CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south Total freight car mileage....... 26,867,513 27,846,765 8,034,838 5,061,366 67,810,482 Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and south to all freight cars hauled east and south........... 23.02 Percentage of empty freight cars hauled west and north to all freight cars hauled west and north 15.40 SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles....... 25 13 TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT BURLINGTON, IOWA, FOR THE TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE AT EAST PLATTSMOUTH, IOWA, FOR Grain...... Flour. TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE STATE OF IOWA. Per Tons. cent. Provisions (beef, pork, lard etc) Animals..... Other agricultural products. Lumber and forest products.. Coal......... Plaster, lime and cement.. Salt...... Iron, steel and castings.. Stone and brick................. Manufactures-artieles shipped from point of production.... Merchandise, and other articles not enumerated above Total tons carried.... ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. EXPRESS COMPANIES. What express companies run on your road, and on what terms, and what conditions as to rates, etc.; what kind of business is done by them, and do you take their freights at the depot, or at the office of such express company? The American Express Company does the usual express business, receiving and caring for the same and delivering the same at trains. The railroad company furnishes accommodations in its passenger trains for the express business and the express company pays an agreed rate for the same and is not limited as to the class of traffic it shall carry. SLEEPING CARS. Do sleeping, parlor, or dining-cars run on your road, and if so, on what terms do they run, by whom are they owned, and what charges are made in addition to regular passenger rates? The Pullman Palace Car Company runs its own sleepers over the road and collects all revenue for sleeping accommodations. The railroad company keeps the cars in repair outside and the Pullman Company inside. The railroad company runs its own dining cars. What is the total amount paid by your company to palace or sleeping-car companies, to what companies, and the amount paid to each? Please state fully the arrangement by which these cars run on your road, the terms, and who receives the earnings. The only amount paid is for repairs to Pullman sleeping-cars. The Pullman Company receives all the earnings. UNITED STATES MAIL IN IOWA. What is the compensation paid you by the United States Government for the transportation of its mail on your road in Iowa, and on what terms of service? On main line two times each way daily except Sundays. On branches and at small stations, one time each way. Receipts in Iowa for year ending June 30, 1886, $222,213.68. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? $1,867.95. TELEGRAPH. How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? 838. What other company, if any, owns a line of telegraph on your right of way in Iowa, and how many miles do each own? No other telegraph company owns lines on our road. 1 LANDS-CONGRESSIONAL GRANT. State the number of acres of land your company has already received from the Congressional grants........ 358,424.00 State the number of acres yet to inure to your company from Congressional grants... ...None. State the average price at which these lands have been sold or contracted by the company... State the number of acres sold..... 12.06 341,602.54 State the amount received from sales, principal and interest State the amount unpaid on outstanding contracts, principal and interest....... State the gross amount received from sales, contracts, forfeited contracts and miscellaneous, up to June 30, 1886......... 4,894,745.65 State the amount expended in sale and management of lands..... 5,345,194.51 260,000.55 State the amount realized from the sale of lands above the expenses incurred in the management and taxes...... 4,501,073.18 Foot caught in frog; run over; killed Bridge blew down; arm, shoulder and leg sprained, Way car handled rough; badly bruised. Cars collided; arm bruised, head cut. Coupling; killed. Fell from train; chest bruised and ankle sprained. Coupling; two fingers pinched. Brake-rod broke; back bruised. Pilot of engine fell on him; badly bruised. Train derailed; elbow bruised. Getting off train; legs crushed; died. Engine lever struck him; arm bruised. Lump coal fell on him; head cut. Fell from ladder; head bruised. Fell off car; killed. Struck by bridge; killed. Run over; leg crushed. Knocked down by engine; killed. Fell from car; head cut, shoulder bruised. Collision; collar-bone broken. Fell from engine; back and arm bruised. Piece of iron struck him; leg cut. Run over; killed. Fell from train; body bruised. Trunk fell on him: legs bruised. Crossing track; killed. Crossing track; badly hurt. Under engine; steam escaped; face scalded. Timber fell on him; head cut. Buzz saw; fingers of left hand taken off. Struck by engine; badly bruised. Coupling; arm broken. Getting off train; foot crushed and shoulder bruised. No. 2 ran into side of No. 5; bruised and shaken up. No. 2 ran into side of No. 5; neck and shoulders injured, |