61,583 shares common, issued for exchange or purchase of stock of the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad company. 6,158,300 00 Total......... $ 6,517,300 00 INCREASE IN FUNDED DEBT. For expenditures for equipment and permanent improvements to June 30, 1891... 4,463,000 00 Less bonds received in exchange for preferred stock ...... 359,000 00 Total...... 4,104,000 00 (It is impossible to give the information required as applicable to any one state.) CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC., AFFECTING BUSINESS WITHIN STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. EXPRESS COMPANIES. The American and the Adams Express companies occupy the lines of this company, doing a general express business. Rates are various and are governed by the business done and the facilities furnished. MAILS. Compensation for mail service is not permanently fixed. Service is ordered subject to the rules and regulations of the postoffice department, and the amount paid is based upon the weight of the mail transported over each route. SLEEPING, PARLOR OR DINING CAR COMPANIES. Sleeping cars are owned and run by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company. Rates are from $1.50 to $3.00, according to distance traveled. Parlor cars are owned and run by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company' Rates are from 25 cents to $1.00, according to distance traveled. Dining cars are owned and run by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company. Charge per meal, 75 cents. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The cars of all transportation companies are allowed to run over the lines of this company paying regular rates and receiving mileage. |