The Portland daily press., 1884-11-20
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Annd SALES and Disposal of Public LANDS
las shc United States for the fiscal Year
5 Ending sune SO, 1854.


The rapid settlement Of the Pacifc Northwest in
the regions traversed by tho Northern Pscinc Rail
road from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean and
Puget Sound is evidenced BY the larga .erea0a s1ld
by the Northern Pacific Railroad ana the enarmnus
q9ahtity Of public lands taken up by settlers The
iellowlng hsures are complied from the Northern
Pacinc ttaliroad reprt of the Land Commissioner
and from statements gathered from the General
Land Office of the United States at Wasbington
The Northern Pacific Railroad iand sales for the
year were:
Acres
In Minnesota and Dakota 1858 ,395 for 81 .243. e47
Montana Territory =. -. 62,z7I 2567s2
washington DO ...-....l47, ,45O I" 693,3lz
Total..................4 ATS .l16 2184o o4l
Northern Pcelhc Town Lots sold for 49, 97'S5l
Total sales ,2sl 1892
An allowance of SO, 9433I has been made as re-
DatesLor cultivation TO holders of lands in Min-
The receipts from land sales town lots and tim
Der aud coal royalties for the year follows
Preferred stock, which is received
~ Par value. ..-........... $1,725 5000
N~sn' 't-.'''.- -''..'ss.....-....... 71o,224 80
Total.......,.. S2,440795.59
The total amount due and deferred payme,ts from
land sales outstanding was $3,O56, ,4f5.8I
he approxim ste number of acres of land of the
company Is Al 100000 acres, and tie to al number
OF acres soid 10 Juns Both, 1884, is 5 Il8 3a2
acres leaving for sale and open settlement about
36,6O1 900 acres. The lands undisposed of NAV ba
classified as follows ~
Oraxlng ..s.'..................... 1900 900
nsntsha ...'-..-.......F.. ...... IL 500 QUO
OF the above agricultural and timber land abopt
100 900 acres are east of the Missouri river and
the proceeds are applicable to the retirement of
preferred stock.
Tie character and quality of tire Northern Pacific
railroad lands lying in alternate SURVEYED sections
ioi olrtahce OF nj miles on each side OF the line
"a strip 1OV miles Tide,) reaching through Minpa-
sofa, Dakota, Montana, Northern Idaho and ash.
1ngton Terri ories, the best now open tor
rio .RI
agricultural, grazing, mineral aud lumber presents
chhce TO dlHeTent tastes and calling Offering a
wide diversity OF employment The rich natural
resources OF the couGty and the general prosperity
OF those who have already settled in this acc ion
bespeaks the desirability of the Pacific Nortbves,
as an attractive region for occupancy by "A Iaroe
new pop9at2n, who VIII become the leaders, So
cially aud politically, in various new Communities
along The line of the Northern Pacific TIE resd
has only been open through for IL months 10 june
SUN 1854 ous o INC gross earnings for the year
reached $l2 6o3 67b.74, leaving net earnipgs from
operating SO, ,4z5 ,92o. .o4 -'O-'
The reports received from the United State, land
onlces Ia the districts through which The road runs
show that 2,52o ,OUu acres of goyernment land
lying within the limits of the land Qrant ana ada
cent TO the company's lands, have been taken nm
curing r tne tweye months ending June Both, 1854.
The number OF new settlers on these lands to-
gether with those who have taken up railroad lands
during the year, is about 25, 900.
During the fiscal year ending June 80 1874 the
Unitei States government disposed of 2e S34 94l
acres. in which amount OF land disposed vi Dakota
leads with the enormous total of II.O82 SlS acres:
Nebraska follows with 3 los, ,SI5 acres: Minnssosa,
is third with 1,646 4i8 acres; Louisiana fonrtL
with 637 DIG acres; Kansas fifth with i 3SS 414
acres; California sixth with ,112 ESQ acres; wash
lngtOn Territory seventh with LOSE 963' scrss.
Florida eighth with TIA SlS acres: Montana nin.b
with 625 342 acres; then comes Oregon with q a :
696 acres; then Wyoming with sos 7s9 acres
tn n Colorado with 566, ,537 acres
The remaiung States and Territories. in ea.h ~
which there is any public land remaining disno.ad
of less than half a million acres