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 Average weight of locomotives and tenders, tons. Maximum weight of passenger cars, tons Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer 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. Total mileage of through 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 CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south........... 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 SPEED OF TRAINS. IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles per hour Stone and brick. TONS. PER 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 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. Hand-car jumped track; bruised. C., B. & Q. switch engine run into side of train; bruised. ! 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. 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. 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. |