1as shown by the follow-;
ing tables of therailroads IF this State:
amounts e,$56, I05,920: of this amount
the proper ton for this State asashewn
by tables, is $32, 506i 252, making an aver,
age per mile Of road Of e'$sl8,844s;owThe
N Northern Pacific have issupdo$ SIG; 232, 900
Of stock, and have 229 miles Of completed
road in this State! f''IGhave: no. means Of
knowing how much4ofs this! stock s;apper-s
tains to this State: .;atln t5:;s i'rAu i,i!:,
The total funded: debt of ,the)roads;
doing business In this State, assshownr by
tables following, is $50, 684, $780,! The UNI
funded debt is SIS, 7y5, 1872! Masking the
total Indebtedness $s92, 419, 73l.'s OF which
debt there appertains properlyi>to 1.-The
roads in Minnesota, except the Northern.
Pacific, ,$54,729, e43. This makes the
average debt per mile Of road 1921.
The average of both Stock: stability and
debt being $50, ST. per mile.,: Thisleaxes
out the Northern Pacific, which We have;
no means Of apportiening.3.:-'.t IL: .gv1.n' :.
EARNING AND OPERATING EXPENSES. i;
The entire earnings of all roads report:
ed we're 81, 1852, 1920. Of this 81, 327, 224.7
Is was derived from passengers 1andt.$ 49,:
231,3 33.27, from freight, the; ? balance
$780,, 505:54, from miscellaneous, sources !;
this shows decreaseFof earnings Ias CONF!
pared with year before Of: 81, 242, 5l6.lQ.
The total operating expenses Of all the
roads was $3,925, 1914; This shows de-.
screase in TIE operating expenses of 1884,
1858 as dQmpared~wittlas the. yeaF-befere.~
the total net EARNINGS were $751; NNILTTt
! 966 .66 less=t han for the year be-
The averagesgross earnings per :. -. :i-.,
y, mile WereSs... i.,.... So. ....-.;. 2,567r IL
s5esaverags.operating expenses 49,. .:. ,-..
TIE sa1sgsset earnings PEI: 3H?y p
e5S |E TRAIN MILES, AND TONNAGE :, :"' =, %
otal Messenger train miles ...... =: 300, s4s'
P'si ssiS A's'r n'!:s s, ,s5s
!Nwia be Sect b. reference to tables
Z lSt.GAe oily the, total train: miles, the
4tal toApa9S during. the year, was 1,350;-
d. Of: @i4 800 072 tons were grain. This
apeAnotinSlade the tonnage Of the Wi
n3na& St. Peter railroad. -' Is o., 10 LIS
rhe Who'll nj mher :of passengers, car:
rid duringfhc year a96, 2l8. The num-
Hr carried one mile was 81 ,O2O, $685. ~ .:
- ACc1DKNra:; WcsAGEk
The number bf persons killed during
the year was SCI ven: OF these four were
employees and IL rec were other persons: ~
!; :seventf>sR persons. web murray hE
whom eighteen were passengers, fifty
were employees, and eight were other per-
sons, va ,c6st1;al!W s:Esott! O.
Fodft ter 1PS3ssengers were injured. from
causes beyend their control, and9 fohr4
'44O13 WSsAt " CbUI4Ous
Twenty-Five erAN Yers IHjYr{d
from causes bey6ad l)Hi1f eon4{l, aid
twenty live from want Of caution.
, -four employees weEa killed, twa from
causes beyond their control; and Ht%6'
from want Of ca ution. Eight other per-
sofs wSrf i4ired and thnse&illaEInp9'
want Of caution.
LANpS-af!fl7T frc n .~a4
The whole nu mber of acres Of land re.
ceived by the companies up 10 December
81. 1874 Twas 6,530,274 :ac1es. AOf 9thit'
the Companies eport sold and contracted
to be sold. S77, l76 l5-l00 acres. ~-'"~
The companies report hayingT received
from sales and tfadHt rs Wetkm hdM 81,
1874. $4,277, 2l$.58.
Az esSSsat s ss g6i': GSEfs5sd e
highest average price is $9.68 per acre.
JOHN j. RANDALL,
- st4 -, IT ff s8 s& QppiFsiqnsr22
e':7'fol' Decj 7 s2.Ab bot2' y ii hs<,x,>>l>
'14erzegovina--- Battle!.,ssRg hesPeets. X, of
Pacification.
ponSs9s ts sen rs rs
two Gays fightipg between the Turks and
the Herzegovina an insurgents, during
which three hui dred and eighty Of the
former were killed and :w lo9q|p nal1l z.o I'll
Trebingo is Threatened with famiRes7e /
It's reported the Rortes hasmnoAi cially'
ACCEPTED Count Andrassy's proposals for
pacification of the disturbed Provinces.
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