EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Commissioners of Railroads

TO THE

GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA,

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 1897,

And reports of the operating companies for year ending June 1, 1897.

BISMARCK, N. D.:

TRIBUNE, STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS,

1898.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF RAILROADS,
BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 1, 1897.

To HON. FRANK A. BRIGGS,

Governor of the State of North Dakota:

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SIR: As required by law we have the honor to submit to you the Eighth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Railroads of North Dakota for the year ending November 1, 1897, together with the annual reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, of the following six railway companies, viz: Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and the Chicago & Northwestern Railway.

Respectfully submitted,

GEO. H. KEYES, Chairman.
L. L. WALTON,

J. R. GIBSON,

Commissioners.

J. E. PHELAN, Secretary.