The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-01-02
ROADS CLAIM Loss
REPORTS OF RAILROADS OPERAT.
ING IN STATE, EXCEPT TWO,
SHOW DEFICIT.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

P1erre.-The reports of the different
railway companies operating into and
within South Dakota, have been filed
with the state railway commission.
and show a peculiar fact, that with
the exception of the c.. M. & st. P. and
M. & st. l.. railways. all of them which
cross the state lines, show a deficit,
while those operating within the state
all show operating receipts in excess
OF operating expenses. In the case
OF the G. & N. w. they show not only
that operating receipts were in xcess
of operating expenses both On their
Pierre, Rapid City and Northwestern
and Fort Pierre Bridge Railway Co.,
but when 1t comes to their main lines
east of the Missouri which do a far
larger and more profitable business
than do either of the independent"
lines. they show an immense deficit.
The showing CT the different roads is:
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, op-
Grating revenue, $S.757,0 zoe. %; operat-
ing expense, $~5,542,679.7 6; net returns,
$2,214,326.47.
Chicago and Northwestern. operating
revenue, $3.50. S94.7 0 operating ex-
pense, 1854, 1876. "a; net returns, S234,-
3O1.S4 d.
Chicago Burlington and Quincy, op-
Grating revenue, $1,027. 1874. SO; operat-
ing expense. 81, 005, 211.35; net returns,
$~22.653.61.
Illinois Central. operating revenue,
4 3C1 GOT NJ. orrrc+;~~ en-
472.2S; net returns, $1S,575.21 d.
Pierre, Rapid City and Northwest
ern. operating revenue. 1874. 694 .06: op-
Grating expenses, 1922, rs; net re-
turns, $51, 1851.
Pierre and Fort Pierre Bridge Rail-
way. operating revenue. S43.490,50 op-
Grating expense, ~$23,S72.79; net re-
turns, $~19.657.71.
Great Northern, operating revenue,
$563,191.73; operating expense. $685.
371.76; net returns. S43.179.SS d..
Minneapolis and st. Louis, operating
revenue. $~476.2SS.22: operating ex-
pense, ~$357,326.32: net returns, $11S,-
e31. 80.
Rock Island. operating revenue,
$~13O,604.48; operating EXPENSE, $172,-
306.07; net returns. $41.642.59 d.
Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha, operating revenue $34S, 051 80:
operating expense, s362,567.46; net re-
turns, $14.561.47 d.
Sault Ste. Marie Line, operating rev.
enue, $3.50 70; operating expense,
$45,373.63: net returns. 30,OS1.S4 d.
South Dakota Central. operating rev.
enue, sos, 131.12; operating expense,
$101,230.97: net returns, Sill, 9O0.1 L..
Wyoming and Missouri River. oper-
ating revenue s5,s3S.7S; operating ex-
pense, $11,S97.1S; net returns, So
4O1,0 90 d.
Rapid City, B. H. and Western, oper-
ating revenue, $%56,619.5O; operating
expense, $~52,900.43; net returns, So
1907.
The deficits shown by reports are
indicated by the I'd" following the fig
ures.
Secures More Land.
Pierre.-N. M. Hanson Of the state
land department has returned from
Belle Fourche, where he filed on about
5000 acres more of school indemnify
lands in Harding county, thus further
extending the state holdings in that
county. Almost half OF the county is
now held either in government forest
reserves, or in state lands, which
makes it something Of a proposition
for the people of that county to cur
the necessary to carry on
their public affairs, and is the cause
Of more or less complaints coming
from that section on the part of the
taxpayers. ct the extension of the state
land acreage to the taking up OF in
demnity lands by the state.
Dance Hall Ruling Hit.
Pferre.-The supreme court In the
case Of Elizabeth Cullen vs.. r. w.
Dickinson ct al, the lower court was
reversed. In this case Dickinson, as
one OF the city commissioners OF Sioux
Falls. attempted to regulate dance
halls by an edict, saying who might and
who might not attend dances at these
halls, In which he was sustained by
the lower court, but II reversed by the
supreme court.
Bank Closed.
Cresbard.-The Farmers State
bank of CresbaRd has closed its doors,
q lack OF reserve aad q failure to col
lect on outstanding paper being given
a the cause It is believed the at
FAIRS Of the bank will soon be read
1usted, permitting it to reopen. how
ever. C. H. Rowley is president and
4. L. Rowley cashier of the bank.
vermlllion Well Case.
Pierre.-In the supreme court, JUS
tice Smith sustained the demurrer OF