Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

The ST. PduE IL M0nSto0a annual ReDorL'
The annual report of the st. Paul & Mani.
toba railway company to;the railroad commits
s:oner OF Minnesots,fo the year ending June
50, 1880, makes the following exhibit of the
organization and business of the COMPANY
during tho first year of its existence.
FuE ORGANIZATION.
The officers of the company were as fol-
lows: Gee. Stephen, president, Montreal;
Il. B. Angus, vice president, st. Paul; E.
Sawyer, secretary and treasurer, ST. Paul:
R.B.Galuzna, solicitor, st. Paul; Jas. j. Hill.
general manager, st. Paul; E. B. Wakeman.
general superintendent, st. Paal; CA. f.
Morris, chief engineer, st, Paul; w. S. Alex
ander, general ticket and freight agent, st.
Panl: s. s. Breed, auditor, st. Paul; D. A.
Mckinley, land commissioner, st. Paul. Di-
rectors-Geo. Stephen and Donald A. Smith.
Montreal; N. w. Kittsor, J. j. Hill, r. b.
Angus and Il. B. Galusha, st. Paul. and O..
Il. Northcote, New York. Executive Com
mlttee-N. W. Klttson, r. 3. Angus, j. j.
Hill and Il. Is. Galushs. Since the period
For which the report was made two official
changes havo been made. On the 1st inst.
Mr. Morris was succeeded as chief engineer
by Mr.. @. @. Smith. late of the Central Wis.,
eonsin; Mr. Mckinley, land commissioner.
Is about to be succeeded by Mr.. G. E. Fur
ness, Of St. Paul.
STOCK, DEBT AND PROPERTY,
The campany's only issue of stock (com-
MON amounts to $15, 100000. The bonded
debt OF the company amounts to SIG, ,324 800,
as follows: First mortgage, st. Paul to st.
Anthony, due September 1st, 1881, s Der
cent, $4,000. First mortgage, st. Paul
to Watab, due July l, 1892, per cent,
SS66,O00. First mortgage, entire road,
due July 1st, 1909, z per cent, $7,938, 800.
Second mortgage, entire road, due October
/, 909, per cent, $8,00OOOO.
The company has floating debt, except its
monthly pay rolls and purchase of materials
caused by cash on hand and accounts
receivable. The total of stock
and debt, S31 ,324 800, amounts to $47,750
per mile of road. The Csc miles of road
way (at date of report, June 30,) and equip
ment had cost $31, ,702, ,07S.51, averaging
StS,325 per mile. The 656 miles, all being
IN Minnesota, was made up of the main line
st. Paul to St. Vincent, 393 miles; ST. Paul
to Barnesville, 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, 4 cotton locomotives, %
hrst-cless passenger cars, Is second class
passenger cars, 81 express and baggage cars,
959 boz, freight and stock cars, 500 fiat and
coal cars, 8 sleeping cars, and Ga other cars.
TRAIN SERVICE.
The total number of miles run by pas-
ssnger trains during the year was 294 ,739;
the total number of miles run by freight and
mixed trains was S3S,315: making a total
train mileage of l, ,133,054. The mileage of
empty freight cars was 4,898,447. The
allowed speed of mail and accommodation
trains was 20 TO 25 miles: of freight trains,
- to 10 miles.
NUMBER OF employees, ETo.
Division and assistant superintendents
9: clerks, SO; master and assistant
mechanics, 269; conductors. So; en-
gineers, 81; brakemen, 18O; flag
men, switch tenders, gate keepers and watch.
men, 20; station agents, &c; section men,
1873; laborers, 211; other employees, $40;
total, 3,113.
The number of stations was 80 and the
number Of common points 5.
There were two crossings at grade-the
III. d st. u. road in East Minneapolis and
the N. p road in Glyndon.
The fuel consumption of the year WAS
66,5O4 cords of wood and 1908 tons of ooaI,
EABNTNes AND EXPENSES.
The gross earnings of the company per