ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. Name, description and length of each: 25.00 Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway, between Moulton and 14.11 Total length of above roads. 39.11 Total miles of road operated by this company. Total length of above roads in Iowa. Total miles of road operated by this company in Iowa STATIONS. 36 22 18 Number of stations on all roads owned by this company Number of stations on all roads operated by this company. Number of telegraph offices in stations in Iowa. EMPLOYES. Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this company. Same in Iowa Amount paid employes, including officials, on all roads operated by this company. Same in Iowa... Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa. Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges during the year (feet B. M.)....... 371,246 9 Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa (uncovered). 1 8 ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa.. Average length of sections.. Average number of men in each section gang Number of new ties laid in track during the year in Iowa. 13 в 3 33,400 430 .51 .51 10 What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on main line in Iowa.. 12 What is the average number of years that ties last in your track in 8 Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa, miles CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality? Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, at Farmington. Number of highway crossings at grade.. Number of highway crossings under railroad.. FENCING IN IOWA. 60 1 How many miles of your road are fenced 35.60 .90 What is the total cost of same (estimated). Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer. Average number of cars in passenger trains... Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight (estimated), PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Total number of passengers carried Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile. 120,303 160,576 4,994 285,873 2 74 14 178 Total tons of freight carried Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile. No record. CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south. SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops Manufactures-articles shipped from point of production 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? American Express Company does the usual express business. Pays one and one-fourth first class rates for freight on all freight but butter and eggs, which is shipped at first class rates, and half fare for messenger. Express company takes freight at the depot, loads, unloads and cares for the same. 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? None. 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. Nothing. UNITED STATES MAIL IN IOWA. What is the compensation paid you by the United States Government for the transportation of its mails on your road in Iowa, and on what terms of service? $61.56 per mile. Service daily each way, except Sundays. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? Included in the cost of station service." TELEGRAPH. How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? 109.65 miles. 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 company owns line. Line operated jointly with Western Union Telegraph Company. |