The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-21
Rate per
,ns :. 81 ,o1s. Ses

Several of the most important roads
in the state fail to give the number of
tons hauled, rate per ton per mile. etc.
by state lines, so it is impossible to
make comparison Of business in this
state in this particular
The total number of passengers car
ried in Minnesota exclusive of those
carried by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and the Chicago Great West
ern roads. which do not report this
1tem) was 1888, 1896; the passenger mile
age, or passengers carried one mile,
was 182, 749, $50; the average distance
travelled was 1852 miles. The average
rate per passenger per mile is about the
same as last year.
The amount of interest accrued on
funded debt of all the railroads report
ing in Minnesota, for entire lines. for
the year ending June 80, 1896, was S29,-
551,799; the amount of interest accrued
on current liabilities was 1865. 739 The
amount Of interest accrued on funded
debt for the previous year was $29,-
3S2,32l, showing an increase of $169 478
for 1896; the amount of accrued interest
on current liabilities for the previous
year was S449,397, thus showing a de-
crease in this item for 1896 of $79,65S.
The amount of rentals paid for use of
the tracks and terminals of other COM
panies by the roads reporting was
Sc, ,491 for 1896. For the previous
year the same was $685., 062, thus
showing a decrease for 1896 of $377, 571
The total amount of dividends paid
during the year ending June 30, 1895,
by the railroads operating in Minnesota
for the entire lines, was sic, 1872, 65S; for
the previous year the dividends paid
amounted to 1926, 094 thus showing an
increase for 1896 of 81, ,564 The
SAFE, 490 included herein as dividend paid
by the Chicago Great Western railway
is called In the report guaranteed in
terest on 4 per cent debenture stock
The following companies paid the
below-named dividends for 1896 on
common stock:
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul. on
common stock ....:......:..... $780, SIT
preferred stock ...,......-......... 1,S4s, s13
Chicago & Northwestern, on COM
mon stock ~;...;;........,....-....... 1,s5sos2
ferred stock -........:............ 1.5sS,s75
Omaha, on preferred stock ..-....- 7s7s7s
Chicago Great Western, on deben-
ture stock ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. O4so
Duluth Terminal. on common stock. 5000
Eastern Railway of Minnesota,
common stock .... 100000
Great Northern. on preferred stock 1,25O, 900
Minneapolis & st. Louis. pre-
st. Paul c Duluth. on preferred
~ STOCK --'....--.-..-... ....-.-...... 239 sos
otAl .SlU, BOB
In addition to the above dividends by
operating railroads, the following two
companies, not operating their roads.
paid dividends, as follows:
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba 81 200 600
st. Paul & Northern Pacific ..... 420. 600
The total amount of taxes on gross
earnings Of railroads In Minnesota for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1895, GER
titled by the commission to the state
auditor, was 81 009, PA. 40; for the previ-
Gus year the taxes were $84o, los. 48,
showing an Increase for 1895 over 1894
of $3.50, 1892 in taxes. The gross earn
ings of the roads for the entire year
ending Dec 81, 1895, in Minnesota, were
$50. 21S, 97S. SO, being an increase over the
previous year of SIS, 745, 61255
There is controversy pending be-
tween the state and the Chicago Great
Western railway in regard to the rate
per cent Of taxes. that said road should
pay, the state contending that after the
road has been in operation for ten years
the rate should be per cent, while the
company claim that the charter under
which 1t was built fixed the rate at
per cent for all time. The case fs IN