15 16

Conference-Inter-State-Railroad Commissioners of Illinos to Rail-
road Commissioners of Wisconsin, and reply thereto
Consolidation—

Chicago & Mil. and Mil. & Chicago R. R..

Kenosha & State Line R. R. and Dixon, Rockford and State Line
Ꭱ. Ꭱ ...

143

146

Chicago and Northwestern & Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha R. R. 148
Chicago & Northwestern Co. and Galena and Chicago Union R.
R. Co...

Western Union R'y Co. and Northern Illinois R. R. Co..
Portage & Superior R. R. Co. and Winnebago and Superior R.
R. Co..

Western Union R. R. Co. of Illinois and Western Union Co. of
Wisconsin..

Chicago & Northwestern R. R. Co. and Peninsular R. R. Co. of
Michigan..

150

153

158

161

164

Chicago and Northwestern-statistics of cost

Wisconsin Valley...

Sugar River Valley R. R. sold to the Madison & Portage R. R. Co. 167
Portage, Stevens Point and Superior R. R. Co. and Portage, Win-
nebago and Superior R. R. Co

Wis. and Superior with Chi., St. P. & F. du Lac..
La Crosse & Mil. with St. Croix and Lake Superior
Ontonagon & State Line with Chi., St. P. & F. du L.
Chi., St. P. & F. du L. with Marquette and State Line..
Construction-statement of cost of-

Milwaukee and La Crosse line, via Watertown...
Milwaukee and La Crosse

South Milwaukee to La Crosse.

Watertown and Madison

Milwaukee and Portage, via Horicon

Horicon and Berlin...

Rush Lake and Winneconne.

Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien.

Milton and Monroe

Milwaukee and Chicago.

Madison Extension ...

Menomonee Extension

Northern Union..

Wisconsin Central

170
123 133

....

136

...

139

Valuation of railroads in Wisconsin as reported to Commissioners,

within month of January, 1875.......

Cook, B, C.-Selicitor C. & N. W. R. R. Co., to commissioners

Correspondence-Letters of Commissioners to:-
Britt, O. E., G. F. Agt. C., M. & St. P. R. R..
Cobb, G. W., Supt. Mineral Point R. R

Commissioners of General Land Office Washington.
Keep, Alex., Prest. C. & N. W. R. R., Chicago
Mitchell, Alex..

Pedrick, M., Fairchild, Wis

.....

Porter, H. H., Gen. Manager C. & N. W. R. R., Chicago..

Railroad Commissioners of Illinois..

Rood, J. L., Monroe, Wis...

Soliciting statements of comparative accounts.

Swan, G. W., Supt. West Wis., R. R

Wyatt, F. O., Supt. Wis., Valley R. R

Ryan, Chief Justice, Decision of, ton application for injunction
v. Railroads

33

Cost of Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad in Wisconsin, statistics of,
recently furnished by company

211-217

Northwestern proper

Northwestern Union Line..

La Crosse, Trempealeau and Prescott Line..

212

215

216

Wisconsin Central R..

Green Bay and Minnesota R..

West Wisconsin ...

Mineral Point R.

Dubuque, Platteville and Milwaukee

218

219

. 220

. 221

222

Oshkosh and Mississippi R...

Chippewa Falls and Western R....

Wisconsin Valley R......

bles)...

222

224

225

Cost of all the Wisconsin, as reported to Secretary of State for 1873, (ta

174-176

D.

Lyon, Judge, Ackley & Vilas v8. C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co...

81

Ryan, Chief Justice-injunction.....

33

Ryan, Ch'f Just.-State vs. M. and Prairie du Chien Railroad Co.. 73

Decrees of Court, U. S. Dist. Court confirming sale of Min. Point R. R.. 83

Milwaukee and Mississippi R. R......

Mil. and Beloit R. R. Co..

Dodge, J. T., civil engineer, report of on cash value of C., M. & St. Paul
Railway..

E.

Edgerton, B. H., engineer, report of on value of C. M. & St. P. R'y'..... 187
Emerson, L. A., Supt. Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad, reply to
circular number 4...

Engineers, civil, report of, on cost of C. M. & St. Paul Railroad.

Fare on freight, legal rates (table)..

Farm Mortgage Land Company, sketch of grant to
mortgages given in aid of railroads..

Forms, of inquiry concerning classification of roads.
of inquiry of general freight agents....

of inquiry concerning local aid to railway companies.
of registers of deeds concerning farm mortgage aid......

of inquiry as to present value of railroads.

of annual report of railroad companies ...

of inquiry concerning roads in process of construction
Fox River V. R'y, statement concerning origin and cost..
Fractional miles, decision as to charges for..

3

2:29

250

4

16

19

20

23

38-49

34

99

27

Galena and Platteville-Table of classification, etc......

Grants.

See "Land Grants."

Green Bay, Milwaukee & Chicago Railroad, facts concerning origin and
cost of..

Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad-dispatch of Gen. Ft. Agent D. At-
wood to M. Pedrick...

Classification, locality and length of track, etc..

H.

Hastings & Dakota Division, C., M. & St. P. R. R.

I.

Inquiries, concerning classification of roads
of general freight agents.....
concerning local aid to railroads.

as to present cash value of railroads

of W. G. Swan, Supt. West Wis. R. R

of H. F. Whitcomb, as to fractional rule of passenger fares.

of railroad companies concerning land grants.
concerning farm mortgage aid...

Iowa and Minnesota division of C., M & St. Paul R'y.

J.

76

102

68

76

92

4

16

19, 20

23

25

27

32

20

82

Janesville and Mississippi, Racine R'y Co. (now Western Union)
origin and cast

98

L.

La Crosse and Milwaukee division of C., M. & St. P. R. R....

84

statement of stock, debt and cost

114-115

Lake Shore and Western R. R., inquiry of H. F. Whitcomb, Gen. Ft. Agt. 27
Land grants in aid of Wisconsin railways..

227-242

.......

acts and resolutions of congress relating to.

319-328

....

Land Office, General, Washington, D. C., letter to commissioner of...... 28

Table of land concessions by congress, reported by R. R. Commis-
sioners...

242

37

Lawler, J., letter describing pontoon bridge.
Laws relating to railroads-Abstract of all laws chartering roads, etc... 280
of congress, acts and resolutions in relation to land grants.... 319-328
Losses entailed by "Potter Law".

33-4

M.

Madison & Portage Railroad, abstract of laws conferring land grants

upon..

....

Manitowoc & Mississippi Railroad, origin, cost of, etc..
Mankato, Winona & New Ulm Railroad, cost of, etc

238
100

...

Merrill, S. S., Gen. Manager C., M. & St. P. R. R., tendering statements,

etc.

letter from, transmitting report of engineers of cash valuation of
C., M. & St. P. R. R.

Mileage of the railroads of Wisconsin (table).
of the several states (table)......
of the world.....

Miles, fractional, charges allowable for.
Milwaukee & Chicago, Green Bay, R. R

and Horicon R. R. Co., statistics..

and La Crosse Div., C. M. & St. P. R. R. statistics..

Lake Shore and Western, classification, locality, length, etc..

and Miss. (see "C., M. & St. P. R. R.")...

and St. Paul R. R., roads absorbed by it, statement of stock and
debt on..

and Southern Narrow-Gauge R'y, proposed

Mineral Point R. R., letter to superintendent of...

Minnesota Division, Iowa and C., M. & St. P. R. R., statistics.

Classification, locality and length of track

Mississippi, Manitowoc and R'y, origin and cost
Racine, Janesville and, R'y, origin and cost

76

72-5

279

27

102

90

85

76

112-128

30

8

76

82

100

98

Mitchell, Alex., Pres. C. M. & St. P. R. R. Co., letter of, to commissioners 21

Reply of Commissioner Hoyt to

Letter of, to Commissioner Paul

21

32

N.

Narrow-Gauge Railroad-the Galena and Southern Wisconsin

Papers, official, of the Commissioners, correspondence, etc

....

65, 67

Porter, H. H., General Manager of C. and N. W. R. R. Co., letter to Com-

Prairie du Chien division of C., M. and St. P. R. R...

and McGregor R. R., classification of, etc..

and McGregor R. R., Lawler, John, letter of, in relation to

3

R.

Racine, Janesville & Miss. R. R. Co. (now Western Union), statistics of

origin and cost

Railroad lands, inquiries concerning.

proposed Milwaukee and Southern Wisconsin Narrow Gauge

Railroads, (for divisions, see name of principal company.)

loans relating to, including date of charter, and all amendments
affecting each company, etc..

letter to presidents of C. & N. W. and C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., re-
questing comparative accounts for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1874. 25

"Potter Law," compared with rates on various railroads, west and

east

....

265-271

Rates, inquiries and answers concerning classification of..

4-18

Report, form of, for use of railroad companies.

Reports of J. P. Whaling, Auditor C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co...
O. E. Britt, Gen. Ft. Agt., upon loss of freight earnings.
of railroad companies, form of..

of civil engineers, C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co

38-49

34

34

38

188

25

28

90

101

49 50 51 52 53

Resolutions-asking certain roads to keep comparative accounts for
quarter ending Dec. 31, 1874....

establishing rule of charges for fractional miles
River Division C. M. & St. Paul R. R. statistics....
Rock River Valley Union R. R., origin, cost, ect..
Rood, J. L., complaints, etc., to commissioners...

S.

St. Croix and Lake Superior, classification and length of track, etc...... 76
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad-

letter from L. A. Emerson, Supt. of...

Table of classification, locality and length of track, etc.

7

76

Sill, W. R., engineer; report of, on value of C., M. & St. P. R'y..
States, United, mileage, cost and business of R'ys of....
Stearns, J. H., letter to commissioners on narrow-gauge railways, etc..
Stock of C., M. & St. Paul R'y Co., prices of, in New York .
C. & N. W. R'y Co., do......

186

...

72

32

132

140

Stock and debt of all Wisconsin roads, statement of, in reports of compa-
nies

} of Mil. & St. Paul and of roads absorbed by it. (Tables)..

of Milwaukee and Mississippi ....

Stock and Debt of La Crosse & Milwaukee R. R.

of Milwaukee & Monroe R..

of Fox Lake R.......

of Mil., Watertown & Baraboo R
of Racine & Mississippi R......
of Western Union R...

of Prairie du Chien & McGregor.
of Madison & Portage R..

Streeter, J. & A. C. & Co., of Oconomowoc, complaint

Swan, W. G, Supt. West Wis. R. R. Co., reply to circular No. 4..

Inquiries of Commissioners to.

Letter of, to Attorney General..

Sugar Valley R. R., facts concerning origin and cost

139

140

141

142

.....

152

153

154

. 155

....

. 156

158
160-3

161

164

165

166

167

168

170

172

68 69

8

25

66

100