The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-14
earnings, certified by the commission

to the state aCd:t0r, for the year end
Ing Dec 81, 1893, was $9o3. 3.S64. 43: the
same for the year ending Dec. 81,
1892, was $1,O36, ,262 OF. showing a de-
crease for 1893 OF S112,397.5S.
Fourteen companies report surNlus
Of $50. OPS 800. decrease for 1891 OF
$7,29S, ,552 The total amounts OF
stock of the railroads reported to this
office for the year ending June 80,
1894, was $3.50. o.2S6,OSS: the total
amount Of funded debt was SGT 222,-
2o2. and the total amount of current
liabilities was S21. .1a5 ssf making 2
total capitalization of said roads OF
81. lG4,614.176 being an average of
S43,3S7 per mile. The proportional
amount of railroad capital for Mime
sofa of the roads reporting is $252,-
5ll,7 ,7SS
The total number of employees Of all
roads reporting to this office for the
year ending June 80, 1891, was S5,-
164; the same for the previous year
was 90.6S0, showing a decrease for
1884 of 5.5l6.
The number Of employees for Mime
sofa in 1894 was 1850; for the pre-
yiouS year the same was %. 16S, show
Ing a decrease for 1894 Of 6,61S.
The wages and salaries paid in
1894 for wi ole lines were SAT $50, ,S94,
as against SI7,G39,4S In 1898, a de-
! crease for 1894 of 50. 753, ,5S7.
The amount of wages and salaries
paid in Minnesota in 1894 was Sl2,-
156.3S5; the same for the previous
year was S1,.iS1, $3.50. showing a de-
crease for 1894 of S3,33O. .95i
Cra nf ~
and officers for whole lines in 1894
| was sos per year; for 1898 they were
| S635, the same for Minnesota in 1894
We're S655 and for 1898 S615 per year.
Railroads of the Country.
Washington. Dec 1.-THE Interstate
! commerce "a--. i.i,sion has just issued
preliminary report on the income
/ and expenditures of railways in the
United States for the year endin.
/ June 50. 1894 prepared by its stats
/ tician. The report contains the re-
] turns from $40 operating companies
| whose reports were filed on or before
/ Nov. %, 1894. and covers the opera
tons Of lS9.a59.21 miles of line, or
about s. per cent Of the total operated
mileage in the United States. The
/ gross earnings from the operation of
/ the 1sg55a miles OF line repre-
sented were s9l2. 60 ,975, of which
| $500, f31 1i2 We're from passenger SER
vice, s617 ,959, 19S was from freight
service and So o42O.o .o9S We're OF. the
earnings from operation, covering re-
/ ceipts from telegraph, use of cars.
| switching charges, etc. The operating
| expenses were SS43. 42S. .331, leaving
net earnings of S3O6, 21O.734 Reduced
to mileage basis the earnings for
passenger service were S2.067 per mile
of line. from freight service, Si,132..
total gross earnings S6,350; operating
expenses. SI.3O2, and net earnings.
S.,OiS. Comparing these items with
similar results from the complete re-
port Of the precious year shows de-
crease per mile Of line in earnings OF
the passenger service Of Sa3; III earn
ings from freight service Of STA: in
total gross earnings of $50, In operat-
Ing expenses S5t7. and in net earn
ings Of $a66. It is probable that the
decrease in net earnings Of all the
railroads will exceed 50,OOO,0OO. The
| dividends paid were S62. 2.4Gi 961. as
compared with S66, 46i $50 for 1898.