The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07

1utb Watertown G. Pacific railway ana inc
| Northern Steamship company. for the
Diyidends-Out of the net income fo iHn inc
wear of the companies nahleu' INC
| dividends have been declared: ,,
Eastern Railway Company OF Mime seoo oOo
w SGt@ & Sioux Falls Railway com "a ooo
,tPn any Union Railway company 80 U99
Sand Couiee Coal company ....''''''' lOO'VOO
'''' $3.50, 900
,,,d do'a amount is not included in the miseeI
1onnons income Of the Great NofJneit hi e
added to that miscellaneous
income account on page TO- c,o,,nenv-This
ninth Terminal Railway Company iS-od bT
company is the owner Of tne to secure
Ille Lrt into Duluth, and OF eXtehslEe
cards in duluth. It's stock ana poiu I1n SeT
| al owned by the Eastern raliWay; Ill
az az franchises of the Duluth Ternlhal Iaid-
the i4. Innings are derived from trackage;
! way , irn to 6 per cent on its stock ana
! %onds The interest and dlViuel9s P9 ~
amounting to SIS 800 are n fbe Eastern rail
| miscellaneous income VI INV
way, above shown. Included in the
amount shown under operdoi ct and ID marketing
aoai ie charge of 10 cents per ton 10 pFoHlue
sinking fund against the uiIlil ns tbe rentaI
ton Of the property. Poii likewise set aside
! TO cover their replacement ih0
| now amount to $22z'oCz'ol' 81. 49, frai,,b+
coroa statistics regarding the ITelsiiI
and passenger traffic are SHOWN lil u.
eating that the total frelght tLall1C, ~ ~
Guiding the mileage OF frelenI 'l'ta l5
Ioaded and empty, all frelght anu
,oiyed was. for the year, l53,2S9 az,
u1biIa the tonnage carried amounted TO
e41 cog The earnings from ffelgnI
| traffic were SIG, O96, 5O90l.
Tn the passenger department. the
| train mileage is shown to be 3,ZOo, z56,
and the number of passengers carried
! /. 49S. $40. These brought the ROAD
revenue Of $3,314, 1851.
Tumned the total mileage of freight
! and passenger trains is given at 9,lO0,-
79S while the earnings in both freight
| and passenger departments were 49,
a track statement Of the parent line
and other lines shows that the total
number of miles in the first nam
! track. including the Willmar, Fergus
Falls. Breckenridge, Northern DAKOTA
Montana. Kalispell and Cascade divl-
! sions is 3.T79.S7 miles. This, with the
second. third, fourth. fifth and sixth
tracks, and other tracks leased by the
! Great Northern company, brings the
| total mileage on the main li2e operated
nv the parent system to 3,7S992. Add
| ed to this total the mileage OF the pro-
| prietary lines ana the WnoIe Is shoWh
! TO be 4,6OS77 miles Of main track. An
increase over last year of 61.45 miles
| is shown. no
The system. entire operates 443 en-
gines, an increase over last year OF
twelve, while the passenger equipment
| including all sorts Of passenger cars
from palace sleepers to day coaches
and baggage cars, remains the same as
last year, viz, 1882 in number.
In the matter of freight equipment
us cars have been added to the com
pany's property, making a total for
the year of 5,424 cars of all sorts and
description for the transportation of
| After submitting a brief statement
regarding the Minneapolis & St Cloud
| land grant for the year, showing that
out of the original grant of 1855 acres
there still remain unsold 4OS, 5262612
acres, Assistant Land Commissioners
| Charles H. Babcock sends up the fol-
u