The herald., 1897-09-18

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annual report of the Atchson, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad company for the
fiscal year ended June S0th, 1897, was
made public today. The following is a
summary of the operations Of the sys-
| tenn for the fiscal year:
Total earning from operations. $50 6-l' 2SV
! Total operating eXpenses....... 2Z,SS', lSs
Net earnings OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. h'ot'V4l
Receipts from other sources .... 245, 1879
Net revenue Observation-Disclosures. SoUS, oiV
Taxes, rentals and other charges l9i', 2S6
Balance applicable 10 fixed
charges 606i S0o
| Fixed interest charges ............ 4,6os sos
Total surplus for fiscal year...... i52, AS
Surplus for preceding six months. $50, 7sl
Total surplus June 80, lS91....... 1903, 226
The net earnings from operations
show an increase of SS25, $50, as compared
with the year ended June 90th, 1896. The
percentage of operating expenses to
earnings was TAGS decrease of 143 per
cent from the previous fiscal year.
RATES CANCELLED
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 1.-THE
Union Pacific Railroad company has
cancelled all joint freight and passenger
take effect on October l. All freight will
hereafter go via the Rio Grande lines
from the Short Line. This has caused
the greatest sensation in railroad cir
cles here. Traffic Manager Babcock of
the Rio Grande Western says that his
line is prepared to take any and all bus
mess that may come to it and that the
operating department will be in read.-
ness to handle the increas sed business.
The Oregon Short Line officials refuse
to talk.
THE SIERRA ROAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept I.-Prince
Poniatowski and Z. S. Bullock, the New
York broker and railroad contractor who
are spending about $500, 900 in the con-
struction of the Sierra Pacific Railroad
from Oakdale, on the Southern Pacific,
to jamestown, Tuolumne county, expect
to have the road completed by October
7th next. The road will be forty-two
miles long.
1t is the intention to next year build
two branch lines One will run north
from jamestown to Angels, and the other
south to Coulterville.
The friends of Prince Poniatowski say
that his railroad enterprise is in no way
connected with the California explora-
ton Company, of which he is president.
and in which a number of London ana
San Francisco capitalists are interested.
This company, however. will be one of
the heaviest shippers by the new road.
The company is now working twelve
mines. One is at Tuolumne, three in Ma
riposa and eight in Calaveras county.
UNION RIGHT OF WAY
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 17.-Pres-
ident Hill and party of the Great North
ern Railway have reached here. Mr
Hill Immediately held a conference with
committee from the Chamber of Com
merce. The project under consideration
was union right of way through the
city. 1t is proposed TO build tracks along
the Spokane river through the city to
be used by both the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern. and possible the
oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany. The present tracks run through
the business and residence section and
will be abandoned if the present plan
is adopted.
A RAILROAD WRECK
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Sept. H.
Five men were instantly killed and three
badly injured in a head-end collision of
freight trains on the Wisconsin Central
railroad near Howard, Wis, today. The
dead are Richard Warren, Chippewa
Falls, engineer: Edward J. Smith, Chip
pewa Falls, engineer; Jno Smiley, OK
fordsvlle, fireman.; Lester Ryan, Fari-
bauit, stockman; George Schafer, Far-
bault, Mimi, stockman. The injured are
C. H. Miller. Chippewa Falls, brakeman;
VIM. Dixon, horseman; w. F. Miller
horSeman.
The wrecked trains were heavily load
ed with general merchandise and met on.
a curve near Howard. Both locomotives
were demolished and the fireman of the
westbound train was the only one of the
crews who escaped. 1t is supposed that
one of the trains was ahead of its sche6-
ule time, no telegraphic orders having
been issued.