Bates, Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton and McDonald, State of Missouri. Term, 999 years.

Capital stock, $51,000,000; par value of shares, $100 each; $21,000, 000 of which stock shall be preferred stock.

Directors-Jno. W. Gates, Chicago, Ill.; Wm. Edenborn Chicago, Ill.; Max Pam, Chicago, Ill.; Jno. J. Mitchell, Chicago, Ill.; Isaac L.. Ellsworth, DeKalb, Ill.; John Lambert, Joliet, Ill.; Edw. H. Harriman, New York, N. Y.; Otto H. Kahn, New York, N. Y.; Wm. F. Harritz, Philadelphia, Pa.; Silas W. Pettit, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jas. Hopkins, St. Louis, Mo.; Alfred Clifford, St. Louis, Mo.; Julius S. Walsh, St. Louis, Mo.

Articles filed March 19, 1900.

Missouri, Kansas & Northwestern Railroad Co.

Organized to construct, maintain and operate a standard gauge railroad from a point at or near the center of the city of Joplin to the State line between Missouri and Kansas; thence to Galena, Kansas. All the line in Missouri is in Jasper county. Length of road, 15 miles. Term, 99 years. Capital stock, $150,000.

Directors Jos. C. Stewart, Webb City, Mo.; E. O. Barttell, Joplin, Mo.; G. H. Redell, Joplin, Mo.; R. Nevins, Jr., Joplin, Mo.; J. C. Murdock, Galena, Kan.

Articles filed March 29, 1901.

Kansas & Texas Southwestern Railway Company

Organized to construct, maintain and operate a standard gauge railroad for public use, etc., for a term of 500 years from a point in Macon county, on the Excello branch of the Wabash railroad at or near the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 56, range 15; thence running in a general southwesterly direction to a point at or near the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, in section 26, township 56, range 15; and thence in a general southerly direction through Macon county to a point in, at or near the town of Clifton Hill, on the main line of the Wabash railroad, in Randolph county, Mo. Also from a point in, at or near or about the center of the southern boundary of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 36, township 56, range 15, in Macon county, Mo.; at which point connection will be made with the projected line above described; and from thence in a general southerly direction to a point in, at or near the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 36, township 36, range 15, Macon county, Mo. Capital stock, $500,000.

Directors—A. P. Moore, St. Louis; W. P. Heath, St. Louis; H. W.

Hollingsworth, St. Louis; J. J. McDonald, St. Louis; C. H. Tolle, St.

Louis.

Articles filed March 31, 1900.

Assent of the stockholders in the Kansas City & Southern Railway Company to purchase the railroad of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad Company, and to acquire and hold all or any part of the obligations and stock of the following named railroad companies: Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf R. R. Co., Union Terminal Railway Co., Kansas City and Independence Air Line, Consolidated Terminal Railroad Co., Texarkana & Ft. Smith Railway Co., Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Co., Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Co.

Certificate filed April 2, 1900.

Notice of sale and conveyance of the St. Joseph, St. Louis & Santa Fe Railway with all property pertaining thereto to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.

Filed May 22, 1900.

Notice of the sale and conveyance of the Sibley bride (railroad bridge crossing the Missouri river at Sibley, Mo.) to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.

Filed May 22, 1900.

Certificate of increase of capital stock of the Kansas City, Osceola & Southern Railway Company from $2,000,000 to $3,300,000.

Filed May 25, 1900.

Certificate of purchase of the Kansas City, Osceola & Southern Railway, with all its privileges, rights, franchises, real estate and other property by the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, with assent of stockholders of each company to said purchase.

Filed May 29, 1900.

Kansas City, Liberty and Excelsior Railway

Organized to construct, maintain and operate a standard gauge railroad for a term of 999 years from a point in Clay county, opposite Kansas City, Mo., to a point at or near Excelsior Springs, Clay county, Mo. Length, 30 miles. Capital stock, $1,000,000.

Directors-Claude Hardwicke, Liberty, Mo.; Chas. H. Scott, Liberty, Mo.; Riley E. Bevins, Liberty, Mo.; Lee B. Soper, Liberty, Mo.; Jos. S. Chick, Kansas City, Mo.; Chis. B. Leavel, Kansas City, Mo.; Wm. O. Thomas, Kansas City, Mo.; Chas. H. Coppinger, Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Wm. T. McRouy, Excelsior Springs, Mo.; J. P. Banserman, Leavenworth, Kan.; J. S. Major, Liberty, Mo.; B. A. Gin, Liberty, Mo.; H. G. Pert, Kansas City, Mo.

Articles filed June 30, 1900.

GRAIN INSPECTION AND WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT.

Matter pertaining to the operations of this department, together with the reports of the Chief Inspector and Warehouse Registrar for the year ending December 31, 1900, are printed herewith, being Part 5 hereof.

For tabulated statistics, official correspondence and doings of the Board, you are referred to Parts 2, 3 and 4 hereof.

Respectfully submitted,

JOS. FLORY,

T. J. HENNESSEY,

WM. E. McCULLY,

Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners of Missouri.

PART II.

Pretaining to Mileage, Capital Stock, Funded and Floating Debt, Earnings, Expenses, Income, Disbursements, Physical Conditions, etc., etc., of Railroads Reporting to the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners of Missouri, for the Year Ending June 30, 1900.

Annual statements were received from 56 companies, owning or operating railroads within the State of Missouri. Of these 54 were from operating companies.

Many of these statements are lacking in detailed reports of operation for Missouri alone, and therefore of very little value for statistical purposes, especially as regards Missouri traffic. Commissioners of other states complain of their inability to obtain satisfactory reports regarding state traffic from all companies. It is impossible from data obtained to make an accurate showing of details of railroad operation in Missouri. Results, estimated upon a mileage basis, are of course unsatisfactory, in some cases, the findings being greater and in others less than actual returns would show.

RAILROADS IN MISSOURI.

Including main and branch lines there were in this State, June 30, 1900, 150 railroads, operated by 56 companies. Street railroads logging roads and lines, operated by electricity, are not included in this statement. For details, see Table 1, Part 3, hereof.

PROPORTION OF RAILROAD MILEAGE TO TERRITORY AND

POPULATION.

There were, June 30, 1900, 10 miles of railroad to 100 square miles of territory (land area) in Missouri, and the population of the State, as shown by the 12th U. S. census, being 3,106,665, there were 451.8 inhabitants to one mile of road. The population of Missouri averages 45.2 per square mile, and there was an average of 1-10 of a mile of railroad to each square mile of territory.