Robert Harris, president, and George H. Earl, secretary of the Northern Pacific, Fergus & Black Hills Railroad Company, being duly sworn, depose and say that they have caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this company, and having carefully examined the same, declare them to be a true, full, and correct statement of the condition and affairs of said company on the thirtieth day of June, A. D. 1888, to the best of their knowledge and belief. Signed, [SEAL OF R. R.] ROBERT HARRIS, Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixth day of October, A. D. 1888. L. R. KIDDER, Commissioner for Minnesota in New York. [COMMISSIONER'S SEAL.] Received and filed in the office of the Commissioners of Railroads, this eleventh day of October, A. D. 1888. E. S. WARNER, Secretary of Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners. REPORT OF THE Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad Company TO THE BOARD OF RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS OF MINNESOTA, FOR THE YEAR ENDNG JUNE 30, 1888. HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION, CONSTRUCTION, LEASING AND CONSOLIDATION OF LINES NOW OPERATED BY YOU, AND STATUTES AUTHORIZING THE SAME. Date of charter, June 27, 1877. Is the charter a special act of the legislature, or was the company incorporated under the general laws of the state? Incorporated under general laws of the state, chapter 30, laws of 1876, and acquired all the franchises conferred under special act of 1861, chapter 1, act March 8, 1861. Has any change been made in the mileage of your road in this state during the past year; if so, give a detailed statement showing what changes have been made and how the present mileage is made up. Kettle River Railroad, from Sandstone Junction to Mineral Springs, five miles, was purchased from Kettle River Railroad Company November 1, 1887. Duluth Short Line Railway from Thompson to West Superior, 17 miles, construction commenced January, 1887, and nearly completed June 30, 1888. Road leased by St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company for ninety-nine years from Sept. 1, 1886. Present mileage is made up of the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, St. Paul to Duluth, owned, 155 miles in Minnesota. Cloquet branch, Northern Pacific Junction to Cloquet, owned, 6 miles in Minnesota. Grantsburg, Rush City & St. Cloud Railroad, Rush City to St. Croix river, owned, 5 miles in Minnesota. Vol. V-62. St. Cloud, Grantsburg & Ashland Railroad, St. Croix river to Grantsburg, 12 miles in Wisconsin. Taylors Falls & Lake Superior Railroad, Wyoming to Taylors Falls, leased, 204 miles in Minnesota. Stillwater & St. Paul Railroad, Stillwater to White Bear, leased, 12 miles in Minnesota. Minneapolis & Duluth Railroad, White Bear to Minneapolis, leased, 13 miles in Minnesota. Duluth Short Line Railway, Thompson to West Superior, leased, 16.39 miles in Minnesota and 1.36 miles in Wisconsin. Kettle River Railroad, Sandstone Junction to Mineral Springs, owned, 5 miles in Minnesota. Total, 247}. TERMS AND AMOUNT OF RENTAL. ROADS BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. NAMES, DESCRIPTION AND LENGTH OF EACH. 99 years..... Sept. 1. 1886. 99 years. Total length of above roads, miles.......... 64.25 Total length of above roads in Minnesota, miles....... 62.89 Total length of above roads in other states or territories: Total miles of road operated by this company.. Total miles of road operated by this company in Minnesota....... 52 40 4 ft. 8 in. 247.75 234.39 Number of stations on all roads operated by this company.. Number of stations on all roads owned by this company.. 49 36 Miles of telegraph owned by this company Number of telegraph offices in company stations... Same in Minnesota.......... Miles of telegraph on line of road operated by this company... Number of telegraph stations operated by this company Number of telegraph stations operated jointly by railroad and What, if any, of these lines do business for the general public? BUSINESS ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company, St. Paul, Minn. The St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company was incorporated June 27, 1877, and formed by consolidation of the companies whose names and dates of incorporation are shown in the table below: |