Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-12

AZ the Close of the lass fiscal year,
June 50. 1883, the mileage received from
oootractors and worked by this company
20 l7O4 miles, against l2Sc miles AZ the
he0inuiuc of the wear, showing an III
crease of 4O6 miles. The mileage actti-
.lly laid with track during the year u
shown elsewhere.
The average mileage worked for the
wear was 1897 miles, against 19i Tor the
TIA eouipment at the close of the year
consiated OF $50 locomotives, 70 passed.
Ger. chair. 8 dining, l6 sleepinR, EN-
icrsnt sleeping, 8 observation, comoi-
nation and "a baggage, mail and express
cars: 1898 box, $50 stock, 10 refrigerator,
89OO dat. 400 coal and l32 caboose cars;
4 bosinoa and pay cars, ana iVO ser
vice and construction cars Adoitiotis
during the year are noted elsewhere.
There vas no change in common STOCK
during the wear. In preferred STOCK
There vas q reduction Of xi59'6sos5J:
The bonded debt shows decrease Oh
e8N 400 ia Missouri Division bonds;
decrease of $4,000 in Pend dOreiiis
Division bonds, and an increase of
$1,000 600 in general mortgage onds,
mating a net increase of $l4,D0,Io In
all. ,.-.s
The traffic of the Eastern divisions oil
the road was as follows:
Passsng's carried. 450,ys7 - 90
Passenger miles. 4s.ls7 ss2 a,Ssy!ole
Tons fri carried. TO06 90, G1'e os3
Ton miles ....... .2ls,b57,4s loi,ool''S'
Nv. receipts: 90,
Per passenger. mile. $40 cts. o.33 c.s'
Per ton mile ....207 cts. 2.ol cts
This does not include the traffic Of any
of the lines west Of the gap IN the main
line. -,
The wheat moved last year was l5'. OIL
toms. an increase of 1921 tons. or 3. ii
per cent. over the previous year.
The eastward cattle movement IN
creased from 800 head in 1882 70 3O,OO
head last year,
The traffic Of the Western divisions
was as follows:
Passengers carried. lU, los
Passenger miles .............. 6,2l,yJ
Tons freight carried. ......... 5S,oS
T0u-mil0a .................. .ZouoZ,4o'
The average rate per passenger mile
vas 6.66 cents; per t0n-mile, BIB cents
No conparisons are made with the pre-
vious years.
The report says:
"The telegraph system has been great
" extended. Since the last annual 70
port 293 miles of new poles have beer
erected on the main line. We have nov
1871 miles of poles on the main line. moi
including 96T used jointly with othel
companies and 3061x miles on BRANDT
lines; 974M miles of wire have beer
strung under contract with the Western
Union Comparatively miles of exclu
sive Western Union wires and ~. OF ex
elusive railroad wires. There are on ths
lines la offices and 1874 operators.
Gratifying results have been secured
In the use Of the coal and lignites found
ON and nsar the line of our road, ana
the problem Of securing cheap fuel FOL
locomotive use may be regarded a
solved. In the last annual report 1t VA
stated that GOAL Of excellent quality hat
been discovered In the Bull Mountains
about 30 miles north Of Billings, Mon
taua, and of easy access to the projected
line from Billings to Fort Benton. 40
tual tests with this coal in Locomotives
show that four tons are the equivalen
of three tons of the best PittsburR Goa
burned under like conditions. The Goa
veins at Boil Mountain are IA to "A fee
thick. II Ia tho opinion Of the Superin
tendent that the coal can be put .upoI
cars at 81 per ton, and delivered on thu
main line at q cost not excee ding $l.5
per t0n."
The earnings Of all lines for the yea