The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-13

Net surplus 3,SS5. Itp.SI
Comparisons with year 1899 are as fol-
lows:
Gross earnings, Increase ....-..-..$ :. 49,. 1872. 81
Other income. increase ;,.:."" 90. ": z "a =,
Charges against income. increase :. "a. $50. %
During the year funds have been pro-
vided for the Improvement Of the proper
ties and acquisition of new equipment
through provisions of the Missouri Pacific
8 per cent gold debenture %indenture and of
the St. Louis. Iron Mountain and sou Mer1
has been vigorously carried forward.
Arrangements were made early in the
year for sixty-slx freight and fourteen pas,
senger locomotives; part OF this new
equipment was received during the year
and the balance will be delivered early in
1901: Three hundred coal cars; o provided for
assisted very materially In handling the
coal business. Orders have been placed ed
with car m ma s a e COZ sa5ition for S S;eoG
cars and 500 furniture cars. for delivery IN
the early part of the year 1901. The entire
equipment OF the company IS now nttea win
! both economical and safe. operation One
hundred and thirty-nine miles Of track were
laid with seventy.h sa pound 3 steel ran a. on
| placed in track. Side-track fac1llties %ere
Increased thirty-four miles. One hundred
| and seventy-six miles of new wire renee
were built. Forty miles OF track. were
baIIasted and twenty-five miles reballasted;
bridges were replaced and culverts strength
ened. making them available for neavier
traffic to accommodate the increased TON
mage Of trains resultant from the grade
adjustments. -. .,s
contracts nave been made to furnish and
erect in Mace twenty-siX steel spans 10 re-
Mace light iron spans and trestle. work on
| the main lines and on account OF the MIRO
duction of much heavier locomotives. seyeh
iron bridges on the main line OF the MIS-
souri, Pacific Railway between St. LOUIS
and Kansas City have been replaced WITH
| steel structures. u,,,.d
with the previous year. show an increase
| in the number OF passengers carried OF WI
| lis. and in the number of passengers ear
ried one mile OF 81, S;'c s = show an in
crease in tonnage carried of 919; $50; ana
number of tons carried one mile or Ioo.sIs;.
~ the Missouri Pacific Railway Company
were issued for the acquisition or cap15a!i
stock and frst-mortgage bonds. series %.
OF the Kansas City Haiiroa"
Under date Of June. 1. 1900, the missouri
Pacific Railway Company executed us o p ~
cent cents g iss,e de nnder this indenture. amount
ing to s11, s62, 900; for the purpose OF Ia ia
firing the outstanding 3 per cent go.a
funding notes. amounting 10 loans A't TO an.
f,cipate and retire equipment! notes anu
for martial reimbursement Of income re-
sources heretofore apPropr,a'eo u p
and Investment expenditure.
INV MIR. RUSSELL SAGE.
Nov York. March 12.-Mr. Russell Sage
vas q Seem today after Wall street had re,
eeiSed a summary Of sa the an1 Gomr sepSr1 an %
II -eniv to a question as to how he regarded
it. said: -.nort 7 conside,
it very satisfactory. indeed J.. ~. erec,
+ha, an eastern syndicate had secured con.
troll Of the Denver and I Rio no GTand 1ar and ab shf
MO ~ the Missouri Pacific, thus extending
its system to Santa Fe, n. NJ. and Salt
Lake City and other IT. .m pc Fs's at Pelnts II
otan' was 70 me" he said. Il attended
m ~ informal n mai meeting Of the Missouri Pa
a a,ac E1ecutive Committee to-day. bait the!
sai4 .has. any discussion as to the pos
.,h,Iitv Of a dividend declarations"
1Mo" Mr.. Sage said. nothing was sale
abou: that either