, 1880-12-08
F0RTy-SIX RAILROADS.
All but Two Of the Illinois
Roads Obctlient to
the Stntc.
summary Of the Forthcoming
Report of the Railroad
Commissioners.
Showing of the Gigantic Char
r actcr OF the Rail- Trans
portation Interests.
Illinois Passengers Paid B34,-
273,472 In Fares; Shippers
4 Paid %1OO,737,470
Two Hundred and Seventeen Peo-
pIe Were Killed and 7O6
Were Injured.
sl1 of the Ronds Carried Over Nine
Million Passengers In
One Year.
Milwaukee & st. paul Has 5000 Miles !;
Northwestern, .,024j l'urllng-
ton, LIZA; Rock Island,
1,0f7.
Burlington Hires 15,5o7 Men; st.
Paul, 1894; Northwestern,
4. 8,457; Rock Island,
6,749.
air of the Ronds Carried Over Nine
Million Passengers In
One Year.
. Milwaukee g. st. paul Has 5000 Miles !;
Northwestern, .,024, l'urllng-
ton, 1,57'I; Rock Island,
1,0f7.
Burlington Fires 15,5o7 Men; st.
Paul, lo,624; Northwestern,
8,457; Rock Island,
6,749.

Eptetas Dtspateh 10 The Chicago Tribune.
srnlSoriEtp, Ill.,, Dec. Tho Railroad md
Warehouse Commissioners have received tho
official returns required by law frou. all tho rail-
roa!s dong business In Illinois, forty-oIght In
number, except tho baltimore s. Ohio s. tCn!caHo
aud tho Ut, Louis Il Southenstern Roads. An
estrn forco OF clerks has been employed since
these elaborate documents began to arrive III
eollattnv, computing, and compiling Statistics
thcrefrnm for tho nnntinl report of the Donrd-
Owing to tho negllRCnco OF a few companies,
tnd tho failure Of thoso na1ncil to report ut nll
this work has been unnecessarily delaycd, but
tho noHrsl will still bG nblc, In NIL prob
tbllIty, 10 complete its report by tho tin,u rc-
qurc.l. Under tho present contract system
Of doing tho State printing, however, It IS II
matter Of greAt uncertainty aa to when tho
printed report will rcnch tho public. II lelnyed
as long us It hus been of latc years, tho report
Will seo dayi!ght nltogothor TOO ate to bo Of nny
vnue as rlows. Approaching tho va1,le md i,ns
portancc OF tho Information contained In these
reports, not only to rntlrUad-men, but to tho
genenl puolc. THE TRIBUNE correspondent has
prepared tho following summary Of tho facts
and ag1lrcs presented In tho sworn reports Of
each road, which all cover tho yoar ending June
~ 1Ss. =
A uExgnA1 SUMMARY.
Tho totat revenue received by tho railroads
doing business III Illinois during tho years named
has been rs follows;
ls1NEarnings, $l0o,7s3, ,3oo.l8; expenses, s0s,-
lN6lA77; net earnings S4l GOS, ,0l1.a. Fivo roatls
reported a totnl delcit Of s43,s29.So.
7-Earnlnys. 301, .eA.00; Expenses, <Gl,-
Gstl3a5; net cummings, $3l,3t7, ,o4o.so. Biz roads
reported Il total deficit Of sl1i.4"u
= 1s'S-Earn;ngs Slu COT ,7Qt,;0; .cxpouacs, $685.
renor,nd n ,tcnrit ~ eI1 III IN
sacr; .@fnss net sarnuss, 9ap1n'es; rSsss
road, rcportod mtnl t,uf,cit of snlf7eSn
In ,su The forty- Six ronds from, I w,,ics rcnors
havo thus fur boon received had total ilcon,o
Of $lasGay, l5,,4O expenses, S7v,0sp, ,1S5.47; not
Income, sol OBI, ,uo@. Their total receipts from
Tho passenger department woru t4.a27a III. 70
snd from tho freight department f10Q, Il. L.
iolltiws: Passenger department, su, us ,Vi5.l2;
frGtsht department, so, s,da+ .05. -
ea y es rsposs saf = oa4s M s 81 ns 70
year ati aggregate balances OF profit OF f;I5UN0,-
st9o9. Tbirty-tonr roAds repotted m ngsetgAto
Thirty roa!ls pnid 81, no o;BEI for taxcs.
..oek Issued The .o'al iatnSor of shI,r.s IS
Ills. OF thy, 81. ,aI.B7 Ia cotn,no,, stock,
$NAA.7 7H.b1 IL preferred stock, and the rclli,.
g Gesion s ace.el.e to other arcounts The
and tho loves, ts lEa pr inilc) ls issued Ey thu
II ill5so|s: seyes rosds report is pas.engors
'ThX'eaa,y,yo 'h'. or ros u report !a employees KILLED ii
jus a Ths s sa ~ rs aF EsT Il toas t Gnp1yes EaSst @
:ss: s Tss &ea Il los sos ios sfKE Ksd q,
Ono Of tGo n,nst ,v ,ntc,cs,,no reot,rc. ahovr ,v
tho reports Of Tho ara raiIruad ] conpas1ics Il tGo
train and car ,,ileago Tho mileage Of passenger
miles; freight 6llNaiasi miles; mtxod trains.
ls..10 mics; cxc1sjo,l, i2,TSi IIus; co,str,tc.
ton, s13y,tU t,Ijies: swifchiiiE. ott,.. S7;s,7:
total tr,in tlllpg OU. ;llV, Thu car nljinnv,e
Mas: Passenger. aLpiu,sGi mIies; freight, issSi'.
slalts; eIupty freight. cars. 5s!.aD, ii; n,Iics
cnlcAuo : anros.
n Ga H., ,So1nVay ,sn %as or!xm'ily chartered Fob:
jan II IT, u WIS Fcorsnl,lzed M uudor tho ,!ct Of
ssSaased No s aot tssi & E" 'SsG1s0 s ~sh %as
joI,e, eneu W tsl9 net Or Feb. 10, lHa5. Tho
I'D uSacr acnifago ,g ita'ir"I Company was orTat-
It f r. lsSs tSs s. Isa:' 1ssssanvits as
cs acts dgu MA 1e e. nc. % pS ~ @ s'd s
UHtc,f Un, w. IT,. tofcsosol Tner 4 '!eefco of ths
Alton 4 n n,1Is tns, u. ,o9 @ q Jo.ieE ING
Chicago, aad tho iussIH,,n M % 4 M;sssasinn, ulvcr
lease 0,, and oI,urntrs i'm Knnsos ctv ~ tfm,sa
Chicago. which ro,,n"r,a H. .,tinS r * ns.
md Kansas CIV IN Sffssoiri hcnr :" III n,,Is.
long. '' ~ 1s'70o''' o'"e A'7 "'Aso
Tic capltal stock IA s,e sea I'm ~ ,xbt,,,
$l,G9,7tO il hcii II, fiii,.ois bv - tnirty. e.
hcI h~ hoe9doa'eFS, ,ns % tho ronnat.der Ean being g
tout Gnn,lt ,niiuIfunnass js ~; se7 IN aH
averaging esl0,I IL nrr i"in, tmtoI inpgIItns,
mile. tssWsGi. icm~;; ~ ,nain "FeEMse 1s peF
hnlnchcs' H, N n ,ius na,,,r,,, w. iM Hnu 9na
and sdinrs iii n ,r,,ss N mKtn ~ ine
TIIf,
4so cnrs tIf ri cIassnS stnr suWsEs W. ~. nilu
of3aT em,,joy; IN Sa., tnarG ri nro IN average
e. essS Sas:ssss as siS Ths a.. G;S3aSsy estSic
ing yGo ysnr. n.sr,n., ., .us ot M Itegat our.
ptr milo. aM ran,Hs Snpn Tr p"ssongor
1rokuhf nor ,ni,., 81 ns1aht sSSo.In lVs hs!ts
scnsrs Mlio ~. Mlio, l,ioi cents; LOYAL ghrn1nKs pus.