UNITED STATES MAIL IN IOWA. What is the compensation paid you by the U. S. Government for the transportation of its mails on your road in Iowa, and on what terms of service. The rate of pay for transporting the U. S. mails is not permanently fixed. The mails are weighed for periods fixed by the P.O. Department, and upon the result of the weighing the rate of compensation is based. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? Not kept. TELEGRAPH. How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? 350 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? the Western Union Telegraph Co., 1,021 miles. Right of way on which there is no telegraph line, 39 miles. LANDS-CONGRESSIONAL GRANT. State the number of acres of land your company has already State the number of acres yet to inure to your company from State the average price at which these lands have been sold or State the number of acres sold.. State the amount received from sales, (purchase price)..... State the gross amount received from sales, contracts, for feited contracts, etc., up to June 30, 1884. State the amount expended in sale and management of lands.. State the amount of taxes paid on lands. State the amount realized from the sale of lands above the expenses incurred in the management and taxes, including amounts unpaid on outstanding contracts, and after deducting $201,586.03 for breaking credits allowed.. 328,799.89 4.68 291,441.66 $ 1,366,677.72 259,756.44 1,496,311.40 106,410.88 26,321.59 1,161,992.90 STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS FOR IOWA DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1884. Train broke in two-fell between cars; leg broken in two places. Laid her head on track: killed. oupling cars; finger crushed. Train broke in two; killed. Foot caught between pilot and rail; legs crushed. Fell off car; legs cut off; killed. Train wrecked by bull on track; head and body hurt. Train wrecked by bull on track; back hurt. Train wrecked by bull on track; back and arm hurt. Train wrecked by bull on track; breast and sides hurt. Coupling cars; two fingers crushed. Stopping car with pinch bar; car ran over his breast; killed. Train ran into hand-car; arm, ribs broken; hurt internally; died. Coupling cars; arm cut off and leg broken; killed. Throwing hand car off track : leg broken. Coupling cars; injured. Coupling cars- not his business; head crushed. Brake staff broke; leg cut off. Fell off train; hip sprained and ankle broken. Coupling car to engine; leg bruised and cut. Fell off train: ankle crushed, arm broken, and head bruised. Crossing track; killed. Coupling cars; head crushed; killed. Foot caught in draft-iron; killed. Fell off hand-car; leg broken. Standing on track'; killed. Crossing track hip broken and side bruised. Switching cars; killed. Engines colliding; toes and shoulder bruised. Engine turned over; killed. [jured. Hand-car struck bracket; nose broken, legs, arm and shoulder in Jumping on gravel train; killed. Coupling cars; two fingers cut off. Coupling cars; hand crushed. Caught by brake; foot crushed. Crossing track with team; head cut and back bruised. Struck by bridge; ankle broken and head jammed. Coupling cars; finger crushed. Foot caught under tender; killed. Number of persons killed during the year.. Suicides in Iowa.. 19 29 17 27 3 1 Number of persons injured during the year. Number of casualties purely accidental during the year. Number resulting from lack of caution, carelessness or misconduct.. OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES. President-Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee. Vice-President-Julius Wadsworth, New York. Second Vice-President—J. B. Dumont, New York. Secretary-P. M. Myers, Milwaukee. Treasurer-R. D. Jennings, Milwaukee. General Manager-S. S. Merrell, Milwaukee. Assistant General Manager-Roswell Miller, Milwaukee. General Superintendent J. T. Clark, Milwaukee. Assistant General Superintendents—D. A. Olin, Racine; A. J. Earling, Milwaukee; C, II. Prior, Minneapolis. Division Superintendents-R. B. Campbell, Marion; George O. Clinton, Chicago; S. J. Collins, Milwaukee; W. G. Collins, Milwaukee; L. B. Rock, Milwaukee; W. M. Keilie, Minneapolis; G. W. Sanborn, Mason City; C. W. Case, Dubuque; H. R. Williams, Minneapolis; W. J. Underwood, Sioux City; F. D. Underwood, La Crosse; J. H. Lakey, Wabasha. Chief Engineer-D. J. Whittemore, Milwaukee. General Passenger Agent-A. V. H. Carpenter, Milwaukee. General Solicitor-John W. Cary, Milwaukee. DIRECTORS. Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee. Julius Wadsworth, New York. James T. Woodward, New York. J. Stillman, New York. J. C. Easton, La Crosse. Date of annual meeting of stockholders, June. Fiscal year of company ends December 31. General offices of the company are located at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roswell Miller, Assistant General Manager, and P. M. Myers, Secretary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, being duly sworn, depose and say that they have caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this company, and, having carefully examined the same, declare them to be a true, full, and correct statement of the condition of affairs of said company on the thirtieth day of June, A. D. 1884, to the best of their knowledge and belief. (Signed), ROSWELL MILLER. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 22d day of September. A. D. 1884. Received and filed in the office of the Commissioner of Railroads, this 25th day of September, A. D. 1884. E. G. MORGAN, Secretary. |