Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-31
Total new road, miles

- $40
Total new road, miles 7si
This company employs in It's road
service $500 men, and in its shops and
yards 1920 men, total of 1900, without
including general Office employes or east
srn agents. Its rolling sto5k inoIudes 289
Locomotives, ia passenger cara and 1900
freight cars. Its gross earnings of 1883
enount to $40, 1853, 800, and its gross ex-
penses TO S6,684,9O0 It's freight business
has increased over last year thirty per
cent, and its passenger trafic hes in
creased for the year sixty per cent It's
expenditures this year for improvements
Of the road, not including the new track,
have amounted to $1,469, 1882 The land
department of ths COM pany has sold this
year, mostly in Dakota, 664, sos IS acres
for 2,S20.3199S.
The principal general ofGsers of the
company are at this writing as follows:
President, Harry Willard, New York.
Vice President, L. F Cakes, New York
Secretary, Samuel Wiikeson, New York.
Treasurer, R. L. Belknap, New York.
General couasss George Gray, New
York.
General auditor, j. 4. Barker, Nav
York.
Superintsc dent of traffic. John Muir, ST.
Paul.
superintendent of freight traffic, JIM.
Hanhitord, ST. Paul.
superintendent of passenger iraEfc, Chas.
8. Fee, ST. Paul.
General ticket agent, George <. Barnes,
St. Paul.
Counsel, W. P. Clough, st. Paul.
Auditor. n. P. Martin, st. Paul.
Local treasurer, G. G. Sgnborn, ST.
Paul.
General Purchasing agent, John q.
Anss, St. Paul.
superintendent telegraph, o. c. Greens,
St. Paul.
Psymasssr, ". c. Holli.ter, st. Paul.
Engineer in chief, 4. Anderson, St.
Paul.
Land commissioner, Ohas. B. Lamborn,
St. Paul.
General land agent, R. J. wemys, St.
Paul
Emigration agent, P. B. Groat, st. Paul.
The Office Of general manager of the
road is at this tiRe vacant, Gen. Il.
Haupt having been retired from the oGoe
few wseks ago. Vice President Oakss
is temporarily acting as general manager
and the appointment Of a successor to
Gen. Haupt IS daily expected.
The general Offices of the company are
located at 80 We'll, street, New York, while
the chiefs of the operating, construction
and land departments are located in the
comPapy's general Office building, Fourth
street and Broadway, ST. Paul
81. Pau d Northern Pacific.
The st. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway
company is one Of the auxiliary com
psnies created under the Willard scheme
for accomplishing the immense work of
the last two years in completing the north
ern rail route to the Pacific. This coIn-
pany il SUCCESSOR to the charter and prop
erty of the Western Railroad company of
Minnesota. It owns the completed road
between Brainerd and Watsb; has graded
This year for track to be laid on the right
OF way Of the Manitoba company from
Est st Cloud to Minneapolis, and is
owner, thi. side of Brsinerd, of all the de-
pot property and terminal grounds used or
intended to be used by the Northern Paci-
tic company. It's property is leased to the
latter company under contracts which re-
quire 1t to make all additions and extern
sions which msy De required by the traffic
of the latter. In st. Paul the 81. Paul 4
Northern Pacific company oFns the
freight houses and freight yards in
use by the Northern Pacific and
also the extensive tracts of land purchss-
ed for use OF the Northern Pacific, the Rice
property and the Como property. Con
corning the improvement of THESE proper
ties no defnita plans have yet been adopt
| ed, but tbs Officials of the company sntici-
F., pate that the increase of Northern Pacific
business reasonably to be expected in the
coming spring, will require an early pro-
vidlng OF increased traffic facilities as st.
Paul. During the present season the con-
Pany will actively prosecute the compile
! tion OF an independent track connection
with s.. Paul, fer which it has leased track
FROM the Manitoba company between Wa
tab and East st. Cloud, and between Min
neaposis sad ST. Paul. During the winter
i've iron bridges will DE built-over Rice
snd Coon creeks. and Elk aud Rum rivers
and acro.s the Mississippi river at North
Minneapolis. The, latter for which the
piers have been built this year, will be
about $50 feet long. hsYiHg five spans OF
! I64 Teet each.
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