The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-02
Santa Fe Annual Pamphlet Is
Issued in the East.
President Ripley Ascribes Better
Earnings to Years Big Crops.
PROSPECTS IN FUTURE.
Plans Are Being Made to Handle
Rapidly Increasing Business.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

New York, Oct. Pin the pamphlet
report Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, just issued. the roads policy of ex-
pansion is best indicated by the fact
that the expenditures during the fiscal
year. chargeable to capital account for
the construction and acquisition ofaddi-
uonal railways, equipment and other
properties and for Improvement,
amounted in the aggregate to $685.
581.91
OF this amount, ss.756. 465 was devoted
during the year to construction and &C
QUESTION OF new mileage, including the
purchase Of bonds and stocks of the
other railway companies. which en-
brace the following: Arizona & Cali
fornla railway, Barnweu & Search
Light railway. Cane Belt railroad, Den
yer, Enid & Guf railroad Eastern
Railway Of New Mexico, Eastern Ok
iahoma railway, Fort Bragg & South
ern railroad. Fresno County railway,
Grand Canon railway, Gulf, Beaumont
& Kansas City railway; Jasper &
Eastern railway Oakdale Wessarn rail-
way. Pecos & Northern Texas raIlwa.y.
Phoenix & Eastern railroad, Texas 4
Gulf railway, San Francisco & North
western railway. Sunset railroad, West
ern Arizona railway. ana Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway (Owasso
extension.)
In addition to the system lines Gov
cred by the report the company con-
trolls, through ownership of stocks and
bonds. various auxiliary railway com
panies, excluding lines under construc-
ton, of which 1882 miles were sub
stantially completed June 80
OF the auxiliary lines, the Pecos Val
ley and Northeastern lines, and Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix lines, and the
Denver, Enid & Gulf railroad, being
in the aggregate 1884 mnes, will be
treated as system lines in statements
hereafter published.
The stocks of the companies owning
these lines are held by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company.
Gain in Earnings Due to Crops.
e. P. Ripley president of the system,
says that the very substantial Increase
in gross earnings is due to good crops
and TO the general prosperity enjoyed
by the entire country. The compare
lively small increase in operating ex-
penses was due mainly to the absence
of the excessive rainfall which was eS-
perieneed during me preceding year
Improvement work. said Mr.. Rip
ley, has been prosecuted upon a large
scale, though under. some difficulty, be-
cause of scarcity of labor and material.
In spite of the very large additions
made to equipment and to facilities OF
all kinds. the pressure of business has
been so great that the lines have been
taxed at times beyond their capacity,
resulting in some cases in inadequate
service, additional cost in handling
traffic and the loss of some traffic that
was offered.
yet on the whole the business has
been well handled and with but littl.
friction. Both track and equipment
are in excellent condition.
Practically no direct loss was occa-
stoned to the property by reason of the
San Francisco calamity. The offices
were burned. together with few
freight cars, but the loss was fully in
sured. Free service to the value of
about 100000 was rendered to the
destitute, and the cost of this service,
together with purchases of some sup
plies and donations, represents the
only cash loss.
what, if any, future loss may ac-
crue it is difficult to estimate, but the
business of San Francisco, while large.
constituted a very small part of the to-
tai revenue. Apparently the general
business of the city has not been seri-