The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-22
OF MINI.
The Years Business Reviewed in the
State Railway Commission
Annual Report.
Fuller Reports From the Roads Are
Expected Under the New
System.

The annual report of the state rail-.
road and warehouse commission, just
issued from the press, makes formal an
nouncement Of the new tax sheet agreed
on by the commission and the accounting
officers of the IA iroads which will go
into effect the coming year. In introduc 8
ing the subject it is noted that as usual
the Create Northern and its proprietary
lines failed to make their report of in
terstate earnings on business carried into
or through Minnesota. This much re-
duced the showing made for Minnesota
earnings In the report. However, with
the new tax sheet the commission hopes
to arrive at accurate reports in the future.
This sheet includes numerous items which
the researches of the public examiner have
discovered some of the companies were
not reporting for taxation The items are
all named in detail and the method Of
computing is laid down, so that there will
be no means of escape in the future.
~ !, = Resources All ltemlzed.
The form comprises the following:
Freight Earnings-An business local to the
state and interstate to be divided on the actual
mileague over which business is carried. sts
Demurrage-To be localized
Switching-To be localized Gross amount:
received for switching to be returned by COM
pany. receiving same. Where switching charge
Is part Of the through rate and is paid by the
be deducted from the amount of freight received
by that company. ia f.. @
Storage--To be localized =1ste5
Wharfage and Dockage-To be localized.
Passenger Earnings-All business local to the
state and interstate to be divided on the actual
mileage over which business is carried.
Mileage and interchangeable Mileage-On same
percentage passenger business III Minnesota
bears to the passenger business of the whole
line. b. -. O.. - 1,5ez,..sysa ID, =. u. 4
Excess Baggage-on same percentage as pas
senger business in Minnesota bears to the passen-
ger business of the whole line. @-.s- f.. ..
Baggage Storage-To be localized. ~ VII
Sleeping Cars.A business local cal to the state
age over which business is carried. id. ...-.
Chair Cars, Parlor- Cars and Observation
Cars-All business local to the state and inter
state to be divided the actual mileage over
which business is carried. Fl. i: 80 10Y
News Agencfes-On same percentage as. pas
senger business in Minnesota bears to the pas
senger business of the whole line. ,'-s
Mafls-All business to be divided on road mile
age basis of routes established by United States
postoffce department.. .e+I =. go -..-f. !.
Express-Where express companies pay rail-
road companies given figure, per mile OF road
that figure must apply to the road mileage in
Minnesota. Where express companies pay rail-
road companies a percentage Of their gross earn
ings.} or at a given figure per month. the d.
vision should be basis of what the state 8
loaded express car mileage bears to the whole
Of the loaded express car mileage. Mr~%.
Telegraph-To be localized.
To be localized. Etv'.~ IL 3D., s.rss...
Rent for hire of Equipment (including rents
from chartered cars. trains and locomotives; car
mileage per diem charges received from inter-
change Of freight and passenger cars. working
equipment and rolling stock Of all kinds)-Bal-
ance only to be divided on the basis of what the
mileage opera ted in Minnesota bears to the whole
Of the road mileage operated. - J. -
Elevators-To be localized. a. III
Station Privileges-To be localized. 49,
Weighing-To be localized s1'.t 4 :.r
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state to be divided on the actual mileage over
which business is carried.
Other Items--'Othem items to mean items
not included in the above schedule and to be SO
itemized in tax returns. :.
Note-Bridge toll arbitraries paid by railroad
companies to other corporations to be deducted
before earnings are divided for taxation. q
Several of these items are now in con
troversy between til railroads and Public
Examiner Johnson, who is trying to make
the companies pay what they owe for the
past five years.. Back Of that period the
taxes are outlaWed - D.. .'ssE+. f. -.
49, New. Bills Suggested. ::
Legislation recommended by the com.
mission includes the following:
A. statute prohibiting railroad compan-
les from removing stations or yclosins
them without the consent Of the commits
sion. .s ra..
An act giving the commission power t.
-interlocking plants. @5 .-y... 49,
A law imposing a severe penalty for cal
sweeping or otherwise removing grain
| from cars without authority.
Statistical fea lures of the report art
interesting. The mileage for all Mime
! sofa railroads in the state is now 7,165 SO
! an increase during the year of 1890 Thu
| mileage Of terminal and transfer railway
| is 1894, an increase of 63S miles
| Figures for TWO Years. ...-s
Summaries Of statistics for Minnesot,
roads for the past two years are as fol
| lows: ~ 3.'.. - g. ,zae
Gross earningss42 45o, 2e2 s51, 1868 1872 e,4os 50
Ssnsss zs 3s5 So ssa iSs
| Dividends paid ... a :
entire lines. s., $50, oee ,44s74, 775 s514,7 70
| Surplus, aggre- -.
gate 100. ee,2ss, $50 $3.50, sa 1851, 90
MINI 1,441,54s 1,659,o71 217. SO
The gross earnings for the entire sys
TENS were $3.50, 11s. 79e, on which an aver
age tax of .0307 was paid
Three small roads showed deficits
They were the Minnesota & North Wis
! consin. the Albert Lea & Southern, an
! the, Winona Bridge railway. II
| The total capital stock of the roads en-
tering Minnesota is s6se,7s2.444. an
| funded debt 1891 ,1S9.4s4 The increas
! during the year was $50, 225, 768. Iii.
I In reference to the car shortage tn
! report says that while the railroads great
ly increased their equipment this year. tn
increase of traffic was still greater. an
/ the shortage more pronounced than eyel
Accidents to persons in Minnesota re
/ sultfng from the movement of trains dur
! ing the year We're: Passengers, Z killed, Is
1 injured; trainnen. "a killed, BIG injured
switchmen and yardmen. 4 killed. 81 in
jured; other. employees. 13 killed. 10 in
jured; trespassers. II killed, SO injured
non trespassers 10 killed. so injured: tots
i number Of people Killed by the roads i
the state during 900 was 139, and $50 in
4 jured. as against 100 killed and S46 in
4 jured during 1901.
4 ;sa$s Train Load Of Flour.
\ Daniels. Cornell & Co. of Worcester
Mass, have received from the Washburn
Crosby company Of this city one of til
1 largest single consignments$ sent out o
this city. It was a special train loa,
I of $500 barrels in thirty one cars TIL
freight at IS cents a barrel was $4,216
RAILROAD NOTES
Il The reported inactivity of the merger zlinc
in the solicitation of the Immigrant bushes
n is said to be due to- the fact that the traffj
a is now as large as can be handled The usri,