New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28
NORTHERN PACIFICS REPORT.

Northern Pacinc's pamphlet report shows that no
charges have been made TO capital account other
than for additional equipment the constructor Vi
branch lines and purchases OF real estate all eA
penditures for improvements having been maze OUT
NJ the wears income In addition to A72S,l76 81 OF
equipment purchased and charged to betterment
and enlargement funds constituting additions 70
canital account new rolling stock was provided
and charged to operating expenses TO replace tha'
DESTROYED and retired from service 10 the amount
NJ Zoos 49, The exceptionally favorable conditions or
the year Just closed have induced the manage
ment to make unusually liberal appropriations out
Of income for additions and betterments There
voa appropriated from income for these purposes
rho amount Of Sl76,6l9, the principal Items OF
which are Si9l SIS for widening entertainments, pal
last gravel pits. etc. $56i52 for changes OF grace
ss5cO for bridges, t12.99 for increase In weight
OF rails $lll 6O3 for sidngs wyes ana crossoVerS
and slge2 for spurs. Expenditures from better
ment and enlargement fund for the year reached
the total Of 1855 325, which comprises S5l5@ for
real estate and right of way at Seattle and Grahd
Forks SsOS 49i for new branches and extensions
KOS 100 for securities Montana and Montana Union
railways and s1.72sl76 for new equipment
The comparative traffic report shows:
Average mile lS es7a i' 9so. Inc. Change; IN
I' tarT Heaaenses 1o27o2s cssCa2 Inc. a4aaeo
r1 1e5 m car 2s2oe7oe oelto77 9oo5l22
Total tons Of o.oo o., 900 To COS AKA
fre>yht........ 0,SlO,O9 SoOlio' i"~' ''''''N
mile s502Gi IGlsl7o2st Inc2i2os4eo
Passenger rev on, oGA
oasQ onr
Freight revenue 19.4s3,9GO lI432Ioo Inc -'Voo'-o'
In regard to the Clearwater and Nez Perces ex-
tensions the president OF the company says; IN
the summer OF 1898. with the concurrence OF the
oregon Railroad and Navigation Company e1-
messed I'm writing the construction or the line Oh
this comDany Incomplete from the north line or
,ha Aaz
sImed and completed from Juliaetta to Lewiston
Idaho AS Il IL the only railway operating WITHIN
The drainage OF Clearwater River or wlthlh me
limits of the Nez Perces Reservation, ana as lnls
territory and drainage form part o, RI ~
which by contract in 1880 was conceded ~ me
nredecessor of the oregon Railway and Navigation
d'ompany to the Northern Pacific Railroad on,
pany extensions have been planned therein Apout
a connection with this company JuIlaetta-LeWils,-
ton line at the junction of the Polatch River with
the Clearwater, eastwardly along the clearwater
River junction Of Lapwai Creek with the lear
the drainage Of Lapwal Greek. Exception 70 the
building OF such lines taken by the oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company, athough 10
reach the same territory by It's nnes woalu requtie
thence paralleling existing lines OF THIS company
for about forty miles before any portion or the
territory in dispute could be served. Various meet
ngs have been held by the officials OF the Two com
and finally an understanding has resulted TO the
effect that the present construction ny TINS COM
| many shall be completed and construction by the
| oregon Railroad and Navigation Company snail
| February s. 1900, thus giving time for further
| negotia ton with view to permanent agree
| ment" The balance sheet and income account
| have already been printed In The Tribune.