Number of other cars (including 144 combination cars)

Number of platform and coal cars.

Total number of cars.

Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, 47 tons; tenders full
of fuel and water.

Average weight of locomotives and tenders, tons.
Number of locomotives equipped with train brake.
Kind of brake: Westinghouse Air.

Maximum weight of passenger cars, tons
Average weight of passenger cars, tons..
Number of cars equipped with train brake.
Kind of brake: Westinghouse Air.

Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer
The amount of tonnage that can be carried over your road exclusive
of cars, by an engine of given weight. Weight of engine, 47
tons, tóns..

MILEAGE, TRAFFIC, ETC.

191

18

33

20

450

3.7

115

18.5

214

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, tons.

Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile.
Average distance traveled by each passenger.
Average amount received from each passenger.
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.

Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile).
Total mileage of local freight (tons carried one mile)..

Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile.

.0124

.0310

.0153

.4000

Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight, cents
Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents...
Average rate per ton per mile received for all freight, cents.
Average cost per ton per mile to move freight, cents.
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). . . . . . .

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...

19.8656

5,336,517

3,994,507

1,421,794

2,569,676

13,322,494

21

39

Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and south to all
freight cars hauled east and south..
Percentage of empty freight cars hauled west and north to all
freight cars hauled west and north..

SPEED OF TRAINS. IN IOWA.

Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles per hour
Rate of speed of freight trains, including stops, miles per hour.......

Stone and brick.

TONS.

PER
CENT.

178,654

19.39

25,748

2.79

15,808

1.72

96,710

10.50

9,594

1.04

250,586

27.20

61,454

6.67

Manufactures-articles shipped from point of production
Merchandise, and other articles not enumerated above..

Total tons carried..

TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

We keep no separate record for Iowa.

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? United States Express Company pays a fixed sum for transporting within and up to a fixed limit of weights, and one and onehalf first class rates on excess. The railroad company does not handle or have anything to do with the express matter or rates thereon as charged by express company, but simply carries when placed in baggage car.

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's sleepers run on our road. We pay that company same rate per mile as for a coach hired of any railroad company. 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 Pullman Palace Car Company receive the earnings, $8,111.36.

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? $150.48 per mile per annum for main line in Iowa. Payable quarterly.

TELEGRAPH.

How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? None. What other company, if any, owns a line of telegraph on your right of way in Iowa, and how many miles do each own? Western Union Telegraph Company, fifty-two miles.

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

Coupling cars; finger mashed.
Unloading rails; finger cut off.

Hand-car jumped track; bruised.
Hand-car jumped track; bruised.

C., B. & Q. switch engine run into side of train; bruised.
C., B. & Q. switch engine run into side of train; bruised.
C., B. & Q. switch engine run into side of train: bruised.

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Number of casualties purely accidental during the year.

7

Number resulting from lack of caution, carelessness, or misconduct.. None.

Number of trespassers on track injured.

None.

Number of tramps and others stealing rides killed or injured

.None.

Suicides in Iowa..

None.

OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES.

President-Henry Parkman, Boston, Mass.
Vice-President-T. J. Potter, Chicago, Ill.

Secreta y-A. G. Stanwood, Boston, Mass.

Treasurer-E. E. Pratt, Boston, Mass.

General Manager J. F. Barnard, St. Joseph, Mo.

Superintendent J. R. Hardy, St. Joseph, Mo.

Assistant Superintendents-D. H. Winton, St. Joseph, Mo.; A. B. Barnard,

Kansas City, Mo.

Chief Engineer-C. C. Chandler, St. Joseph, Mo.

Superintendent of Telegraph-G. M. Hohl, St. Joseph, Mo.

Auditor-C. M. Carter, St. Joseph, Mo.

General Passenger Agent—A. C. Dawes, St. Joseph, Mo.

General Freight Agent-E. J. Swords, St. Joseph, Mo.
General Solicitor-Strong & Mosman, St. Joseph.

DIRECTORS.

Henry Parkman, Boston, Mass.

E. E. Pratt, Boston, Mass.

W. J. Ladd, Boston, Mass.

A. G. Stanwood, Boston, Mass.

R. C. Watson, Boston, Mass.

N. II. Stone, Boston, Mass.

W. W. Baldwin, Burlington, Iowa.

J. F. Barnard, St. Joseph, Mo.

C. M. Carter, St. Joseph, Mo.

Date of annual meeting of stockholders, first Tuesday in March.

Fiscal year of company ends December 31.

General offices of the company are located at St. Joseph, Buchanan county, Missouri.