STATIONS. Number of stations on all roads owned by this company Number of stations on all roads operated by this company 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 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 242 1,702,549 1,514 4 37 Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa. Nine. Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa. Nine. ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa.. Average length of sections, miles.. 162 51 Average number of men in each section gang . 5.22 Number of new ties laid in track during the year in Iowa. 306,435 313 187 Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa, miles 181 What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on branches in Iowa... 8. 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 steel rails last in your 6 CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality? Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, at Columbus Junction and West Liberty. Burlington & Western, at Oskaloosa. Keokuk & Des Moines, at Knoxville Junction and Eldon. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, at Harvey, Belknap, Centerville, and Des Moines (twice). Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, at Fairfield, Des Moines, Indianola, Council Bluffs and Ottumwa. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Neola, Council Bluffs, Ottumwa. Central Iowa, at Grinnell, and Givin. Wisconsin, Iowa & Nebraska, at Des Moines [twice]. Chicago & Northwestern, at Council Bluffs. Des Moines & Ft. Dodge, at Des Moines, and Valley Junction. Des Moines, Osceola & Southwestern, at Lathrop. Des Moines, St. Louis & Northern, at Des Moinês. Council Bluffs & Kansas City, at Farmington. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern, at Keokuk. What railroads cross your road, either over or under, and at what locality? Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Davenport, Homestead, Sigourney. Central Iowa, at Oskaloosa. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, at Iowa City. Chicago, Burlington & Pacific, at Oskaloosa, and Brighton. Burlington & Western, at Brighton. Number of highway crossings at grade.. Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen. Number of highway crossings over railroad. Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track 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. No data. 655 20 25 44 23 346.50 1.20 532,224.00 294 Number of baggage, mail and express cars Number of parlor and sleeping cars (in 20 of them we own half interest). Number of dining cars Officers' cars, 2; pay cars, 1. Number of box freight cars Number of stock cars 98 Number of platform and coal cars. 131 1,694 1,825 Number of other cars (including caboose). 84 803 887 Kind of brake: Automatic air, 76; American, 1; Eames, 1. 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 36 tons; tons.. MILEAGE TRAFFIC, ETC. 214 240 35 23 219 Average number of cars in passenger trains... 6 160 21 Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight, tons.. Total number of passengers carried .. Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile 181,663 1,766,486 860,313 4 2 Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile). 1,763,314 1,628,106 3,391,420 .457.934,373 .301,893,557 .759,827,930 98 1.38 1.10 Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile. CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east. Total freight car mileage... Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east to all freight cars hauled east. Percentage of empty freight cars hauled west to all freight cars hauled west.. .817 18.8 39,106,483 39,830,263 10,485,981 10,634,190 100,056,917 21.14 21.07 SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles per hour. Manufactures-articles shipped from point of production Total tons carried.... 22 to 25 10 to 15 TONS. PER CENT. 781,580 23.05 152 961 4.51 69,457 2.05 294,835 8.69 43,199 1.27 407,939 12.03 445,743 13.14 43.009 1.27 32,735 0.97 |