· BRIDGES BUILT WITHIN THE YEAR IN IOWA. Total..... *Above replaces fron bridge moved to "Trout run," near Decorah. Give tbe average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iow... Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa. 7 ROAD-BED AND TRACK. 139 6 7.6 168,739 236 20.13 20.13 Number of track sections in Iowa... tons), miles... your track on main line in Iowa? From 3 to 4 years. What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on branches in Iowa? Froma 4 to 8 years. What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on main line in Iowa Steel laid in 1876 still good. What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on branches in Iowa? What is the average number of years that ties last in your track in Iowa? White oak, 6 years; soft wood, 4 years.. CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality? Central Iowa, at Morning Sun, Abbott and Belmond. tion. of Emmetsburg. What railroads cross your road, either over or under and at what locality? Chicago & Northwestern, at Nassua, overhead. Iowa City Division. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, at Iowa City, under Iowa City Division. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Linn, under main line, and Milwau kee Division. Number of highway crossings at grade.... 988 Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen. 4 Number of bighway crossings over railroad. 3 Number of highway crossings under railroad. 7 Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track. Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track... None FENCING IN IOWA. 153.00 How many miles of your road in Iowa are fenced...... year? in each county in Iowa: 19.00 1.2 21.6 16.00 13.5 6.6 12.7 2.3 18.7 17.4 2.7 4.1 2.6 7.53 3.6 2.7 26.2 26.2 4.1 10.6 1.1 2.9 19.3 0 . Total miles.... 247.63 ROLLING STOCK. Number of locomotives 96 80 14 12 2 3,169 113 666 74 Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons. and buffer.. sive of cars, by an engine of given weight. (Weight of 57 30 250 3.5 Average number of cars in passenger trains.. tons. 75 15 210 PASSENGER TRAFFIC. *Number of through passengers carried. Number of local passengers carried.. 107,776 442,576 Total number of passengers carried. 550,372 Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile... 27,384,495 49.75 1.2236 3.50 1.50 .2 45 FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Number of tons of through freight carried... 1,268,102 478,286 Total tons of freight carried..... 1,746,388 *Represents the number of passengers carried on through tickets Issued by agents to or from foreign stations, to and from Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern points; also tickets Issued to passengers to and from foreign points passing over the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway. Last year's reportlias only reference to this latter class of passengers, hence the difference. Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile)... Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile.. 163,913,967 30,456,860 194,370,827 Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight.. cents in Iowa, to total íreight carried in Iowa. 1.12 0.40 29.40 CAR MILEAGE. 1 Number of miles run by loaded freight cars south. 8,536,935 11,244,629 4,433,039 2,312,108 Total freight car mileage... 26,526,611 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.. 34.179 17.055 SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles... from 23 to 28 : from 10 to 13, TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED, Grain tion.. Total tons carried.. 1,746,388 100. TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE STATE OF IOWA. Grain. tion Total tons carried . 1,741,275 100, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. EXPRESS COMPANIES. 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? Up to January 1, 1885, the American Express Company paid us $125.00 a day-business with this company since January, 1885, disconcontinued. From July 1, 1884, to January 1, 1885, the United States Express Company paid us $275.00 a month; from January 1st to June 30th, we received from this company $3,500.00 per month. 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? The Pullman sleepers run on this road; we pay them 3 cents per mile; by Pullman Palace Car Company; from $1.50 to $2.00. 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. Paid to Pullman Palace Car Company, $13,689.21 ; 3 cents per mile paid to their treasurer. 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 termg of servicē ? $54,469.16. The Government makes its own contract. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa ? $499.15. |