New-York tribune., 1885-03-25
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
EARNINGS OF THE UNION PACIFIC.
pvvpNrr OF THE ROAD LESS THIS YEAR THAN LASr
r,v ,ovupSNrNT,s CLAIM.

THE GOVERNMENTS CLAIM
posrox March 24.-The operations OF the
Union Pacific Railroad for the year 1854 mas poon
public For the last six months OF 1854 INC e",nn. ~
excluding the st. Joseph and western haiito" 49,
SLABS, ,1O6; expenses, S6soI'Ioai anu o.,
5e 2o6 The surplus earnings Of the entire ioi
che last ak months of 1884 were $7,3Sl,9lo otner
reoeipts from miscellaneous sources make 'ne o'ai
income 81 JOY; against the total income ioi 'n'
first six months of the year OF $3,S493Zo' ino Ca
penditnres for the last six months OF tno year "o
"a 7e5 eO4 OF this amount $2674,s4o were paia ior
interest on bonds The total surplus for the last SIX
nontbs othe year Is rom this is deducted
$3.50 IO3 for United States requirements leaving n
surpns income for the last six months OF %
against deficit of 1888, ,6l4 for the hrst SIX noh'n'
the year. -, A., g.
Joseph and Western and the income from lnVestmeVS'
were S26 2O5 900. In 1883 the earnings "ere
500 AL 600 The surplus income for 1854 was
So 962 485 and for 1S83 $5,156,s24 Dmlhg 'io ia''
year the floating debt of the company has peen uo
creased to 696 During the past year thero n'o
been expenses and loss in receipts not likely 10 occur
again. There was an increase in taxes OF @-4o''''
owing TO a new law in Nebraska. The tolls due from
the ST. Joseph and Western road to the 81 Joseph
Bridge Building Company have not been paid ~ op
amounting to III ssse Se are psd REo
deficiencies open accounts and aisputer of against
h he "rnDs income Of 1884 which suiced TO meet
them All after paying dividend of 1a per cent ana !et
leave a balance of 81 $685. 444 equal 10 Ia pei cehs o
the companys capital stock. The total
funded debt of the company which does not a
funded debts OF the auxiliary independent m
In which the company is interested, anount9u ,h Vh
December 81 1884, to $S41732S5, as cOmpareu Win
Ss4 SOC 32 on December 81 Of the previous year.
ing decrease the year OF S333, iho ins no
reduction of the entire debt funded and ioatlng u
the wear was Sb7S 900. The land sales OF the coPy
during the year after deducting sales caneeeu
432I oa2 acres Union Pacific proper whloh reae
S6bl7773; for Kansas Pacific, 4o2o0o acres' aouh'
| realized, S1,917,S75. =,
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The report OF the
Commissioner of Railroads to the Secretary OF the IN
terror of the financial condition of the Union racine
Railway Company, revealed by the companys pooks'
shows that the proportion Of the net earnings OF 'e
company for the year ended December 81 1884, que 70
the United States under the Thurman act was
81 900; against which is to be credited FOR Govern
ment transportation $765.559 and the amount with
held by the Government for compensation on the nom
aided lines S3l4,136, leaving an ndepteuncsS,, ~,
S55 ROB Against this there is TO be turtner
the amount OF cash due from the United states 70 lo
Kansas Division for the gear 1884, $1o4IS, leavng
net balance due the United States for the year OF
Commissioner Armstrong says that President ADAMS AZ
sured him while Boston, that the company WouIu
promptly pay the whole of the amount hxed upon IN e
Judgment of the Court of Claims as Indebtedness 70 h
Government for former years. which IL is no" esiao
will be S9l7 900.