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. 19,233 4,407 $ 11,180,902.56 2,503,857.21 RENEWAL OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS IN IOWA. Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges during the year (feet B. M.) Amount of trestle work replaced with earth during the year (lineal feet).. *Timber culverts replaced with stone. *Timber culverts replaced with sewer pipe *Timber culverts replaced with timber. Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa: Six to eight. Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa: Six to eight years when trusses are not roofed in, and from twelve to sixteen years when roofed. ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa.. Average length of sections, miles, about Average number of new ties per mile of road in renewal... 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? 257 5 391,762 297 35 Chicago & Northwestern, at Clinton, Lyons, Delmar Junction, De Witt, Wheatland, Tama City, Sheldahl, Council Bluffs, Calliope. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, at Donnan, Nora Junction, Emmetsburg, Plymouth Junction, Noels. Central Iowa, at State Center Junction, Mason City. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, at Jamaica. Des Moines & Fort Dodge, at Perry, Ruthven. Chicago, Rock Island & l'acific, at Neola, Council Bluffs, Davenport. Illinois Central, at Dubuque, Charles City. Wisconsin, Iowa & Nebraska, at Melbourne. Minneapolis & St. Louis, at Britt. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, at Sheldon. Cedar Rapids & Marion, between Cedar Rapids and Marion. What railroads cross your road, either over of under, and at what locality? Central Iowa at Pickering. St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern, at Madrid. Illinois Central, at Delaware. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, west of Louisa. How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year. Give the number of miles needed on both sides of your track in each county in Iowa: We are unable to give the informa tion here requested, at present. 476,672.00 1 Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons. Maximum weight of passenger cars, tons. 658 268 207 54 9 12,866 2,341 4,119 416 20,280 65 45 182 26 23 510 510 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. Cannot state. 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 PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Number of through passengers carried... Number of local and special ticket passengers carried.. Total number of passengers carried........ Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile . 4.7 110 21 231 225,270 4,521,380 4,746,650 230,914,056 485 1.2430 .0400 .0125 .0255 FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Number of tons of through freight carried. Total tons of freight carried.. Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile) Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile.. Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight, Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents. state. .88 1.44 1.36 CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south... 59,817,144 77,164,701 36,679,986 20,139,141 193,800,972 Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and south to all 18.761 359,354 6.213 Provisions (beef, pork, lard, etc.) Animals TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT SABULA, IOWA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1884. TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT M'GREGOR, IOWA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1884. 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, and United States Express Company; doing a general express business. Freights taken from express companies at depots. 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. Sleeping-cars are run by the Pullman Palace Car Company, which makes its own regular charges for accommodations therein. Diuing cars are run by the C., M. & St. P. R'y Co.; rate, 75 cents per meal. Parlor cars are run by the C., M. & St. P. R'y Co.; rates are from 25 cents to 50 cents, according to the distance traveled. 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. |