Operating expenses and taxes per mile of road, operated (142.90 miles).. Operating expenses and taxes per train mile run, for trains earning revenue (286,857 miles)... Proportion of operating expenses and taxes for • $ 1,636.57 .83 All Iowa. Expenses of running and management of freight trains 55.026.30 38,378.54 104.929.20 39,572.40 $ 237,906.44 63 GENERAL EXHIBIT. Expenses of running and management of all trains earning Net earnings. Kentals, specifying amount paid to each company: Interest accruing during the year Interest paid during the year. Interest paid during the year on account of the road in Iowa... Interest on funded debt Interest paid cn funded debt.. Interest on floating debt. Interest paid on floating debt Interest falling due during the year and not paid. Balance at commencement of the year Balance at the close of the year, June 30, 1884. All. GENERAL RECAPITULATION. Total income.. Total operating expenses and taxes. Net income above operating expenses and taxes Net income above operating expenses, taxes, interest and rental Gross income per train mile run (286,857 miles). 373,749.55 237,906.44 135,843.11 19,210.69 Amount absorbed in construction and equipment. Amount in material and balances from other roads. GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, AT THE CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS, DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Length main line of road from Des Moines to Ruthven, miles From Fort Dodge Junction to Fort Dodge. Aggregate length of track, computed as single track, exclu sive of sidings 137.83 Total length of steel rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of sidings. Total length of iron rails in tracks in Iowa.. 85.30 52.53 Weights per yard, steel, 56 lbs. Weights per yard, iron. 50 lbs. Gauge of track, 4 feet 84 inches. ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES, OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. Name, description and length of each in miles: Illinois Central Railroad, from Tara to Fort Dodge Junction. Total length of above roads in Jowa 5.07 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. 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.. Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges dur ing the year (feet B. M.), pile bridge... 37,940 Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa... Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa.... ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa. Average length of sections, miles.. Average number of men in each section gang. Number of new ties laid in track during the year in Iowa. 12 23 5.1 4 12,377 51 24 New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa, iron, tons. What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your What is the average number of years that ties last in your track in Iowa? Seven years. CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality? Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at Valley Junction. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific at Waukee. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul at Perry. Minneapolis & St. Louis at Angus. Chicago & Northwestern at Grand Junction. Chicago & Northwestern at Gowrie. Illinois Central at Tara. Chicago & Northwestern at Rolfe. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul at Ruthven. Number of highway crossings at grade... . 109 FENCING IN IOWA. How many miles of your road in Iowa are fenced. How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year.. 3.50 Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons. MILEAGE, TRAFFIC, ETC. 11 230 Average number of cars in passenger trains... 3 Average weight of passenger trains, exclusive of passengers, pounds 142,000 Average number of cars in freight trains. Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight, pounds.. 18 420,000 |