Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-08
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The New York, New Haven and Hart.
ford Railroad will Q proceed rapidly
10 install the entire system with electrie
power, owing to the successful completion
Of the trial installation on the divtsioA
between New York City and Stamford,
Conn.
The outcome Of the trial Of T.. Il. Ford
chief counsel OF the San Francisco 6trsst
Railway Company, who was indicted f0E
bribing city supervisors, was Z disagree
ment Of tho jury, which stood eight Tor -
luittal and 0 U for conviction. Another
trial Is already in progress.
United States district attorneys IN ~.
rious parts OF the country have been fm-I
structed by Attorney General Bonapaxtsi
to institute suits against q Large numbsR
Of railrsad companies to recover penalties
incurred by them for alleged Violations
Of the safety appliance law.
Advance copies Of the financial stats-
nent Of the Rock Island Railroad shew
total earnings Of $6O,22S,42O. u increas
Of $a,OOO,562. notwithstanding an In
expenses, the net earnings were $19,10l.-
278, an increase Of $3,O23,478.
At the annual meeting Of the Chicago
and Alton railroad, e. FL. Hartman fail.
ed to be reelected a director and the name
Of his friend, James Stillman, was left 81,
this marking the complete ~ascendancy Of
the Rock IalaLd interests In Alton and
victory for the Moore-Reid people.
Under an agreement with Gov. Conner
Of Alabama, the Southern Railway and
other lines in that State, except the
Louisville and Nashville, are TO put the
2% cent fare and freight rate into effect
Dec. !, and all litigation as a result Of
resistance to the rate is to be withdrawn.
In his annual report President Charles
s.. Mellen of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad admits that tho
2-cent passenger rate established about q
year ago has proved a profitable one, the
gross earnings Of his COMPANY having In
creased about 5 per cent during the past
year.
The annual report of the Baltimore and
Ohio road shows gross earnings for the
past year of SS8, 1862, 924, an increase over
the two previous years The net earn
ings for the year, however, were only
$27,362,S30, a decrease of $513,O0 from
1906. Operating expenses increased $5,-
864,S60.
The business of Havana, Cuba, is par
.alyzed by one Of the greatest strikes IN
her history, being caused by the walk
out of the engine drivers on the railway
lines leading out of the city. Their griev-
n 10 that they are paid in Spanish and
not American money. 1t has been almost
impossible to move any trains, as the men
employed to take the places of the strik.
err are afraid to work although protect.
ed by the police.
The first official statement of the anan-
cial results Of the operation Of Chicago's
traction lines shows that the city's share
Of the net profits Of the Chicago City
railway for the fret six months ending
July 81 were $27S,21S. This Is based
upon the city,s getting So per cent Of the
total profits. When the Union traction
lines are brought into the city operation
plan Il is estimated that the city's share
81 the profits will be oyer $1,SOO,DO0.
Much discussion has been caused by thu
report Of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company TOR the last fiscal year, showing
a denci. of over $364,OOO, while during
the same period the company paid dam.
age claims for accidents to the amount
Of $1,217 $50, or Z per cent Of the gross
receipts. This docs not include the cost
Of the legal sta6 in defending suits. Com
menting on these figures, Golfers says
that when traction companies through
out the country are compelled to choose
between killings and dividends, they VIII
find ways to prevent the killings"