, 1882-09-30

The Secretary of the Interior hss q
communication fruin the general Council of
the Northern Pacific railroad company IN
forming HIM the company on the lS;h
inst paid the treasury of the United
Sta'es S26,l32. the cost of conveying
.46. 900 acres of Land in Minnespts. for
which patents were issued to ths company
in 1873. This payment is in accordance
with the decision e the 1nterIor depart
nj n, of the 9th of June. 1852. but made
under protest and without waving any Of
the company lishsa
The President has spro;n, Horsee u.
Fry snd James c. Reed, Of New York,
and Henry Blackstone, of Pennsylvania,
rs a cammlttee to examine twenty-five
niles Of the Northern Pacific railroad in
Montana
The Illinois Liquor dcsir-s association
in convention l-asssd ,h.- following
WHEREAS. II CAL BE- rs-i'y demonstrated
that pruhib,t"ry legislation is not c"nduc-
i've ;n tru. tenI Isrsnce, bu, on the CON
trary, has been the saus. "f ali increase
in drunkenness and crime and
WHEREAS, |, is necessary that this fact
bc brought to tho knnsledg. OF people
who enormously believing tha, rr"hibi-
ton If the msnuiacturr and sale IF liquor
viii stop the use and abuse Of alcoholic
beverages therefore
I.ssolrtd. That j, ID the duty Of tho
board If trustees tu See that proper infer
IN ,tion as tp lie true effect cf pr,.hibitory
and .ump,uary legislation h. dI-semin
ated widely a. possible by lecturers,
speeches. newspapers, Pamphlets, stalls
ties, 6c-
The Time understands the British con
sui general al Alexandria hss been direct
ei to inform the kb.-',,e ttsr no capital
sentence IN ENp;ian leaders must be
carried nE. thoEi the cnEscnt OF Great
Britain Steps ars taken 70 obtain 4
competent Eoeiish hsrrister to defend
Arahi Pasha and other leaders in the
revolt
Under date If the 2ist the following Ia
telegraphed At the annual meeting OF
he Stockholders Of the Northern Pacific
railroad today the report OF President
Wizard va. rad |, shows gross earnings
s,r the hscal year ending June 80, 1889.
J,iS0, $50; operating expenses- includ-
iua rents and taxes, S.S,57::, $40 net earn
Ing, 81 So ,i6J increase Of net earnings
over previous y.ars, SSSS, ,335: AVERAGE
number IT miles operated, 791 /; increase
IN net earnings per mile, 1884 number
If passengers Striving and leaving the
EASTERN trr,nini At 81, Paul, Duluth and
Superior City, lSS, SO; increase, 1l,644-
The earnings Of the eastern division show
4 gam Of 80 per Cent, aid the freight
movement shows an .qual percentage OF
ircrrase During tho year the ends Of
the track have advanced from the east
lS3 miles, and from the west 100 miles
total, 292 miirs; having On June 30th,
1882, 5172 miles to b., built. This will be
l,ss-ned by the close Of 1882 TO probably
800 miles, leaving 272 mlles Of track tn be
laid a, January. 1885. The 6nal connec-
ton Of ,racka is expected to lie made dur
Ing 1888 In addition to work done on
man line, 222 miles Of track have been
laid on branches In Minnesota, Dakota
and Washington Territory. The great
bridge across the Missouri river at Bis
marck will be completed early in October
The financial statement shows cash on
hand at beginning Of fiscal year, 81 l ,5G7, :
9l4 receipts from sales Of bonds and
preferred stocks, s. ,GS2, CSC; eIpendi-
turrs for construction, S2l ,577, ,995. The
expenditures for construetion are largely
IN excess Of tn, resorrces Of the company
from net earnings and proceeds Of bonds
r,crIv-d from the syndicate, hut thanks
To the sy niicate and the Oregon & Trans
continental. they are prepared to meet all
demands without even borrowing in open
market. The management points 10 the
fac; that il has finished 215 miles of road,
graded $50 miles additional, bought and
paid Tor sufficient rails for the entire gap
between the two ends Df the main line,
and made b-.ides current disbursement
for motive power, rolling stock, the Big
marck br.d.e, The great B'zeinsn snd
Hsleps tuDnels, and ether heavier por-
ti5ns of .he work without delivering 8
single bond to tho syndicats SINCE lat
December, and tl.e addIu1nal finished |
mileage Of 2SJ nils Just inspected and
approved BY the United States govern
Iaent commissioners insUr.s Immediately
The reilabursemen. 10 tie treasury Of q
ls-se .rnount. TIE land department sold
465 205 acres dur.np the year :os 81 ,7O9,
:338 Ii. averzge price being s. 60 Per
an The directors reelected the old
ofsicers, and added J. Pierrepont Morgan
snd August Belmont To the lisr # direc-
Ton,