Aggregate length of tracks operated by this company, computed as single track... DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION. CHARACTER OF SERVICE. 211⁄2 miles. 1,200 00 800 00 6,600 00 Flagmen, switch tenders, gate keepers and watchmen, (per month).... Section men, (furnished by C., M. & St. P. R'y Co. The highest rate of speed allowed for freight trains.. Amount of freight carried per train, tons. Total freight in tons, (estimated). Average distance traveled by each passenger.. The highest rate of speed allowed for express passenger trains.. Amount of freight carried per car, tons.. GROSS EARNINGS DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1875. Earnings per mile of road... 4,881 4,896 7-8 of entire line. 4,510 3,310 2,071 3,207 4,430 4,450 2,100 1,800 51.983 45,485 $20,000 Of the earnings of the entire line, what is the ratio of the passenger to the freight..... Average gross earnings per mile of road, exclusive of sidings. EXPENSES DURING YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1875. PAYMENTS FOR CURRENT AND OPERATING EXPENSES. 1 to 20 20,000 12,000 Maintenance of way: Repairs of track, including new and re-rolled iron rail in place of Belonging to whole line old iron rail.. Conductors, baggage and brakemen. 2.400 Engineers, firemen and wipers. 1,200 Train and station supplies.. 700 Fuel consumed.. 2,200 GENERAL BALANCE-SHEET, 1ST OF JULY, 1875. Date of original charter of the road and that of any road consolidated with it, with the names of the companies. October 10, 1872. Date when main line (giving length and termini,) was completed and put in ope ration. April 15, 1874. ACCIDENTS. No accidents. STATE OF WISCONSIN, County of Crawford, ss. I, James Lawler, secretary and treasurer of the Prairie du Chien and McGregor Railway Company, being duly sworn, depose and say that I 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 first day of July, A. D. 1875, to the best of my knowledge and belief. 1875. JAMES LAWLER. Subscribed and sworn to before me, L. F. S. Viele, this 20th day of August, A. D. Name and address of person to whom correspondence, concerning this report should be directed. Geo. W. Cobb, General Manager, Mineral Point, Wis. CAPITAL STOCK. Capital stock authorized by charter. ..... $2,000,000 00 COMMON STOCK ISSUED. Stock subscribed by municipalities paid in bonds..... Stock subscribed by individuals and other corporations paid in cash.. If any stock has been issued since the original, state the date or dates when the same was issued, to whom issued, in what manner the same was paid for, and the cash value realized by the company for the same. This company was organized November 12, 1861. The property of the old Mineral Point railroad company was sold under a decree rendered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Wisconsin. Such property was organized by parties who organized the present company. See Articles of Organization, Report of Railroad Commissioners, 1874, page 96, appendix. Total stock of company, all common, $1,200,000.00. FUNDED AND UNFUNDED DEBT. Describe severally all outstanding classes of bonds, including amounts, dates of issue, interest, where and when payable? First mortgage bonds issued in 1868, 10 per cent. inter est payable semi-annually, at Second National Bank, Detroit, due in 1890, amount..... Amount of debt not secured by mortgage Total funded and unfunded debt.. Net cash realized from bonded debt, above described. .$320,000 00 None. 320,000 00 300,600 00 320,000 00 300,600 00 COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. See answer to question 19, befɔre. No data on hand to show original cost of road. ORIGINAL COST* AND PRESENT ESTIMATED VALUE OF TOTAL PROPERTY IN THIS STATE. Masonry, as per schedule. No. culverts, 43 Grading, as per schedule, 31 miles at $15,000 per mile.. 465,000 00 Bridging, as per schedule. No. wooden bridges, 8. 18,115 00 40,000 00 Total cash valuation of superstructure. 618,115 00 Chairs, spikes, fish-bar, etc., for 36 miles.. Iron rail. No. miles, 36. Lbs. wt. per yard, 56. Ties and tying 2,500 ties per mile at fifty cents, 35 miles including sidings Laying track.. Total cash valuation of superstructure. 331,560 00 Machine shops, as per schedule.. Passenger stations, fixtures and furniture, as per schedule... 4 No. 9,500 00 Machinery and fixtures, as per schedule.. 6,000 co Engine houses, as per schedule..... 5,000 00 Car-sheds, as per schedule. 3,000 00 Turn tables, as per schedule 300 00 Fencing. No. miles; 30.... Wood sheds and water stations, as per schedule Total cash valuation of buildings of every sort. 53,800 00 *See answer to question 19, before. No data on hand to show original cost of road. |