Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile. FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Number of tons of through freight carried. Total tons of freight carried..... Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile) ... 10,672,108 3.2 2.1 2.31 .43 Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile..... Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight, cents Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents... Average rate per ton per mile received for all freight, cents.. Average cost per ton per mile to move freight, ce: ts... Percentage of freight originating at, and carried to stations in Iowa, to total freight carried in Iowa. (This should not include fuel or any material for the use of the road.) CAR MILEAGF. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars south.. Total freight car mileage. Percentage of empty freight cars hauled south to all freight cars hauled south.. Percentage of empty freight cars hauled north to all freight cars hauled north... SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles per hour. What express companies run on vour 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; $15.00 per day. American Express carries through freight between Des Moines and Angus; compensation, one and a half first class freight rates. Freight taken from express companies at depot. 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? $8,948.04 per annum; one train each way per day, except Sunday. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? $300.00. TELEGRAPII. 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, 137.08. 1 LANDS-CONGRESSIONAL GRANT. State the number of acres of land your company has already 40,606.85 State the number of acres yet to inure to your company from State the average price at which these lands have been sold or None. 6.00 State the number of acres sold.. State the amount received from sales. State the amount unpaid on outstanding contracts.. State the gross amount received from sales, contracts, for- State the amount expended in sale and management of lands.. State the amount realized from the sale of lands above the Number of persons killed during the year... 1 Number resulting from lack of caution, carelessness, or misconduct. 1 OFFICERS OF COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES. President-C. E. Whitehead, New York. General Superintendent―C. N. Gilmore, Des Moines. Superintendent of Telegraph—J. T. Hoke, Des Moines. General Passenger Agent-G. W. Ogelvie, Des Moines. DIRECTORS, NAME AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS. Charless E. Whitehead, New York. A. G. Agnew, New York. Date of annual meeting of stockholders, first Thursday in June. General offices of the company are located at Des Moines, Iowa. 1 |