The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-10-29

transported, amount paid out for re-
pairs, salaries and other expenses,
81 1924, 1887, no dividends paiG, 5. l25
men employed, men killed AID 81 in
jured, the company owns no land do
mated by the state.
The annual report of the Texas
Western Railroad company shows an
authorized capital of $30,OOGOOO, of
which $79S 600 is paid in, sea- paid
out for buildings, $1,000 70 cars,
100000 Indebtedness, 81 !752 re-
ceived for transporting MN, $685.
500 IS for transportion Of freight, So
O63.2l from passengers, 1885 tons
T TepsirinS engineS 0a ahd e cars siss5 80
for repairing bridges, 81, 80. sala-
ries, q men employed. no We killed
or Injured, no dividends. rs
The annual report of the srapde
Railroad company show go 200
capital stock subscribed, $500 % capt.
tai stock paid In. $S47,565 expended
for construction of road, 1852 for
lands, $10,0O3 for buildings, $57 ,972
for locomotives and cars. Its indtbt-
edness is $4,000 on first mortgage
bonds. $4,000 On second mortgage
bonds; total indebedn IS, 100000.
Amount due the corporation lin It'll
gatioD) S26, 73l 81; amount received
this year for transportation of pas
senEcrs, $500 so; for Transporting
mail, 1892 90; for transp rting prop
erty, 81 587 81. from various other
sources. 1914 81; 10 628 tons of freight
transported; $71 33437 expended for
salaries, maint ainance and repairs of
Foad, etc. no one killed or iDjured; 81
men empioyed. The company owns
no lalds donated by the stare, There
have been no dividends.
All the railways of the state have
how complied with the law requiring
annual reports to be rendered In this
month, except the Sunset system,
which has up to date failed to show
up. It will be remembered the sys-
tem includes the old Texas & New
Orleans track. the Galveston, Hous-
ton s. San Antonio, and the portion OF
the Southern Pacific east of Ell Paso.
In MissOri Pacific paid in yesters
day 81, 1888. 80 taxes on passenger traf'
| fic for the last quarter.
Lavaca and Rusk counties settled
with the state yesterday, and had
their accounts o. KID.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Secretary of State Baines is still
confined to his home by sickness, but
Is reported improving, Chief CLERK
Walton holds the fort, with always q
pleasant greeting for the newspaper
men.
Hon. Rudolph Kleberg, of Cuero
has rendered his resignation as sena-
tor from the Twenty Sixth district
He was recently appointed United
States attorney for the Western dis
trlct of Texas, vice Hon. A. j. Evans
suspended.
W. E. Beck, of San Antonio, was
pardoned out of the state penitentiary
at Huntsville. He Yves serving g
short term for embezzlement, and his
time was almost out.
THE PENITENTIARY BOARD.
The penitentiary board met yester-
day, with Messrs. Tips and Grow
present, and after considering the ar
rangements submitted by Maj. Goree
superintendent of the penitentiaries
and Mr.. Gus Wilke, sub>contractor fol
the new capitol, for the state peniten
tiaries to furnish the cast iron work
for the capitol building, satisfactory
terms were agreed upon, subject tt
the condition, however, that the state
penltenjiary authorities can obtain
from the railroad companies an accept
able freight rate for the transportation
of this, work from the penitentiaries
to Austin. Superintendent Goree lef
last evening for Houston, to as
certain from Mr.. Waldo, commissions
of the. Texas Traffic association, wha'
rateS pet given the state peni-
tent oard Ito enSoie the board te