Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31

passenger and freight trains are run be-
tween the two cities, and at the southwest
its connections enable it to run through
trains between st. Paul, Council Bluffs and
Kansas City. Its branches and branch
extend to the head of Lake Su-
perior, into central Iowa and into southern
Dakota, over quite direct and favorable
routes.
THE TOTAL MILEAGE
operated by this company is 1,18S, as fol-
lows: Eastern division-Elroy, Wis.,, to
Minneapolis, 2O5 miles; Mcmillan to Neills-
vile, IA; Eau Claire spur road, 8; Eau
Claire to Chicago Junction, 70; Msnomo-
ME spur road, 8; North Wisconsin juno
ton to Cable, 12o; Chicago Junction to
Superior City, 62; Hudson to River Falls,
-; Saltwater Junction to Saltwater, 4;
total, sos miles. Western division-St.
Paul to Sioux City, 270 miles; Lake Crys-
tai to Elmore, A; Sioux Falls junction to
Salem, Oak, 50; Heron Lake to Wood
stock, Mimi, A; Luvsrne, Mimi, to Doom,
Ia, %; Covington, Neb., to Omaha, 126;
Oovington to Ponca, Neb.. 26; Emerson,
Neb., to Norfolk, Neb., At miles; total, 6S8
miles. All of this line is owned by the
company except the track between Eau
Claire and Chippewa Falls, leased from
the Wisconsin Central company, the track
from st. Paul to Minneapolis, the use of
which is leased from the Manitoba COM
pany. 1t also runs its trains over the
Sioux City & Pacific railroad between
Sioux City and Council Bluffs, 81 miles;
over the Kansas City, st. Joseph 4 Council
Bluffs railroads, between Council Bluffs
and Kansas City, 1876 miles; and over the
Chicago & Northwestern railway, between
Elroy and Chicago, PIP miles. The dis
tances from st. Paul to terminal points of
its principal through trains are as follows:
TO Superior City, 1913 miles; to Chicago,
40 miles; to Kansas City via Sioux City and
Council Bluffs, 563 miles. The distances to
terminal points on tho principal branch
lines are, from St. Paul: To Gable, 14S
miles; to Salem, via Sioux Falls, $50
miles; 10 Elmore, via Blue Earth City, 143
miles; 10 Norfolk, 34s miles; to Omaha, vie
Covington, 1896 miles.
Few TRACK AND Bs79lRHuTA
The roadway laid this year 10 - follow:
On the Superior City branch, completed,
-s1.4 niles; Chippewa Pals b AortAs1n,
omplstsd, 546 miles; North Wisconsin,
extension, 26 miles; Norfslk branch, com
pleted, 20 miles. Total, 152 miles. The
grading for the remainder Of the NoYth
Wisconsin road, including . branch Of s
miles TO Ashland, is finished - within
about ton miles of Bayfield,. The track il
laid 80 miles beyond Gable, and will b ex-
tended into Ashland, IL miles further, o.
soon as the work can be probably re-
sumed, in the spring. The grade - Bay
field will be finished carly in the ssming
season, and it is hoped to have the road
completed by or soon after the opening of
lake navigation. On the new lines the
maximum grade is forty feet, and the
heaviest curve three degrees.
The betterments of this road during tho
year include the building at Altoona, four
miles:east of Fan Claire, of POSTAL engine,
house, a machine shop, storshouss, csal
sheds, depot buildings, etc. In East Min
neapolis three miles of track has been laid
in a new yard, and the old yard in West
Minneapolis has been about doubled in
capacity. New depots have been provided
at Woodville and Knapp stations. Eight
miles of the road between Saltwater juno
ton and st. Paul has been double tracked
and at Oakdale the former irregular grade
for mile and half, varying from 60 to
SO feet to the mile has been changed by
moving about 100000 yards of earth. to
a uniform grade of IS feet to the mile.
The masonry has been laid for replacing
the old wooden bridge over st. Croix lake
with an iron one, and fixed span Of 157
feet has been completed, as also the draw
of 800 feet, leaving ten spans, each of 81
feet, to be splaced within the next four
weeks. At Window the masonry has been
laid for lnew iron bridge of 257 feet,
which will be put in in February.
In st. Paul a storehouse, oil house and
waste house has been added to the build
ings on the shop grounds in the Fourth
ward, at cost of 100000, and about $685.
900 has been expended on tho Westminster
street bridge. Other expenditures within
the city for repairs, ETC., have been small.
INCREASE OF EARNINGS.
The earnings of the Omaha railway for
this year are largely increased over those
of last year, as will appear from tho fol-
lowing statement by months in which the
earnings of the present month, being Off
cially estimated, are placed at sum which
will probably be increased by the actual
figures to enough to make the total Of the
year about $5,OOo,OCO:
1882 1881. Increase.
,Ja.uary 1922, 47s16 e257, 7s5os : 81, 1898 os
February. 1888, 1912 168, S94.6S l76,85S.79
March 49,. Alb, 236.02 ISL, 649.16 161 ,587 SO
April ....... 377, 1858 26l, 2lo.88 1l6,077.6S
May........ 402, 682.l6 35o, 3,l5 62,757.6S