ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT.

Name, description and length of each:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, between Burlington and
Viele

25.00

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway, between Moulton and
Bloomfield.

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
Same in Iowa.

Number of stations on all roads operated by this company.
Same in Iowa..

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.
Average number of new ties per mile of road ..
New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-steel [45.1650
tons, miles...

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
Iowa.

8

Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa, miles
What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your
track on main line in Iowa..

CROSSINGS IN IOWA.

What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality?
Keokuk & Northwestern, at Donnellson.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, at Farmington.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, at Sedan.

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
What is the average cost per rod.

35.60

.90

What is the total cost of same (estimated).
How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year.

Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons
Average weight of locomotives and tenders...
Number of locomotives equipped with train brake
Kind of brake: Westinghou-e air.

Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer.

Average number of cars in passenger trains...
Average weight of passenger trains, exclusive of passengers, tons.
Average number of cars in freight trains..

Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight (estimated),
tons.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Total number of passengers carried

Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile.
Average distance traveled by each passenger, miles..
Average amount received from each passenger, cents.
Highest rate of fare per mile for any distance, cents...
Lowest rate of fare per mile for any distance, cents.
Average rate of fare per mile for all passengers, cents.

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.
Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents....
Average rate per ton per mile received for all freight. No record.
Average cost per ton per mile to move freight. No record.
Percentage of freight originating at, and carried to stations in
Iowa, to total freight carried in Iowa. (This should not in-
clude fuel or any material for the use of the road.) No record.

CAR MILEAGE.

Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south.
Number of miles run by loaded freight cars west and north.
Number of miles run by empty freight cars east and south.
Number of miles run by empty freight cars west and north.
Total freight car mileage.

SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA.

Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops
Rate of speed of freight trains, including stops...

Manufactures-articles 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? 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.

REPORT OF ACCIDENTS FOR IOWA DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1884.