, 1880-01-17
soon rs an opportunity offers, .ntitl tho noxt
time tie result may be mora sorio,iss
REPORT or THE WISCONSIN COM
MISSIONER.

hatNts Of TNE Tjtl,vNh correspondent al-
vance sheets Of Ills ANIMAL report to Gov.
',".. .".,' - y. ar'io,,,e. ,n,or,st un ynluo 10
1hhtn'l nl imitc"'i.. tmlc'sss w." ~ o,r ~
Mrtles interested II. tlo p1URlesS .,,,'', w. r"s
Northwestern railroads AMI fniitoa'' aeVeiope
mcnt. Tho tabulations from the reports ,,. OF
em.. ~ .o.n ,,al"r tho ,,,crotin,, of 160 INV
eaee by to essasru .,nh,,sra o. 1e IN tho rev s
p.rt nre nfos, vaor Accor;nr A. 10 to r.
of ti'o present year. Aceo.Mn ~ E ,s ,os,,
port, tho cost o1 rt,htls "lat ea"'p"'o.' wy
nearly combination Of nc n,l!s ,s,, "a o1t,.
tiie % %e""ipnMcs, and iauo,ll,ls t9 ss9' a,, ,osi;,
,w,nfasel w1i intubc!,css, amount to sao5, ls,.-
HNi.kI. The "ct,st" Is n. thu rate of S4l,,
sShia,s7 nrr mile Uf narr0w-l,lugo roasls.
Some Of tic latter rontls nrc, however, IN NJ!
unfinished stnte, md hre so1itwlat tteitclcnt
in equipment. Tho carltal stock Investment
II ts fS9's t re5SSS%,Sa airVs II in,S s'S!e A H.
wnTkcr. uuti MiiwAlikee Il Nnrtl,er,,, which
invp been practically wlpHd ont lN lMrI-
rjnYl,rp proceedings, IL returned ut SlV!, IT,
gii,.Ss. ,,
S at oegomt ] nf q th1 ,ns rGs ,v '1S'ts r,r 70
srntsI hy in,tltis. TlIe ,cIt PR mile 1T roa'tis
xA., il420 for standurtl-gange rtatls mn! n lo0
for ,,nrr0w-gangc u'utls. cuunlltg Ssl.tisO15
psTf To 1aS It'll 'Sr aoat @ affs # st%sk a dept q all
the rnfIr0t corporations llMttttntl bti Tic r.
tui,,s W embraced IL ills rcurt IL sos stDss.
Ui this nil,nlllt, Sol ,t laD ISIS for al!tArtl,
SsSHj,s77.M ftir llnrrow-gauge roats, being
Ri ,er af miio ,'i d;: raad # b"i casscs combns'I.
Tilc folL,wlI,g companies. paid! the Interest
e their fue e1t ~ 1t inul fsII 'l'lo cHMisngn, M4sn,
western, ChicnEO, st, Paul ~ AlliliIcapnlsa,
Cl,ippnwa Fiji! II Wsstcrl.., Hudson Y Hiyer
Falls, Milwaukee,, Lake shore Y WeSlerlit
,lu Lie, Asnbny Il Peoria, Fine Klycr Wiley
Il Stevens Point.
The following companies report no. uivl-
tlcn.ls on st4cks, nlNt ,l4 Interest pal'i on
sSs SSs St esps,srs sM 81 fTssss Gs M sSfis sSss
Snclpygsln Y Fond du Lac, western uh'o'l'
Thu ng9reEntc Income or t'll tlio rnatls Irl-
resented III tilis Statn wns f,'r tsl9 yrnr, sai-
WI, ,4:Ai.07, nEitst ~, ~, ,kil. " Tor ulc pre-
Cul{ng year, IL ga!n III S1t0,D}.l4 ,
Tl,r ,iy0l1iEe price lNrt0,i received forlau1-
ing freight lust ycar on tllreG of tlie rnatls
wis: Chcag!, Milwaukee y St. Ial,!, .0l.W
Chicago Il Northwestern, .0i.53; Wisconsin
Next comes ~ eSHiDlc OF the nnnWai ~ re-,
cclpta aihi titGIhtlhF cApcilhus ~ aiio aesG,"i @
',,,, ~ t iI. tutn ~ ,",,;,. ti,n fij""Inv il
lin int.'1, Enruinva anH sO. Nil III. nxi,eliseY.
Sl1V,.Ii7, ,ft..Us.
The total number oi I'asse@MGe6ra @ 6 cNrflcu on
~ ine .'aes 1es wv t',. ,sn, Mio lT,o
tntu W. ,ncs.,1,,r r ,.nr,.,,,,s far t,e vur ynrn
SILEeiSqj, Il tlrcrrusp frtllA tho previous yeur
Of SaH,Ds9,3l.
I4e total l!llnhcrot Inns o. M ifeiktt l cnIi!cMt
~ III ~ & &t%epu.Le % ,.r m"S ' mt',s
tnr ,r t,,,,s rs ,nrri,.i nnf ,miie ,yms h4 I'LL
tie proportion for Wisconsin being 5G], IA ,2aS0
tons.
a complete rscorl or ncei'leas r1 70 pas, a!
III sevs1., ,nii,Sa m, % "a ,t,,r,c In fntni
humber uf casualties III WISCONSIN WIS 1Hl
nguiNyt l{A; tj.u previous yrur On tho cntiru
liSrs. IN Mi uf ibe Stntps. there were 22st
casualties. Ono passenger wils reported rs
Killed from cilttscs buyotI Ills colitrn|, and
two were, In iiku iuulliler, injMrn. No lms-
sc11ger was Eillc,l in Wisconsin, aud hone
lms been iii five years, except from Ills own
rs tho result Uf his own rMrelesness, nllll six
m,nrn i,imyrfl.
The number of miles Of railroad con-
s.rl,ctell iii Wisconsin since 1s50-'5i II 9, 2,s!a,
In 1870 tjlere were bj miles Of new truck
e'">'>~' ''''A
WESTERN PASSENGER TICKETS,
Ypsefur Disputch 10 4ns Chteaqo Tribune.
ST. LOUIS, Alo., Jn,l. 16.-Tl.e several pas-
senger agents OF u7l railroads ccnteril,g hero
mct at tic LInllell Hotel this n,0rllllg, tho
session being continued all tic day. Tho
effort was lnndu to restore passenger rates
west Of Chicago u,.d st. Louis, and resulted
IN tho mloptlun Of Il plan nearly like tho
"iroi,-cla.l" " agreement Of last summer, ten
Chicago roads now mrticipattug. Tile ngre..-
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