Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-06
THE RAILROADS.
KconomicaE Fnprfss Combination.

Ec0AO1ltcd EcpffSS combination.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. ALI the railroad ex
press departments centering here, including
the Pacific, which covers all the Gould roads,
the Iron Mountain, and the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi and Louisville and Nashville have
made local combination and will probably
occupy one general Office. The combination
is to save expenses of several offices, the ar
rangement being that one set of men, teams,
wagons, etc., shall do all the collecting and
delivery of goods for all the roads.
Government Railroad 4uditors Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE annual report
of the government auditor of railroad &C.
count is made public. He remarks: at is
gratifying to be able to say, that during the
past year the condition of ali railroad prop
erty in the United States has been much i'm
proved, especially that of railroads west of
the Mississippi. The most marked improve
ment has been on the great trunk line of the
Uuion and Central Pacific companies, and of
which the United States government is a
creditor to the amount of nearly eighty
million dollars"
The St. Paul & Manstoba 4ssnuaI Report.
The annual report of the st. Paul & Mani
toba railway: company tosthe railroad commits
sioner OF Minnesota, for the year ending June
so, 1880, makes the following exhibit of the
organization and business of the company
during the first year of its existence.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The officers of the company were as fol-
lows: Gee. Stephen, president, Montreal;
Il. B. Angus, vice president, st. Paul; 4.
Sawyer, secretary and treasurer, st. Paul;
RIB Galusha, solicitor, ST. Paul. Jas. j. HILL
general manager, st. Paul; E. i. WGkeman,
general superintendent, st. Pal; G. A. L.
Morris, chief engineer, st, Paul; w. S. Alex
ander, general ticket and freight agent, st.
Paul; S. S. Breed, auditor, st. Paul; d. A.
Mckinley, land commissioner, st. Paul Di-
rectors-Geo. Stephen and Donald A. Smith,
Montreal; n. w. Kittson, j. j. Hill, Il. B.
Angus and Il. B. Galusha, st. Paul; and o.
III. Northcote, New York. Executive Com
mittee-N. w. Kittson, L. Is. Angus, j. j.
Hill and r. B. Galusha. Since the period
for which the report was made two official
changes have been made. On the 1st inst.
Mr.. Morris was succeeded as chief engineer
by Mr.. G. G. Smith. late of the Central Wis
consin; Mr.. Mckinley, land commissioners,
is about to be succeeded by Mr.. G. E. Fur
ness, of st. Paul.
STOCK, DEBT AND PROPERTY.
The company's only issue of stock (com-
mon) amounts to SIS, 100000. The bonded
debt of the company amounts to SIG, 1924, 900,
as follows: First mortgage, st. Paul to st.
Anthony, due September 1st, 1881, per
cent, $4,000. First mortgage, st. Paul
to Watab, due July l., 1892, per cent,
$4,000. First mortgage, entire road,
due July LIST, 1909, per cent, $685., 300.
Second mortgage, entire road, due October
l, 900, per cent, $9,O0O,OOO.
The company has floating debt, except its
monthly pay rolls and purchase of materials
caused by cash on hand and accounts
and debt, $31, 1874, 300, amounts to $47,750
per mile of road. The Csc miles of road
way lat date of report, June 30,) and equip
ment had cost $31, 1921 7S.51, averaging
SfS,325 per mile. The CSC miles, all being
in Minnesota, was made up of the main line
st. Paul to st. Vincent, 1893 miles; st. Paul
to GAINESVILLE, 237 miles; and Crookston TO
Grand Forks, 26 miles. Five hundred and
thirty-seven miles was laid with iron and 119
with steel rail. The equipment included 81
30-ton locomotives, potion locomotIt -, 20
first class passenger cars, 10 second class
passenger cars, 81 express and baggage cars,
$50 box, freight and stock cars, 500 flat and
coal cars, sleeping cars, and ga other cars
TRAIN SERVICE.
The total number of miles run by pas
senGer trains during the year YVES 294, 739;
the total number of miles run by freight and
mixed trains was S38,315; making total
train mileage of 1 1885, 54. The mileage of
empty freight cars was 4,S9S,447. The
allowed speed OF mail and accommodation
trains was 20 to % miles; of freight trains,
II to Is miles.
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, ETC.
Division and assistant superintendent.
.; clerks, SO; master and assistant
mechanics, 269; conductors, 50; en-
gineers, 81; brakemen, $50; flag
men, switch tenders, gate keepers and watch
men, 20; station agents, &C; section men,
1879; laborers, 211; other employees, $40;
total, 3,113.
The number of stations was 92 and the
number of common points 5.
There were two crossings at grade-the
nj. d st. l.. road in East Minneapolis and
the N. p road in Glyndon.
The fuel consumption of the year was
&C, SOL cords of wood and 4,603 tons of coal.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES.
The gross earnings of the acompany per
month were as follows:
June q to 80, 1879. 1896 AZ