SLEEPING CARS. Do sleeping, parlor or dining room cars run on your road, and if so, on what terms do they run, by whom are they owned, and what charges are made in addition to regular passenger rates? Sleeping cars are run, owned by the Wagner Palace Car Company, which makes and collects the charge therefor. Parlor cars are run, owned by this company, on which the charges are from ten cents upward according to the distance traveled. Dining cars are run, owned by this company, on which the charges are seventy-five cents per meal. What is the total amount paid by your company to palace or sleeping car companies, to what companies, and the amount paid to each? Please state fully the arrangement by which these cars are run on your road, the terms, and who receives the earnings. Wagner Palace Car Company, $17,850.34 (for cars in addition to regular supply). U. S. MAIL IN MINNESOTA. What is the compensation paid you by the U. S. Government for the transportation of its mails, and on what terms of service? Compensation for mail service is not permanently fixed. Service is ordered "subject to the rules and regulations of the department," and amount paid is dependent on the weight of mail carried over each route. What amount have your paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road? Not kept separate. How many annual passes were issued over your lines within the state during year ending June 30, 1888. Three thousand and thirteen annual passes (mostly “exchange passes") have been issued during the year, any of which would be accepted on lines in Minnesota, but comparatively few of which are ever used in that state. How many trip passes were issued over same lines during same time? "Employes tickets" and "contract tickets" are issued for single trips to specific points, of which no record is kept. How many miles traveled upon free transportation within this state during the year? No account kept. ELEVATORS AND GRAIN WAREHOUSES ON LINES IN MINNESOTA. Statement showing Elevators and Grain Warehouses on line of W. & St. P. Division in Minnesota, June 30, 1888. Chester.... 5,000 Milo White. 30,000 Rochester.. 40,000 Rochester.. 110,000 35,000 I. C. Slade. N. Nusslock. W. G. McCutchen. C. W. Seefield. H. W. Lamberton. George Evans. C. W. Seefield. C. W. Seefield. L. Schnell. W. G. McCutchen. Dyar, Ingham & Co. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. F. Bryant. Farmer Produce Exchange. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. J. B. Canterbury. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. Dyer & Ingham. C. M. Lovell. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. F. A. Whiting. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. H. J. O'Neill. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. C. W. Seefield. W. G. McCutchen. G. W. Van Dusen & Co. 1,755,055.66 Lands granted in aid of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad. State the number of acres of land your company has already received from the congressional grants......... State the number of acres yet to inure to your company from congressional grants. Grant not fully adjusted. State the number of acres of land your company has already received from the State of Minnesota. No state land grant. State the average price at which these lands have been sold or contracted by the company....... State the number of acres sold of each grant........ 5.85 State the amount received from sales (all sources).... 30,246.43 State the amount unpaid on outstanding contracts.............. 261,518.35 State the amount of taxes paid on lands......... State the amount expended in sale and management of lands.... State the appraised value of the lands yet unsold. Lands not wholly appraised. State the gross amount received from sales, contracts, forfeited contracts, etc., up to June 30th, 1888........ 776,406.00 3,513,952.32 26,039.91 State the amount realized from the sale of lands above the expenses incurred in the management and taxes........ 1,224.70 235,478.44 Date. REPORT OF ACCIDENTS FOR MINNESOTA DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1888. Arthur Crofoot... November 25.. D. Sherwood. November 29.. J. W. Jepson December 18.. John Mulcahey. 1888. January 9.... June 14.. June 21. Fred Stoltzenberg. Edward Flynn............ Chas. Larson......... Laborer. Section laborer. Y. M. Laborer. St. Charles Altamont. Winona. |