The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
Secular News Of the Week.

compilation of the reports made to
the Railway and Warehouse Commits
sion, the dividends paid on their whole
lines by the roads operating in this
State amounted to $73,089,O44, an in
crease of $10,557,762 over the preced-
ing year.
These were dividends paid out of
net corporate income of the roads. In
addition there were paid dividends
from surpluses amounting to $15,510,-
161 during the same period, also a big
increase over the preceding year.
The Northern Pacific heads the list
of melon cutters" with $17,359, 685
paid to stockholders during the year.
The st Paul road distributed $16;0OO,-
900 and the Great Northern $14,-
100000.
The Total taxes paid by the roads
on their gross earnings in the State of
Minnesota was $3,640,56S, an increase
for the year of $525.000.
The operating income of all roads
for that portion of their business done
within the State amounted to Sat-
SALT, an increase of $9,859,526 for
the year.
Of the 100000 people in the
United States, more than 28,5OO, 900
reside in cities exceeding $4,000 in
population, as shown by recapitula-
ton issued by the Census Bureau.
There are 22S of these cities, 10 of
which have population exceeding
30 s1I,
The exact population of the 228 places
is 28,50S,007. Of this number 20,303,-
DAT reside in cities of more than 100,-
600 population. The rate of increase
in the large cities for the decade be-
tween 1900 and 1910 was 1876 as
against 32.5 between 1890 and 1900.
The coal production of the United
States for 1910 was between $4,000
900 and 485,000,000 short tons. This
is approximately within per cent. of
the maximum record in 1907.
A national memorial to Abraham
Lincoln, to be erected in Washington
at cost of $2,OO0,OOO, is proposed in
a bill introduced by Senator Cullom
of Illinois. The sum of 100000 issto
be available Immediately under the
bill.
One fatality out of 32,5OO,OOO passen-
gers carried by steam vessels of all
classes plying to and from the port
of Philadelphia was the remarkable
record made during the year of 1910,
according to the report of the local
board of United States steamboat in
spectors made public today.
Only two passengers have lost their
lives in steam vessels in this district
during the last five years. During this
period 15S,300,000 persons were trans
ported.
1t is officially announced that the
new White Star steamer Olympic, the
largest vessel in the world, will leave
Southampton and Cherbourg for her
maiden voyage to New York on
June IA.
A sum of 100000 raised in com
memoration of DR.. J. E. Dutton, who
lost his life while engaged on tropical
medicine researches on the Congo, has
been offered to, and accepted by,
Liverpool University for the estab
lishment of a chair of Tropical En-
tomolgy.
Another landslide has been reported
from the Culebra Cut. This time
more than half million cubic yards
of earth slipped from the side of the
overhanging mountains into the pion
eer drainage ditch These recurren
slides have impeded the work and tt
great extent reduced the showing
made on the Panama Canal the pas
year. The engineers are unable tt
solve the difficulty digging will
be the order until there is nothing lief
, to slide from the mountain.
A $2,250,000 suit has been filed il
the Fairfield County Supreme Cour
at Bridgeport, Conn, in which mum
, Der of New York railroad men, includ
ing w. K. Vanderbilt and Sewart
Webb, are charged with conspiracy il
: game of freeze out in a CANADIAN
railroad deal. It is alleged that the de
PENDANTS, through various acts, in
, jured the credit of the South Shor
: railroad, precipitated a strike, an,
! forced the Quebec Southern into tn
hands of a receiver March 81, 1904
!, and on November 8, 1905, it was sol
by the Exchequer Court of Canada.
On January 3rd the Supreme Cour
of the United States upheld the cor
stitutionality of the State laws of Oh
lahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, levyin
J, an assessment of per cent upo
: bank deposits to create a guarant
9 fund.
0 A bill has been introduced in tn
5 South Dakota Legislature which, If
i becomes a law, will require all roa
! taxes to be paid in cash and the roa
o work to be done by contract, with
q five-dollar year automobile tax t
Y go to the good roads funds.
f Mr.. John Lind is to remain Pres
q dent of the Board Of Regents of tn
State University of Minnesota. Las
S Friday at meeting of the Board, M
ind fnndnrod fic roci ON +iCra &c Dra<,