Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-28

years the Mohave division of the South
ern Pacific. The latter arrangement wa
brought about in consideration of tn
Atchison's leasing for a like term an
| a like rental to the Southern Pacific tn
Sonora railway, extending from Benson
to the gulf of California. The benefit o
this to the Atchison is that the Sonora
railway never yielded any income to tn
Atchison, while the Atlantic & Pacific
Was required to pay over 100000 as
rental to the Southern Pacific for the
Mohave division.
Now the Atchison company has equa
rights with the Southern Pacific owe
the line in question, paying the renta
named and a proportion of the operat-
ing and maintenance charges, upon q
wheeling basis. The line will be COM
pleted into San Francisco before Janu-
airy /.
THE DIRECTORS.
The present board of directors con-
ator; Benjamin p. Cheney, Jr., Boston
capitalist; H. Rieman Duval, until re-
Gently president Of the Florida Central
& Peninsula Railroad Company; Thos,
P. Fowler, president of the New York.
Ontario & Western Railway Company;
Edward N. Gibbs, treasurer of the New
York Life Insurance Company; Charles
s. Gleed, a prominent lawyer of Tope-
ka. Glnpua r. Hauan a fnnnnial, Of
New York; r. Somers Hays, president
of the st. Paul & Duluth Railroad Com
pany, and of the Metropolitan Elevated
Railroad Company of Chicago; Cyrus
X. Holiday, the first president of the
road; Andrew c. Jobes, banker Of Wich-
tia, Kan; Victor Morawetz, author of
well-known works on corporation law;
George A. Nickerson, of Boston; Ed
ward P. Ripley, president; William
Rotch, of Boston, and Aldace f. Walk
er, for many years a member of the in
terstate ommerc commission
STATISTICS IN CONTRAST.
The present chief officers are: e. P.
Ripley, president; e. D. Kenna, first
vice president, law, taxes and lands;
Paul Morton, second vice president,
traffic; j. M. Barr, third vice president,
operation.
1t is interesting to note in conclusion
what might be called the vital statis-
tics of the present in contrast with
those obtaining at the time of reorgani-
cation. They are a fit companion piece
to that marvellous increase in value of
securities given in detail hitherto. The
number of employees, the average
amount of wages paid monthly and the
mileage of the system at the two dates,
together with the bonded debt and the
interest charge on the same al. as fol-
lows:
Number of employees on June
~, 1873 20, 400
Average amount of wages paid
monthly. .............. $1,25S,3333
Mileage and names of roads on June
30, 1895:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4,5S2
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.... LOSS
Atlantic & Pacific. ......... S06
southern California ........... 491
employees June 30, 1899 80 400
Average amount wages paid
monthly. ............... $1,420,0 900
Mileage and names of roads cOmpos-
ing system June 80. 1899:
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe 4,69S
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fee. 1,127
Santa Fe-Pacific .............. 806
Southern California. ......... 4S7
Bonded debt June 80, 1896. $233, 900, 900
Yearly interest OIL same...... $3.50, 900
Bonded debt June 80, 1899, in
Guiding adjst. mtg. bonds. :. 1884, AGO, 900
interest on same....... 1920, 900
Chicago Times-Herald.