GENERAL BALANCE SHEET AT CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS, JUNE 30, '88. Dividends not called for (including dividends payable in July) Matured interest coupons unpaid....... Taxes not yet due......... Rentals due July 1st.. Profit and loss....... Total....... $29,819,526 67 22,919,800 00 93,122 31 184,000 00 379,125 19 225,447 05 338,154 00 81,743 25 170,322 86 7,192 56 4,527,180 66 $58,745,614 55 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. ITEM. In Minne- Entire Line. Telegraph owned and operated by company, of......miles 368.09 1,403.00 .bushels 350,000 1,329,000 ....... acres 353 121800 Elevators and grain houses, owned by company....number Aggregate capacity of elevators or grain houses, owned by company. Cattle yards.. ..... Aggregate area of cattle yards....... ........miles Cost of real estate now held by company, exclusive of that used in operation....... Railroads crossing your road at grade..... ......number Railroads crossing your road over ог under your grade.... ......number Total assessed value of real estate and personal property of company.. .miles! Length of steel rails laid during year in repairs... men........ Highway crossings over or under your grade.........number By what means are your passenger cars heated? By the Spear & Baker system. By what means are your passenger cars lighted? Lamps burning mineral sperm oil. By what means are your passenger cars ventilated? Roof ventilation, side and end. What kind of brake do you use on freight trains? The ordinary hand brakes. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. EXPRESS COMPANIES. What express companies run on your road, and on what terms and what conditions as to rates, etc.; what kind of business is done by them, and do you take their freights at the depot or at the office of such express company? The American Express Company in Minnesota. They make their own rates and pay this company a per diem rate. They do a regular express business, and we take their freight at the depot. It is handled by their own employes. Vol. V-42. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. What freight and transportation companies run on your road, and on what terms and on what conditions as to rates, use of track, machinery, repairs of cars, etc.; do they use the cars of your company, or those furnished by themselves, and are their cars or their freight given any preference in speed or order of transportation, and if so, in what particular? The cars of all transportation companies are allowed to run over this road. This company pays the usual cent per mile for use of same. No preference is given the cars or freight of any company. What new railroad enterprises under way, reeently completed or purchased? None in Minnesota. What amount have you paid other corporations, car loaning companies (stock) companies) or individuals, not operating railroads, for the use of cars, stating name of individuals or company, place of location of general office of said company and amount paid to each ? NAME OF COMPANY. Location of General Amount Paid. Pullman Palace Car Co........... Kansas City Refrigerator Car Co... C. Marsh Manufacturing Co...... Ellsworth & Co........ Enterprise Transit and Storage Co.... Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Co.. Stillwater, Minn. Menasha Wooden Ware Co..... Matton Manufacturing Co. W. P. Rend & Co.......... Smith & Lewis.. Sheboygan Manufacturing Co.... St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co W. Pierce Oil Co.... Kansas City Dressed Beef Line..... Chicago & Omaha Refrigerator Line Frazer Lubricating Co....... Austell Refrigerator Car Co.. Barrett & Barrett... J. Dold & Son...... Chicago, Ill.... 5.82 4.05 Chicago, Ill.... 37.65 St. Paul, Minn 80.46 Chicago, Ill..... St. Louis, Mo........ 9.06 14.17 St. Louis, Mo........ 4.55 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? The Pullman Palace Car Company runs sleeping cars on this company's lines between Minneapolis and Elroy, St. Paul and Sioux City, and Minneapolis and Duluth. The Wagner Sleeping Car Company also runs cars between Minneapolis and Elroy, same as, and alternately with the cars of the Pullman Company between Elroy and Duluth. These companies make their own rates for sleeping accommodations. Parlor cars owned by this company are run between Minneapolis and Ashland, rates based on distance traveled. Dining cars owned by this company are run on the main lines, rate 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. Total amount paid the Pullman Palace Car Company, $55,462.96. This company pays the Pullman company for the use of their cars. UNITED STATES MAIL IN MINNESOTA. What is the compensation paid you by the United States government for the transportation of its mails, and on what terms of service? Rates fixed by the Postoffice Department, based on weight of mails, taken every four years. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road? Not kept. How many annual passes were issued over your lines within the state during year ending June 30, 1888? This company had outstanding June 30, 2,630 annual passes, good over the whole line and not necessarily used within this state. How many trip passes were issued over same lines during same time? It is impossible for us to give this information. How many miles traveled upon free transportation within this state during the year? This company has never kept any record of the miles traveled on free transportation, and we are therefore unable to answer this question. ELEVATORS AND GRAIN WAREHOUSES ON LINES IN MINNESOTA, OWNED BY THIS COMPANY. OWNERS. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. |