Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-13

Pine City---En Route UP the Missouri
Low Water Expedients and Hopes
on the Upper Mississippi---Duluth Port
List.
General Manager Sargent of the Northern
Pacific was in Duluth yesterday, inspecting the
improvements in progress there for his COM
pany.
Messrs. Hill and Angus, of the ut. Paul &
Manitoba company. who arrived homo from
Winnipeg at II A. M. Wednesday, started yes
terday for Oh cago, expecting to meet Resident
Stephen there, on the way here from Montreal,
and to return with him next Saturday night.
Hon. Donald A. Smith and Lord Elphinstone,
who accompanied Messrs. Hill and Angus to
Winnipeg, remained there. intending spend
several days there and make a leisurely jour
ney hOmeward.
Major John O. Hamilton, assistant general
Manitoba freight agent of the St.. Paul &
Manitoba company yesterday received o pre-
sious package of freight, weight 1915 pounds,
consigned to his care for life. The boys all
promised not to tell the newspaper men about
it and they did not-that is, not all of them.
The land department of the Northern Pacific
sold last month 59,92s acres of land
and ffty-two lots, and issued SO4
Settlots IiCkouS " paEtlcH SOluS 10
settle on their purchases. The land sales Of
July last year were 1860 acres and those OF
June last year were but q little over 1200O
acres, while the sales of the two months this year
amount to over 10000 acres. Ordinarily it
is expected that the sales of the summer
months will be very small but this year there
Is no let up to the coming of immigrants look
ing for the best wheat lands of the world.
Gross EARNINGS reported for Taxation.
The st. Paul & Manitoba and st. Paul & Du-
luth railway companies have reported to the
state railroad commissioner the gross earnings
Of their roads for the ak months ending June
S0th last, and the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha
company has reported the earnings for the
same time of the st. Paul, Saltwater
& Taylors Falls road. These reports
are made in compliance with the
law providing that the railroads of
Minnesota, in lieu of all other taxes which
could be imposed under the States authority.
hall pay direct to the State treasury percent
,ge upon their gross earnings, varying from
8 per cent. according to the time
he roads have been in operation. Uuder
his law the tag ia 3 per cent. apon the gross
earnings of the St. Paul & Manitoba and st.
Paul & Duluth roads, aud 2 per cent. upon the
gross earnings of the St. Paul, Saltwater &
raylors Falls road. For the past six months
# this year the companies will pay taxes as
follows:
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba. S4S, O12 on
st. Paul Il Duluth. 1885 So
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
St. Paul, Saltwater & Taylors Falls. 37s O8
. IOtal. S0I,ZIU %
About twenty four roads and branches are
vet to be reported and their aggregate will
.well the States income from this source to
much higher figures than have ever before been
cached in a half year. The increased earnings
IF the roads which have reported are
quite large and will probably be equaled by
lnost of the roads yet to be reported.
To the tables copied below from the reports
to the railroad commissioner are added the
totals of the reports for the preceding six
months and the gross earnings of the year are
ascertained. In comparison with the gross
earnings of the year ending June 80. 1879, the
gross earning of the three roads show large
percentages of increase, as appears below:
ST. PAUL MANITOBA.
Gross earnings of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway company for the six
months ending June 80. 1850: