OF THE Railroad and Warehouse OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA To the Governor For the Year Ending November 30, 1913 1914 SYNDICATE PRINTING CO. Minneapolis, Minn. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Summary and comparison of returns of all railroad companies do ing business in this state. Work of the Commission during the year. United States Supreme Court decision in Minnesota rate cases. Engineering department, report of. Weights and measures department, report of. Attorney General's opinions. Formal and informal complaints. Statistical tables taken from annual reports of railways. Reports of express companies and suburban electric railways. (See general index on last pages of report.) 198182 STATE OF MINNESOTA Office of Railroad and Warehouse Commission. St. Paul, Minn., December 31, 1913. To His Excellency Adolph O. Eberhart, Governor of Minnesota : Sir: Pursuant to the requirements of section 1985 of the Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1905, the Railroad and Warehouse Commission has the honor herewith to submit a report of the doings of the Commission for the year ending November 30, 1913, this being the twenty-ninth annual report of the Commission as now organized, with such facts, statements and explanations as will disclose the actual workings of the system of railroad transportation in its bearing upon the business and prosperity of the people of the state, with such suggestions in relation thereto as seem appropriate to the Commission. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, IRA B. MILLS, Commissioners. A. C. CLAUSEN, Secretary. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA To the Governor For the Year Ending November 30, 1913 RAILROAD COMPANIES' REPORTS. RAILROAD MILEAGE IN MINNESOTA. The total mileage of main line of railways operating in the state of Minnesota on June 30, 1913, was 8,947.71, exclusive of terminal and transfer railways, and on June 30, 1912, 8,863.52, showing an increase for the year 1913 of 84.19 miles. The total mileage of terminal and switching roads for 1913 was 114.35 miles, and for the year 1912, 110.78, showing an increase for 1913 of 3.57 miles. The gross increase in the railroad mileage of Minnesota, exclusive of terminal and switching roads, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, is 126.81 miles, with a decrease of 42.62 miles, making a net increase of 84.19 miles, which is made up as follows: The increase in mileage is principally due to the putting in operation of that portion of the Soo Line between St. Paul and Duluth, which crosses Pine county, in the northeastern portion of the state; also the putting into operation that portion of the Duluth, |