Show I ANNUAL 0 L REPORT tr T Tf OF f RIO I b President Jefery Tells What hat UK the thel Roads l olds Burnings liace Been for 0 Twelve Months Past r FREIGHT SHOWS A DEGREASE DECREASE This his ls Due lue Largely Lr el to Latter Labor Troubles In Colorado The Situation in Utah Utahn I n Il T Jeffery Jefery president of ot the of ot railroads ham imi hanle l Rio Bio Grand flied filed lit lila hll report re rt for tor the year ending Jum JUIP 10 SO o nOI Time The he report shows a R falling oft OP of In the roads road earnings which hO however r rIi I III Ii Is Attributed largely larrel to labor labor In Colorado and md nd his hat hi no tO whatever with bu business lne n In thin this stein The U is I principally In freight flight earnings white while hlll passenger earnings show ho a healthy increase A compare comparative tive Ih summary umma of ot the gross r earnings ruin for tor forthe tort forthe the t he past pall two t Wu 11 follow 1101 Freight Passenger I 1631 EL mall mail mi uli ut 10 TUa 11 lUG Total hotel 10 ll FINANCIAL nn on the he showing im in A I In Inthe Inthe the report Jeffery says wyn 1 The income of ot your our company durl the lie fiscal ducal year ending June Jun SO 30 1104 In boiling 11 and nl lends received was wai wa tl a B de dl tease ireane of nC KS H II as compared with the je PA r The rue 1 If giot earning from rein operation dt decrease crea of ot vere ert HUU IIO H B The lon Win were ert a 1 decrease of ot 0 end the net 1 earnIngs were a The percentages percentage decraM of oC S of f decrease e were fre In II gross groan rOll earnings earning 4 per lien cent In US per Ier cent nl and amid andIn In n net nel earnings 40 per iier leI remit cent cont After Clr for eli all against In Itu ni com Including two 11 henna of JH a 4 per lien cent each arh upon the pre pro preferred l leI stack flock of t tile the e contributing 00 lo to the fund run tImers there remained n a 1 from froll roam lie years IRrl operatIon ot f t THAUS 11 AIS for the year 11 the UI report say nay that between Pelt Halt take Lake IBI itt 1 And O den n the Ih w rk of or reducing trades tirade 1 In is II beIng curle lo to completion stid about In is II hd and simil the track rack ballasted with wih The l narrow gauge nf ot the lie company him been n reduced to 10 a miles mi Ii Old In this connection the report says taya It ItIn I I In 5 thus the Intention of the lh company to 10 widen time the gauge net between And Irand Junction and 11 on the North Northfork fork Ok branch It Is made malle to the of oC the track to 10 retted rested Butte sad find time the construction of ot the new flew ne steel Ir uridge 1 at lt COLOR ADA LAHOn TROLl tILES to this the th loss loti lossa On the rattles leading UI up In a freight imbue President Jeffery en ionic the Ille of oC leo GO Pen Peabody body In lo Io Colorado labor troubles trouble and ant continue The shrinkage In freight traffic UHS 1118 by Ih unsettled abor llor con which prevailed In II the th coal ro 1 and amid In tome collie of oC the Ih mining of ot Coin Coll ado rado For FOI n It 1 of ot yearn IK the re 1 rest lt t I Mit and threatening attitude of or UM tt 11 ala aln classes alt ot of labor ha lies ly nf at If the tho material Interests Interest of ot ado rado fettel ha ha bait retarded the Ih development of ot other her ler natural and ha baa Impelled I the he free trl of Cf r in lii II enter I of 01 kInds Since 1191 Alien the tha CM lit II i ripple Creek occurred o the lemenU iii II the ral e of ot labor re rr f erred l to have hueve train from to lime in 11 resorted to 10 H i Jl HP as tar for or instance In 1194 1 96 In I ad I ills when property antI and anI life were ere ft in the governor 1 tate troops tropH there for or nearly HI ai nix to preserve order and nd e 8 to 10 the laws lawsIn lawsIn In 1901 o on I Imm II n mm the dl reached hv by b th he hue lila Ulo lo raIlroad which curb were repeated In II 1902 and Wi ind ml II Ir the early earl of oC 1901 State Hute were wrt r required to life lit ind ml property and enforce respect fur for he the low law la Throughout the greater por Pr lort io of at ft tile the last herd year Clr the th Creel r reck el district was In A condition of QC r lawlessness until finally Ihl he governor In time the performance of ot hl hue hlA dUl luty afforded protection to life ami aud Aol and nO order by IJ b the hue use une U usef l lot ot if f ti tl the tae state troops HM Ills patriot ind nii commendable course lu lit luhe II lithe he gradual resumption of bu lne H In II Intoe he toe referred to and gave gal to abiding cItIzens u a I feeling 1111 or I ty U I nd tad to employers employer of nf labor an op 01 for fOI ol active opera opeia cloy 00 WELL in iii II the coal minim mum mug of Utah where serious labor occurred the thu governor of hat state a R and course nura and amid thus thui enabled tin iii real eat nail roal mining interests Inter Bt nf ot the lie stat tJ j Li to 10 their former activity It I Ix ho 1 and 1401 believed that In the near fu fit tUI ire the mining Mid cuni nd manufacturIng In Iii 11 that hat have been Jn en o I Cr f r rI I will again equal and c their former degree degre of tir Ir Ill ii I iv I V accompanied by b a II r of Ir r rI ll li I ft It eight 1111 end and nd revenues hunch fr re r enjoyed by I your our company I he hI earning of ot the Illo hito 10 t ru rile 1 from rain the labor hIe le C iii 11 The Th freight earnings earning f r this branch for the Ih year amounted 1 to 3 91 compared with fir fr c ct lh h t year nr The total earnIngs earning of f r this thin brunch branch were lre m ll l showing Knowing a falling off or of 94 The Tho creases to showing I for lor or the he th year jear ear of |