The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-31

A Reduction In the Operating Elk
penaes of the Road Is Shown
Details of the improvements That
Have Been Made-Acquisitton of
New Lines and Feeders-Trnfic
and Rates.
The tenth annual report of the Great
Northern Railway company, covering the
work Of the year in detail, was made
| public yesterday. The report shows
general advance along all lines. A sig
nihcant feature of the comptroller's re-
port ls the percentage of operating ex
penses to gross earnings, which shows
reduction over the year ending juno 80,
1898, of LIZ per cent. Though the road
has always been managed in a splendid
manner economy Of fund and careful ex-
penditure has reduced the percentage
again.
Inc report Of the president gives much
interesting information. The first part re-
fers to the authorized issue of bonds and
stocks, giving summaries for the year,
| after which the physical condition of the
road is discussed. In regard to new lines
eiiA AAHpA Wv SiileHtS on the SYSTEM, Tie
| report says:
| The st. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba
| Railway company has built no branch or
new lines during the year, under the pro-
visions Of the lease to this company. The
iine Of the Seattle & Montana Railroad
South Westminster, British Columbia,
l59 10 miles, was operated from and after
Aug: l. 1885, as a part of the line Of this
la raf az
| length to the new line of the Eastern
| Railway Of Minnesota, from the head Of
Lake Superior to Fosston. MINI This line
was opened for business Sept. %, 1885, and
the earnings and expenses on and after
that date are included in the tables sub
mitted az ,s, portion Of the comptroller's
Cass Lake and Fosston. MINI, has been
| leased to and is operated by the Great
N3F 1i I'm Railway ally company; +.
| operated by the Eastern Railway m
| pany Of Minnesota.
| The work of completing this line and
e H TTebhnildng the line purchased from the
| company, referred to in the last annual
| report, in the most substantial manner,
| has been actively carried on during the
| year.
| On May l, 1879, the Great Northern Rail
| way company began the operation. under
lease, Of the line of the Park Rapids s.
beech Lake Railway company, from Pa k
| and the earnings and expenses Of the
same from and after that date are in
GUIDED in those of the Great Northern
Railway company, as given in the comp
troller's tables herewith submitted.
ANOTHER ACQUISITION
The Eastern Railway Company of
Minnesota came into possession by pur-
| chase, on May l, 1899. of the line Of rail-
way. equipment, etc, Of the Duluth. M s.
sissippi River and Northern Railroad
tod nc a
portion of its Northern division. The line
extends from a point on the Mississippi
river ry, to b 42, Hibbi1g, Mimi 4947
| line is being built in the most substan-
| tial manner. Traffic trains will be oper-
| ated over the new line about Nov 1,
1899
Reference was made in last years re-
port to the acquisition by this company
| Of the stocks and bonds of the several
compa MES forming the Spokane Falls &
| pany came into possession, of these Sc
| curities July /, 1899 During the year un-
der review the Spokane Falls & Northern
system was operated separately.
EQUIPMENT ~
The equipment Of the Duluth, Missis-
s:ppi River Northern and the Seattle
praised and i'll y ed upon the taking
| over and purc of those roads, and
| added to tha Or at NorthernS equip
ment.
The repog5 su last year stated that
| there had e~ar nuTchased during the year
Do locomctiN "a $500 freight service
| cars, of W4.c- 1T 81 locomotives and
| 1,750 freight seTH'c zee cars had been re
| ce1Ved ard i5s-sn to account at the close
| of the 3ear
During The year under review orders
were p-ateu for locomotives and $500
Of equipment ordered and uudelivered
| last year there have been received ten
Whee fre6t segr eight
! ers 142 900 pounds each; eighteen 12-wheel
freight engines weighing $4,000 pounds
six..wheel switching engines Weighing
114,oC0 pounds each, and three switch en-
gines weighing $4,000 pounds each. There
| cars, fifty fty-eight-foot box cars, $50
! forty-four-foot combination cars, $50
forty-foot fiat cars, thirty-two caboose
cars and two steam shovels Total equip
Locomotives, SO; passenger coaches, TO-;
baggage cars, freight service cars,
1855; caboose cars, 81; logging trucks, 100;
superintendent's cars, Z; steam shovels, g.;
| pile drivers, /; tool cars 2; boarding cars,
L, other work cars. 2.
The quipment with air brakes and
been actively carried forward so that
| about 80 per cent of the cars belonging
| to the system are now so fitted as to
conform to the acts of congress relating
thereto, and the remainder will be equip
| ped uring the coming year.
Additions to st. p, M & M. railways
| lines include:
The new freight yard at st. Anthony
| Park, 1876 miles, referred to in last year s
| report as being under construction, has
been completed and put into use.
entrance to this. yard and connections
! with the main line and tracks of the
| Minnesota Transfer Railway company, is
A new yard has been put IN at Hamline
Minneapolis, and transfer warehouse,
than carload offered at St Paul, Min
neapolis, Minneapolis junction and Min
| nesota transfer, are consolidated before
being. forwarded. This has materially re-
duced the number of cars handled over
the line and increased the tonnage per
car, equivalent to increasing the equip
ment to that extent.
At Carman, Mimi, the yard has been
enlarged and entirely rearranged, new
brick twenty-stall round house turn
table, twenty-pocket coaling station, and
new water supply built, to properly handle
the business moving via the Fosston line.
The old round house and buildings con-
nected Herewith at ST: Cloud have been
removed and the yard has been rear
ranged The Osseo and the st. Cloud
and Willmar lines have been extended,
making a double track from the juno
ton to the ST Cloud yard. A large and
complete granite passenger station has
been built at st. Cloud; also new water
supply
New depots have been built at Clear
Lake. Bisbee Galchutt. Vienna, Danvers,
Index, Wellington, Cascade Tunnel.
Big Sandy. The brick station and SUI
| perntendent's Office building at Larimore
has been enlarged. and freight shed built
! at Long Lake, MINI.
Standard section houses have been built
at Teton, Laredo and Buxton, and ninety