The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-09

"Decrease.
The report for the year follows:
Gross earnings are made up as fol
lows: Freight S19.4S5,960, against $17.-
1872 755 last year: passenger, s5,O5o,356
against $4.S53,799 last year, and mail,
express and miscellaneous, s1,512,335S,
against 81 ,393146 last year. Operating
expenses comprise $3,54S,7a3 for main
tenance of way and structures, against
So, 1877 ,504 last year: $I,9l4,5 97 for main
tenance of equipment, against S172l 1855
last year: $6,060,024 for conducting
transportat ton. against $5,572,654 last
year, and sS2602S for general expenses.
against $685. last year Additions and
improvements written off were 81, lO5,-
5O7 general, against s515,709 last year.
and ,112 equipment, against $2s6,OGO
last year. Interest on bonded debt is
the same for both years, but the ac-
count this year includes the additional
sum of SOL 500 for rental Of leased lines.
The only change in the dividend ac-
count was the additional payment of
81, GOO, 900, being the dividend on the
common stock.
The general balance sheet for June
80 shows:
Assets-Cost of road, 1927, 156,57o;
$3.50, H. equipment, s14,9S0,S96; &l.72S.-
176; sinking fund, $110.9S3; KOS, 24o
Clearwater street line. $793.SSS; 1898 ,SS3;
Portage and Northwest $2,109; *2,l09;
prior lien mortgage. $29S. 3bo; ss,3bo;
Cash assets. $6,742,7 rs; X9o3,5S6; mate
rial on hand, $S.7oO.522; x446.l7S; treas
llry securities, $3347,407; "754,1S0: bet
terment fund, s1174,24o; x1.OS4 .4sO; in
surance fund. s475.79S; *4O5,S44; total,
| 1929, 425 ,OSO; ISL, 953,572.
Liza bilities-Capital stock. $155,000, 600;
mortgage debt. s146, $4,000; N$4, Ass. 200;
bonds of other companies, $13, 600;
xs3,614O,OO: first mortgage convertible
x-e1
| S3,14O,253; *$4S7, 496; taxes accrued. $529,
GIL SCALES: interest on mortgage debt,
81, 549,O15; x$65, 1856; dividend. $780, COO;
*sSoO00; reserve fund. Sill. 1888: Fs1l,27S;
special reserve, $4,000. 900; insurance
fund, s475,79S: xs24,202; liquidation
fund. s647,779; ss116,736; profit and loss,
81 APO, 9S6: "s1.022,2S2; total, 1928, 425 $50;
sSl953,572. *Tncrease. NDecrease.
The gross earnings of the Oregon
Short Line for August were $61S, $3.50,
while for August. 1898, they were $5s5. :
800. 80, which is an increase of $92, $50
for August of this year. This is a very
large gain and the officials are graft
fed The gross earnings for the Two
months of this fiscal year are Sl,3o2,
917.27, as against s1,151,495.45 for the
same period of last year, showing
gain of $191 ,421.S2.
The Northern Pacific received two
enormous freight engines of the con-
solidation type yesterday. The engines
arc part of an order for IA of the same
style, IL of which have been already de-
livered. Each weighs 10000 pounds IN
full working order. 10000 pounds rest
ing on the drivers. The boilers are con-
structed for a pressure of 200 pounds.
Western roads are now working ton q
| proposition to charge full fare for car
rying volunteer officers returning. from!
the Philippines. These officers nave
heen getting half fare rates on Their
return from San Francisco to then
homes. The point made by the railroads
is that the volunteer officers return to
the ranks of private citizens and are
no longer entitled to courtesies not en-