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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
PRODUCE.
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Jan. s.---Wheat opened strong
today following hrmness at Liverpool.
Trading was OF only moderate volume.
May opened l.assc to 3s9S.e higher a:
Corn was quiet aud weak. Longs were
active sellers early. May opened * lower
TO Y higher at COS. to 6lh and sold off to
oats were dun and featurless. The
market was steady. May opened &c low
er at 64ss and sold at 54fsg9sc. but re-
acted to 54Aqssc with the weakness In
corn.
cioss-wheas- May .oslsi July 9sc; Sept,
957s4%c,
July (old) Isle; July i6ac; Sept, 4Olf.
hard-7January 7;C!ois; May ss.llis.
Iye-Cash sake.
Barley-Cash 9gl .05ls.
rimothy-Mareh 475.
Clover--March II 25
The wheat market became strong during
the last half Of the session owing 10 re-
ports OF good export business and OF
The strength OF cash wheat in eastern
markets. May sold up 10 .06Jkc. The clos6
was strong with May up lWlac at l.06ssc
The corn market rallied along with
wheat and close firm. May was up hcW
hc.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
Chicago, Jan, a-Butter steady; cream
cries 30af2g diaries 1925.
EGGS, steady at mark, cases included,
DQz for fresh stock; others as low az lsc.
EYAPoRATED FRUITS.
New York jan. e,-The market for
eYaporated apples continues arm, with
fancy quoted at lOlxMiinc choice 0i6G
Zoe; prime SllShc; 1896 fruit 76llOne.
Prunes are In moderate demand On spot.
with quotations ranging from bi.c 70 &c
for California fi1it and from 10 to 7g,o
for oregon sos 10 Dos,
Apricots are unchanged with cholce
quoted az 22Q2Sci extra choice 2Sa2sc;
fancy 2ia28c.
Peaches are quiet but steady. with
choice quoted at lllzql2Ac; extra choice
ii2itagiSse fancy lS4laisc extra fancy.
RaiElnA are little more active. Loose
muscatols are quoted at 6kf,flIc; seeded
raisins 7p9Aci London layers 65afl 75.
SUGAR AND COFFEE,
New York, Jan. s,--sugar, raw. firm,
fair refining s,t2i centrifugal 80 test S,s2
Refined steady Crushed 5.Go powdered
. coffee steady. No. Rio 5iac; No.
Snntos 30,
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
Liverpool. Jan, 9.--close- Wheat, March
81 Id; May IA I'd
July, nominal
Colorado Mining nd AIS s,l7M
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COPPER LAST YEAR.
Average Price Obtained for Metal
Hest In Many Years.
pollock Sueclal Wire)

Boyton Jan. 9.--rhe copper pro-
ducers who sold their copper through
the agencies which based monthly set
Elements upon the quotations OF En-
cheering and Mining Journal (Which
quotations are made up for the pur-
pose of such settlemenD received an
average OF 20.00l cents per pound for
their years production OF electricity
tic brands and 20,66 cents for Lake.
These averages compare with 19,27S
cents for electrolytic in 1905, and 49,
6l6 cents for Lake 30 that last years
average has been the best for many
years and Is from half to one and
one half cents per pound above tho
average prices received by companies
selling through the United Metals Sell
ing CO.
The lowest price received for the
year was for December at 1888 cents
for electrolytic and 1888 cents for
Lake. The highest months average
was In March, when the companies
received 25065 cents for electrolytlc,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
LOCAL MARKETS.

Today's market supplies are increas,
ed by receipts from Moapa, New, Oh
onions and lettuce, and from now on
this source OF supply will be more. fire.
quently heard from. The general ar
rivals include car lots OF oranges from
southern California potatoes from
Idaho. bananas from New Orleans, and
eggs from Kansas, with the usual run
of such articles as strawberries from
the southern coast, egg plant. cauliuow-
er, parsley, tangerines. persinmons.
cucumbers, black figs. oysters, eastern
poultry--as local poultry is rather
scarce. or celery there is plenty from
local gardens, with none from che
coast, as the Utah article Is so superior
that the Californian cannot make any
showing In comparison. The prices OBJ
tanning In today's local market are as
follows.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
Not Necessary to Go to County
Recorder for Mining Alb
stractS Hereafter.
OLD METHOD CAUSED DELAYS
What Amended Rule Provides for
Bears Signature of Asst
Secretary Pierce.

An amendment to paragraph f2 of the
mining regulations announced over the
signatures of Commissioner Ballinger
and Frank Pierce, assistant secretary
of the interior is hailed with delight
by mining men generally.
Heretofore a man wishing to have
titles distracted could look to thu
county recorders office of the county
In which the property lay. Under thd
amended ruling man can get any
authorized abstractor TO attend TO TINS
matter. A man in this city will not be
forced to send papers TO another county
and wait patiently for their return. he
can have this matter attended To In
Salt Lake no matter where his ground
may be. This, of course. will offer the
same advantages to any locality. The
ruling, itself, follows
Paragraph AZ OF the mining regula-
lions to read as follows:
This sworn statement must be sup
ported by a copy Of each location no.
tice. certified to by the legal custodian
of the record thereof. and also by an
abstract of title of each claim. com
pleted to the date of filing said state
ment and certified by the legal Gus
todian of the record transfers, or b,
duly authorized abstractor of titles.
The certificate must state that no con-
veyances affecting the title to the
claims appear OF record other than
those set forth.
Abstractors will be required to at
tach to each abstract certified by them
a certificate stating that they have
filed In the office of the commissioners
of the general land office certified
copy of the existing statue by which
they are authorized to compile abstracts
of title and evidence in the form of
certificate by the proper state, terri
torial or county officer that they have
complied with the requirements of such
statute
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
MINING MAN DIES.
*, NJ. johnson Suocumbs on Eve Of
Obtaining Fortune.

II, NJ. Johnson, veteran mining
man OF this city was found dead In HIS
room al the Halls hotel yesterday fore
noon, presumably from heart trouble.
Tho deceased was Is years OF age and
leaves two sons who reside Ia Chicago,
to survive him. One OF the latter Is
on his way west and no arrangements
win be made for the funeral until his
arrival
a few days ago the deceased closed
up deal for the sale OF all OF his
Interests In the Gold Springs district IN
Iron county, from which he would have
realized approximately $4,000 within
very short time
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TODAY's MONEY MARKET

New York. Jan. 9.--Moncy ON cor
steady; at ! ~ per cent: ruling rnt.
81; closing bid s offered at ) i: Tin,
loans easy; 60 days and 90 days @; 81,
months @.
Close: Prime mercantile paper Ia
y per cent. Sterling exchange easy
with actual business I'm bankers bin,
at 1876 AT 1880 for demand anil
at 4S1 for so days bills.
Commercial bills, 1S0.75.
Bar silver. SIC.
Mexican dollars. isc.
Bonds-Goyernmen and railroad
bonds irregular.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
COLORADO DIVIDEND.
One VIII be Posted Tomororw-The
Tintic Smclter.

, Uncle Jesse Knight is in the city on
mining business and asked what the
directors Of the Colorado Mining COM
pany would likely do at the regular
monthly meeting tomorrow, replied
that there would be no doubt that a
dividend would be declared of the usual
amount--S60,0 600. While the mine Is
not producing, said Mr. Knight right
now, It probably will be in the near
future
The new smelter construction is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as possible and
Mr.. Knight says 1t win be ready about
April. Much of the equipment is ON
the ground
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
BOSTON CURB LIST.

Furnished by private wire by Badger
Brothers, brokers';
Ahmeek 65Q7O; Bingham Con, 1s@9s;
Butte e. London. 75qs0: Boston Con.
l3is bid; Cum. Ely. 7B@7as; Dominion
Copper. 1&Gi7s; East Butte, 1905;
Foster Cobalt. 50M65; Giroux, 2AQ3;
Majestic, 99@10O; Mack 1Q1 l-16: New.
Utah. 1891 Nipissing. 707h; Fae-
vance, 5G5A; s. & p. 11G11h.
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SCARLET FEVER VICTIM,
Little Erina Diana Anderson Sue
cumbs 10 the Dread Disease.

Scarlet fever claimed another victim
today in lGrma Diana Anderson. the 4
year-old daughter OF Heller g. and Mar
gnret Harmon Anderson. who reside al
passed away at II n. m. and was buried
In the city cemetery this afternoon nd
o'clock. The afflicted mother ana her
IN the house,
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CONCENTRATES.

Victor c. Heikes. in charge of the
local offices of the United states geo
logical survey, has returned from a
trip to Washington, ID. C,
John Dern, president of the Console
dated Mercur Gold Mines company, has
returned from Fremont, Neb, where he
spent the holidays.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
SEVEN TRoUGHs SALES.
The Most Active Stock ON the Floor
OF Exchange Today.

Outside OF the interest taken In Seven
Troughs this morning. trading on the
floor OF the Salt Lake Stock & Mining
exchange was unusually quiet But
Seven Troughs was in demand and
some heavy sales were recorded The
stock sold up to 361a and closed at 35ls.
South Columbus sold at 80 cents; Lower
Mammoth at A and 44ls; Colorado at
S2.l7f and $500. Standard Copper sold
on the open board at IS cents.
The closing quotations and sales
were:
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REGULAR P. NJ. SALES.

May Day-2,50o al 81.
Nevada Hills--ls0 at 2.75
Uncle Sam Con.--2O0 at AZ; 500 at
49, seller so.
Iron Blossonl-5Oo at 20; 1000 at %;
500 at 221s, seller 30.
Mountain Lake-21oO at %; 1000 at
26h.
New York-2.0O0 at 61s.
Sioux Con.--1, 500 at IA.
Seven Troughs-2,OOO at S5: 5000 at
BAN, seller GO; $500 at 94ls; 500 at
Sia, buyer 8; 200 at 341s seller 30;
1000 at 80, buyer CO.
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Uncle Sam, 200 at 10.
Beck Tunnel. $50 at 81; 100 at so, se.ler
60.
Lead King. 1000 at 1914.
Mountain Lake, 500 at 2S
New York. 1900 at z; $500 at ga
Scottish Chief. 1000 at IN.
South Columbus Con. 300 at 30.
Seven Troughs. 1000 at "a; 500 at 34i1 /;
800 at san; ll,s00 at 35.
OPEN BOARD SALES.
Black Jack, 1880 at 2l.
Colorado, 200 at 2.i7ps 500 at 220.
DAILY Judge. 80 at 1926.
Lower Mammoth. 100 at A; 100 at AM.
Mammoth, 100 at ITO.
Seven Troughs. 1000 at 351a 1900 at
36, buyer 30; LOO at &c. buyer go; 200
at 30; 500 at 36a. buyer 30; 500 at 35ia:
Sioux Con, 200 at 14i1.
Uncle Sam 200 at ~.
REHABILITATION.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

tDueiNi' fVWtls tdSH boyt dSbtus
Monarch Pits. Exten., 1G3. Montana
Midway Exten.. 2G3; Golden Crown.
3 asked.
GoLDFIELD.
Sandstone 21@22; Colorado Min,
17G1S; Jumbo Ext. 60G6l; Vernal ca
q Golddeld Mining Co., 30 bid; Ken.
dafl, 10 bid; Booth. 1903 Blue Bull,
Il bid; Adams, 5Gl7; Silver Pick. 29Gr
30; Nevada, 26o3; Black Butte Ext, so
4; Blue Bell, SQ10 Dixie bid; Gold
field Columbia. 8 bid; Hibernia, bid:
st. Ives, 4S bid: Conqueror, bid:
Black Rock, bio Lone Star, l0@li;
G. Wonder asked; Potlatch. 10 bid:
ORC, II asked; Kendall Ext. asked:
Sandstorm Ext. 81 asked; Mayne, 20
3; Atlanta, 32G33: Great Bend 1903
Simmerone, asked; Empire. 3 asked
Red Top Ext. 12@13: Florence, 410Gp
4:l21e; Diamondfield B. b. Con-, 1870
~ Goidfield Daisy, U692; Combination
Fraction. 7sGpS0; Great Bend Ext, 40
.; Great Rend Annex, bid; 3. b.
Bonanza. 3m4; Kewanos. 36@3S; Es-
meraida, bid; Portland 1l0l2: Crack
erjack. bid; f. Mohawk. 81 asked
Red Hills, 84@35; Mohawk Ext. 4@5;
L. Dillon, bid; Y. Tiger Is bid; Grand
ma, sQs; $. p. Ext, 2@3 Colorado Min
Ext. ; asked; Goldfeid CON. 1850
4.s'h; Diamondfield Triangle, 7Gs.
BULLFRoG.
Original. goa: Bullfrog Mining. fm
s; Mont. Bullfrog. 1 bid: National
Bank, II bid; Amethyst. bid: Gold
Bar, 37@ 3s; Denver Bullfrog Annex,
bid; Bonnie Glare. 10 asked, MAY
flower Cons, 16@i7: q. sceptcr "a
3; Montgy. Mt. 11@012; b. Diamond
field, 4 bid; Homestake Con, 20
orb; Nugget. . asked: Tramp Cons,
. asked; Victor asked.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
NO DIVIDENDS.

The directors OF the Uncle sam Con-
solidated and May Day Mining COM
panies are scheduled 10 hold meetings
this afternoon TO transact regular rou-
tine business No dividends viii be
posted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
BOSTON COPPER CLOSE. 'O''

Adventure, 2A@2ss; Arcadian, 4AQ
.; Allouez, 3Oq3I; Atlantic, 9h@lO
Arizona, 15a ole: Bingham Con-, 4p4h
Boston Con, 1879 bid; Balaklala, 2as
Q2h; Butte Coalition. 15Hq16; Ca
lumet & Arizona, l.051a@l.O6; Calumet
~ Hecla. sos bid; Centennial, 26AQ
2613; Con. Mercur 27@2S Copper
Range. 591sq59s; DAILY West. ia
Sls Elm River, 90 bid; Franklin. S%p
8; CRANKY. S2@90; Greene Cananea, TIs
4Il4; Helvetia 21sG2 Isle Royale,
19B@191s; La Sale, 14A@14la; Mas
sachusetts, 35sQ4.
Mexican Cons, 6&G7; Michigan,
101a @10& Mohawk. 5 u bid: Nevada
Cons, SIS OBS; North Butte. AS 7s q
46s Old Dominion, sos @31; Osce-
ola. S7@SS; Parrot. 10h all; Quin
cy, X @S6; Rhode Island, 3% @sA:
Shannon. 10 Y oil: Santa Fe, ~ a
8; Tamarack, 67@70; Trinity. 1JA a
1914; United Copper, 7&qS1z; U. s.
Smelling, sSS 6D34; Y. s. Smelling,
pfd,, 3S% @Ss; Utah Cons. 81 Y bid;
Victoria. Az as: Winona, SIS 05A;
Wyandotte, 60G75; Wolverine. /. % bid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
Wool.

st. Louis. Jan. 9.-Wool steady Ter
rltory and western mediums 2Qa2S; fine
medium 1921; fine 15gl7.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

80; Rescue. 4@5: Tonopah & calfor-
mia, bid: Golden Anchor. 3Q4; jim
Butler 4OG4l: Cash Boy asked;
Monarch Pits. Exten., 1G3: Montana
Midway Exten. gas; Golden Crown.
asked
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
Blrd-Cowan 90,

Custom Assayers and Chemists. 1850
South West Temple st.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

Tonopah Nevada. saga 90: Monta
ma Tonopah. i75al So Tonopah Ex-
tension, 1901 5Ol MaoNamara. IS bid
Midway IS bid Tonopah Belmont. n
q72 Tonopah North Star. lO@ll; Ohio
Tonopah, 2qs; West End Con, 500
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

r. II. SNOW 4 Co., Stock Brokers.
~ Commercial Blk. Both Phones 1878
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

Jesse +, Cannon, Mining Broker
with Cannon & Cannon, is u. So
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

ophlr, i.2Oal 20; Mexican. l2Qi2:
Gould & Curry, 1903; Con. Va, b7d
IS; Savage. 4l9i2; Hale q Norcross,
i2 bid yellow Jacket, LOS bid Bel
cher 20 bid Confidence, 90 bid; Sierra
Nevada, AZ bid Union. 20 bid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
GIVEN rs DAYS.

L. Nj Woodcock was this Afternoon sen.
fenced by Judge Dieh to serve rs day
In the city Jail or TO pay a hne OF So
for petty larceny. Woodoock had obtain
ed = rife belonging TO a friend by M
name Of Mareno and pawned the same
MaIeno MED COMPLAINT ana on conviction
heavy sentence above recorded.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

H. N. West & Co., stock brokers
p = wa.ller nlk IotA phones or
foe and residence.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
BOSTON COPPER LETTER.

Furnished by private wire by Bad
ger Bros, brokers, 100 south Main
street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

REGULAR CALL SALES.
Lower Mammoth, 1000 al 49,. 800 at
42h,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET.

san Francisco, Jan. a.-The quota
lions Of the San Francisco stock ex-
change on Nevada mining stocks were
reported today as follows:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-09

GEO, Q, CANNON ASSOCIATION.
BROKERS, "a Il. SO. Temple, Both
phones 910.
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A. S. CAMPBELL,
stock Broker 2l5 u. +. Walker Block
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
wORKMAN's AWFUL DEATH.
X. ID. Bailey's Arm Caught i'm a Crush
er end Fearfully MangIed.

lola, Aug. 26.-Randolph d. Bliley,
an employe in the crushing department.
of the Prime Western Spelter company,
met with a terrible accident
While at work Bailey either slipped
or. accidentally allowed his hand to be
caught in the tubular machine lined
with heavy cogs for crushing coal for
the retorts. His arm was slowly but
surely drawn inward. the desperate
struggle of the man being of no avail
to escape from his awful predicament.
The arm was drawn In to the elbow
and must soon have been torn from his
body, but at this stage the machinery
was stopped
The strain on the mans body must
have been terrible, indeed, as the
physicians soon gave up hope of his re-
covery. A series of internal hem
orrhages followed and about six hours
after the accident he sank rapidly and
died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
WICHTTA'S RAINMAKER.
Names the Date a Week Ahead-Uses
Hydrogen Gas.

Wichita, Aug. 26-This city has a
rainmaker named Hubert Childe. His
latest prediction was for a rain last
Friday and it came on time. The
prediction was made a week ahead.
When asked whether or not he
claimed the glory for the precipitation.
he replied:
1T am not making any assertion as
to that but 1 do know that 1 have
been working all week to accomplish
this result, and you can see that we
got the rain"
Mr.. Childe reiterated his statement
as to the method he uses in his efforts
to produce rainfall. He says he uses
hydrogen gas as a carrying agent for
certain other chemicals, which cause
the moisture at a certain point in the
atmosphere to condense and fall as
rain.
During the week Mr.. Childe has
been called by telephone by a number
of people, and jeered regarding his
claims as a rain-getter. He said that
if people would consider that light
ming had been harnessed and made
to do mans bidding it would not seem
so impossible that the great quantities
of moisture in the air could also be
used at our pleasure. He claims that
If the matter was taken up scientifi-
cally it would be easier to get water
from above than to draw it from the
ground, as the law of gravity would
assist instead of hinder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
THE SUNDAY LAW IN PARSONS.
Theater Men Threaten to Close the
Business Houses

Parsons, Kan, Aug. Pa contest is
on in this city between the Sunday
theater managers and the law and Or
der league. The latter has warrants
for all the theater people, but they are
playing for time. hoping to carry their
point on a bluff. One theater closed
Sunday night, but the Lyric theater
opened in defiance of threats. 1t de-
veloped this afternoon that the theater
people made purchases at a number of
places Sunday and they say they will
get out warrants for all owners of bust
ness houses at which they made pur-
chases If the law and order people push
the theater fight.
One of the active agents is the w. c..
T. U. Theater men bought flowers yes
terday at the Peacock green house,
which is owned by Mrs. James Pea
cock, president of the local w. c. T. u,
and state president of the w. r. c..
They say they will serve a warrant on
this place IL the fight continues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
Pleasant Reading for the Fat.

What a simple ana inexpensive Qeass
expensive solution your druggist has)
solving Of the fat woman's problem the
Marmola Prescription Tablets provide.
She takes one of these harmless. pleasant
little tablets after each meal and at bed
time and loses from IL to Is ounces e
fat each day. and yet suffers no harn>
creates no disturbances inwardly. pro-
duces no wrinkles and is put to practical
1y no expense, for an effective quantity
can be obtained for only 70 cents.
This harm1essness combined with the
extreme effectiveness which Distinguishes
these tablets is due, on the authority OF
the Marmola Co.. Detroit Mich. to the
fact that they are made in strict Accord
ance with the famous prescription: y
ounce Marmola, n ounce Fluid Extract
Simplex, which, az everybody knows. has
long been put up and recommeDded IN
our best druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
Maintenance Charges Fall Off
But Slightly During Year,
As Shown by Reports of Inter.
state Commerce Commission.
THIS is GOODSHOWING
Roads Despite Depression Re.
fuse to Allow Deterioration.
Other Items of Interest in Rail.
way Circles.

In spite Of the depression and the
great falling Off in gross earnings Of
the American railroads occasioned
thereby, maintenance charges for the
fiscal year which ended on June 30 last.
taken as a whole. were only slightly
less than those of the previous year.
According to reports furnished to the
Interstate commerce commission, the
total maintenance charges Of twenty OF
the leading roads Of the country, and
in the case Of which comparisons now
are possible, were $40, 250,S84, as COM
pared with $173, 1876, SOL for the previous
fiscal year, a decrease Of only 50, lbs, S07,
or LOS per cent.
This loss in maintenance took place
during the last few months Of the year,
while the most heroic efforts were
made to bring all expenditures into
keeping with earnings, and during
which period all charges were so much
less, on the whole, as to Offset the in
crease of the first half of the year.
Comparisons in the case of all these
twenty roads are not exactly correct.
owing to the fact that in the previous
year the figures were furnished by the
roads themselves, and represented the
old methods Of accounting, whereas
those Of the last year were in COM
pliance with the new accounting meth
DDS ordered into effect by the inter
ference in these particular items, how
ever, was not great enough to affect
materially the results, SO that the ag-
gregate may be taken as giving a fair
idea of the substantial facts.
Seven Of the twenty roads show in
creases in the maintenance charges of
the year, while the other thirteen show
decreases. The most noticeable in
crease was that of $4,315,511, in the
case Of the Great Northern, in connec-
ton with which it is generally regard
ed that the different accounting meth
DDS had much to do with it.
The largest decrease was that of ST.
7S6,472 by the Chicago & Northwestern,
a road which when times are good al
ways makes liberal allowances for
maintenance and improvements, the
aim being to keep the property in the
highest state Of efficiency physically.
When the depression came that road,
therefore, was in the best possible con-
dition to practice economy.
The largest decrease, so far as the
percentage differences are concerned
was by the Nashville, Chattanooga &
| St. Louis, being equal to 30.42 per cent
| 1t is satisfactory to have it demon
strated in this forcible manner that
| despite the hard times. the railroad
properties of the country are not be-
| ing allowed to deteriorate. but that al
| things possible are being done to keeI
them in excellent physical condition.