Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-09

agent, has returned.
Gen. Haupt, general manager OF the
Northern Pacific, Mr.. Cross, superintend-
ent of transportation of the same road,
and j. W. Hannaford, general freight
agent, left for Fargo last night
The train on the st. Paul q Omaha
road due at st. Paul at 6:15 Yesterday did
not arrive till noon, owing to freight
train being of the track between Roberts
and Hammond station.
Out ON the Northern Pacific.
Mr. l.. B. Hodges, who was sent out by
the Northern Pacific road to look over
the line for the purpose of seeing what
could be done along the line about plant
ing trees to form wind breaks has just re-
turned. He went as far as Glendive, and
examined the ground thoroughly. He
says he found gigantic empire up there
that very few people in this part OF the
country know anything about. 1t
is pretty much all prairie
with but very little timber in
deed. What little there is is
on the banks of the Missouri. The soil
he says, is different from that Of the Red
River and is dryer and warmer. The
season is longer from Bismarck out. In
the Yellowstone the season is thirty days
longer and some claim that it is fifty days
longer, and he says he would not be sur
prised if it was. After the Train leaves
Bismarck it runs up through number
of valleys, the Hart, the Curlew, the
| Wild Knife and others. These are all
very fertile and will produce wonderful
CROPS. Coal is abundont up there. Soon
after leaving Bismarck it can be seen
cropping out of the ground. This coal
is a good article for all household pur-
poses. He saw plenty of places in the
Bad Lands where man can back his
team up and with pick and shovel fill
up his wagon. There will never be any
trouble up there for fuel, as there is no
end to the coal. His idea about the wind
breaks is to plant three rows OF trees OF
the fast growing species several
hundred feet from the track
and parallel to the cut, then
90 within about one hundred feet OF the
/ track on the same side and plant another
row of trees Having done this, he pro-
poses to fill up the space between with q
species of trees that will furnish COED
hard timber suitable to make ties Of He
is of the opinion that if this is done all
along the line, that in ten OF fifteen years
from now the whole line of the road will
be well supplied with good timber suita-
BILE for fuel or ties.
Gross Earni,sge and State Too Of c., III. q
| St. p. R. r. Co.
| MI
kee & st. Paul railway company, showing the
gross earnings Of its main and branch lines
within the state, for the year ending Dec. 81,
1881, was received by Railroad Commissioner
Baker Yesterday. The showing is as follows:
| Main line, from st. Paul and Minneapolis to
state line at La Crescent. Freight, 81, 015,-
977.75; express. S32,O65 79; miscellaneous,
$2S,5S8.7s. Total, $780, 2104. Tax on
same at per cent, $49, sos 63.
Branch from Caledonia Junction to Preston:
Freight, $40, 344.62; passengers, $S,S66.29;
mails, $3,9S4.50; express, 81, 187.17; mlscel.
laneous, $192.27. Total, $S4,524.S SO. Tax at
per cent, $345.25.
Freight, $39,5S7.20; passengers, $3.50 SO;
mails, $2,5l5.55; express, $3.50 81; insect
laneous, $65SO Total, S51 BLISS. Tax at
per cent, 81, OS023.
Hastings to State line (Hastings & Dakota)
Freight, $444, $50 66; passengers, $l31, 614.S7;
mails, $S,753.50; express, $l3, 354.20; miscel
laneous, $s5l.s6. Total, $599,2l3.59. Tax at 8
per cent, $17,976.40.
Southern Minnesota, from La Crescent to
Winnebago: Freight, $439, 1888 So; passengers,
sos, 9s9.73; mails, $13,5729l; express, S.
$685. 6s; miscellaneous, s2,924.s8. Total, $3.50,
| S55.W. Tax at 8 per cent, SIC ,825.65.
| Southern Minnesota extension from Winnie
| bago west to State line, freight, 500, 342 "a;
passengers, $50 ,S32.S2; mails, $10,22O.22; ex-
press, "a, 293. so; miscellaneous, S2,045. 60. To
tai, s146, 734 .46. Tax on same at per cent,
s2,934.69.
| Minnesota and Iowa division from Iowa
State line to st. Paul and Minneapolis: Freight.
1895, OS6. 90; passengers, $239 $685.; mails,
$l1, S25 90; express, $l5, 651 .O3 miscellaneous,
81 ,97s.75. Total, $685., sos. Tax at per
cent. sec, 95035.
River Division from La Crescent to Iowa
state line: Freight, s44, SS0.6s; passengers,
1872 ,940O1; mails, S1,666.S3; express, $500 ID;
miscellaneous, s52S.os: Total, s7O46S.75.
Minnesota Central, branch from Wells to
Mankato: Freight, $l9,594.46; passengers,
$1O37564; mails, 81, LOG. 49, express, 81 ,308.52;
miscellaneous, $650.16. Total, S35, 035 63.
| Tax at per cent, $500 Il.
RECAPITULATIoN.
| The above shows total Of main lines of
road belonging to the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul system in Minnesota, two of which
cross the state from the Mississippi river to and
beyond the western boundary of the state into
Dakato another extending southwark from St..
Paul to Minneapolis through the second tier
of counties west of the Mississippi river to
the Iowa state line at McGregor, and thence
east to Milwaukee aud Chicago; another from
st. Paul and Minneapolis, following the bank
of the river to the Iowa state line, and thence
on south, with diverging lines at La Crosse
and Prairie du Chen east, and also several
other short lines branching off from their
main arteries to the interior points. The total
gross earnings of these lines, (within the
state) for the year, as shown by the
reports, was sS,s5e.924.27, upon which the
company paws state tax Of Sill ,979 Sc. This
tax is imposed in the following ratio: For
the first three years, 1 per cent; for the next
seven years, 2 per cent, and thereafter per
cent. The following table shows the gross
earnings and tax of each of the several roads
of the system:
Gross earnings. Tax.
Maine line 81 ,660,22l o. $49,806 63