St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-22
RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COM
MISSIONS REPORT IN A HOPE
Full STRAIN.
SLIGHT DECREASE IN 1895
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BUSI-
NESS DONE, AS WELL AS IN
EARNINGS.
REPORT PROLIFIC OF FIGURES.
The Commission Presents Large
Book Principally Composed OF
Statistics and Statements.

The railroad and warehouse commission
has made it's report to the governor. 1t
shows in full the statistics of the Mime
sota railroads, among others the follow
Ing:
The total number of miles Of railroad oper-
eted in the state on June &c. 1895, was
$3.50. rs, an increase of S.35 miles for the
year. Only about half of this apparent in
crease was actual, however, the remainder
being due to the addition of eleven miles
pr the Sioux City & Northern and 29.75 miles
between Carlton and Duluth not previously
included. The Duluth, Mississippi River
G. Northern built 10 miles; the Duluth & Iron
Range, n.23; the Brainerd & Northern Min
neSota, Alb; the Duluth, Missabe & Northern,
8.1, and the Northern Pacific. 496.
The total gross earnings for the lines in the
state for 1886 were $780, 952, 220, as against $780,,
$685. 24 the year previous.
On these earning the taxes certified were
SS50, 109.4S, a decrease Of $4,000 from the fig
1res of the previous year.
The total freight revenue for the year
ending June 80, 1895 was $23, 767, 1913; for the
previous year the revenue was $23, 46,O56,
showing an increase for 1895 of $721, 1897.
The total passenger revenue for 1895 was
$4,000, 334; the same for the previous year
was $3.50 152, showing decrease for 1885
of $3.50, SIS.
The total miscellaneous earnings, being the
earnings from mail, extra baggage, station
privileges, stockyards elevators, switching
car mileage and rents for 1895, were 81, 1885,
1913; the same for the previous year were
$l,959 ,316, showing an increase for 1895 of
1924, SIT.
The total proportional operating expenses
for Minnesota as reported by the companies
for the year ending June 80, 1895, were ST.,
$685. the same for the previous year were
s1S19,141, showing a decrease for 1895 of
SS39, ZIG. There is an increase Of $799, 5S8 in
the item of conducting transportation, but
decrease of 81 ,236, 1872 in general expenses.
The percentage OF operating expenses to
gross earnings for 1895 is .S2 per cent; for
1894 it was 50 o. per cent.
The total proportional net income (exclus-
I've OF taxes for Minnesota for 1895 was $13,-
81, 295; for the previous year it was $12,576,-
3S3, thus showing an increase for 1895 of
81 ,095 912.
The total number of tons of freight moved
by the railroads in Minnesota in 1895 was
IL, $50 40; the same for 1894 was 1928 ,064,
showing an increase for 1895 of 1,607, 066
tons.
The ton mileage, or tons carried one mile,
In Minnesota for 1895 was 2,121, S73, 349 against
2lO1, 2O9 in 1894, an increase of IA, 154, 140
for 1895.
The average rate per ton per mile in 1895
was ]. 0S9 cents; in 1894 the same was 1903,
showing very slight decrease for 1895.
hauled in 1895 was $1.24; in 1894 the same
was .36, a decrease of II cents per ton for
The total number of passengers carried in
Minnesota exclusive of those carried by the
chicago Great Western railway, which road
does not report that item) 4,997, 052 dur
7S9.
The total passenger mileage or passengers
carried one mile, in 1885, was 1876 $40 425
while the same in 1894 was 246, 693, SIS, show
ing decrease for 1895 Of so, 1913, 45O.
The average rate per passenger, per mile,
IN 1895, was 2.46 cents and in 1894 it was
2.26, showing slight increase for 1895.
The average distance Travelled by each pas.
senger in 1895 was 80 miles; in 1894 4S miles
The amount of interest accrued on funded
in finn
June 80, 1895, was 500 49,, S21. The amount
of of interest accrued on current liabilities for
the same time was SAB, 1897, or a total of s29,-
30, lis, as against a total of $29 176,41O for
1894, showing an increase of $6f9 308 for 1885,
The amount of rentals paid for the use Of
the tracks and terminals of other companies
by the roads reporting was for the entire
lines for the year ending June 80 1895.
S,352,6O2 (of which the Great Northern rail-
way paid $4,772 $50 to the ST. Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba Railway company. In
1884 the total amount of rentals paid was
$ d,61 IL, no, showing decrease for 1895 of
=, The total amount Of dividends paid during
the year ending June 30, 1885, by the rail-
roads operating in Minnesota for entire
lines, was $7,928,094 the same for the pre-
Vlous year was $10,537, $685. showing a de-
crease for 1895 of $2,609, sol. The $453, 776 in
Guided herein as dividend paid by the Chi
cago Great Western Railway company is de-
nominated in the report of that COMPANY as
guaranteed interest accrued on per cent
debenture bonds"
Detailed figures by roads are given in the
report Nine roads report deficits from pre-
vious years.
The amount of stock, debt, and current
uaolhties OF the railroads reporting to this
office for the year ending June 80, 1896 was
81 l26, O21, 927, viz. Stock, $42S u.s. 1866 funded
debt, $3.50 339, 165, and current liabilities SAG
BAG 96. For 1894 total capitalization of the
railroads reporting to this Office was given
at 81, 164 614,176, showing a decrease for 1S95
OF SSS, 592, z49. The decrease, however, is
owing to the fact that this year the stock
and debt of the Great Northern RAILWAY
company ($40 ,000) is not included in the
above figures for 1895, while they were in
cluded in the 1894 figures They are left out
now because in the report of the Great North
ern company it is stated that all of its stock
and all of its bonded indebtedness is appor-
TONED to other properties than railroads, and
I 9 same is true of 81 2SS,0O0 of the funded
debt of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota
Inc capitalization of the railway operated by
the Great Northern company is represented
py the stock and bonds of the st. Paul, Min
neapolis G. Manitoba Railway company. whose
company.
The Winona & Western Railway companv.
the successor of the Winona & Southwestern
halfway company, does not report the amount
of its capital stock and bonds, for the reason
that the reorganization is not yet completed.
The proportional amount of stock bonds
and debt for Minnesota is S246 324 e12 an
average of $42, 205 per mile of road The re-
ported cost of road and equipment per mile
is $43 032. 20 'i0
Three passengers were killed in Minnesota
last year and 96 injured. OF trainmen Is
were killed and II injured. OF switchmen
Hagmen and watchmen u were killed and 80
injured. OF other employees were killed and
Us were injured. OF trespassers were killed
and Y inju red. Making total of 1O2 Killed
ana olS injured. Last year there were go
killed and 47S injured.
The number Of officers and employees of the
railroads in this state during 1895 was 10 SIG.
of ,126 for 1895 o"S9
The annual compensation for such officers
ana employees was 81, 1925, 500; for the previous
year the total compensation was 81, 156, 1856.
The average yearly compensation in Min
nesota for the year 1895 was $575; for 1894 it
The commission refers to the fact that the
Minneapolis & st. Louis has reorganizo I'd o .ns
been taken out of the hands of the receivers,