Report

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Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Co.

(OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA CONSOLIDATED.)

HISTORY.

1. Name of common carrier making this report? Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Company of Wisconsin and Minnesota, Consolidated.

2. Date of organization? Oct. 21, 1885.

3. Under laws of what government, state, or territory organized? If more than one, name all; give reference to each statute and all amendments thereof. Wisconsin and Minnesota.

4. If a consolidated company, name the constituent companies. Give reference to charters of each, and all amendments of same. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Co. of Wisconsin, organized Aug. 26, 1885, under revised statutes of Wisconsin, 1878, section 1820, et seq. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Co. of Minnesota, organized Aug. 27, 1885, under general statutes of Minnesota, 1878, chapter 34, title 1.

5. Date and authority for each consolidation? Consolidated Oct. 21, 1885, under revised statutes of Wisconsin, 1878, section 1833, as amended by chapter 260, Laws of 1880, chapter 268, Laws of 1882, chapter 293, Laws of 1893, and under General Laws of Minnesota, 1881, chapter 94.

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Names of Directors.

J. M. Forbes..
C. E. Perkins.
C. J. Paine..

T. J. Coolidge...
F. W. Hunnwell.
J. L. Gardner...........

G. B. Harris

Boston, Mass....... 2d Wednesday in June, 1897
Burlington, Iowa..2d Wednesday in June, 1897
.Boston, Mass.......2d Wednesday in June, 1897
Boston, Mass..... .2d Wednesday in June, 1897
.Boston, Mass.......2d Wednesday in June, 1897
..Boston, Mass.... .2d Wednesday in June, 1897
....Chicago, Ill.........2d Wednesday in June, 1897

Total number of stockholders at date of last election? Thirty-two.
Date of last meeting of stockholders for election of directors? June 10, 1896.
Give postoffice address of general office? St. Paul, Minn.
Give postoffice address of operating office? St. Paul, Minn.

...Geo. B. Harris..

W. J. Ladd....
..J. C. Peasley...

Attorney, or general counsel..J. W. Losey....
Auditor and asst. treasurer....N. B. Hinckley..
Chief engineer...
S. D. Purdy........
General superintendent........J. R. Hastings
Assistant superintendent......D. Cunningham...
Assistant superintendent......J. C. Howard
Superintendent of telegraph..F. C. Beisel.....
General freight agent........ W. J. C. Kenyon..
General passenger agent.......W. J. C. Kenyon.
General baggage agent.........E. A. Ladd.........

Location of Office.

.Boston, Mass. ..Chicago, Ill. Boston, Mass. ...Chicago, Ill. .La Crosse, Wis. .St. Paul, Minn. .La Crosse, Wis. ..St. Paul, Minn. ....La Crosse, Wis. Minneapolis, Minn.

.La Crosse, Wis. .St. Paul, Minn. ......St. Paul, Minn. ......Chicago, Ill.

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PROPERTY OPERATED-STATE OF MINNESOTA.

(For Roads Making Operating Reports.)

Name of Every Railroad, the Operations of which are Included in the
Income Account-Page 31.

In giving roads below, observe the following classification and order:

1. Railroad line represented by capiatl stock:

Main line.

b. Branches and spurs.

2. Proprietary companies whose entire capital stock is owned by this company.

3. Line operated under lease for specified sum.

4. Line operated under contract, or where the rent is contingent upon earnings or other considerations.