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.. 7 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.. New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-iron, none. Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa.. What is the average number of years that steel rails last 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? Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, at Columbus Junction. 139 6 7.6 168,739 236 20.13 20.13 Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, Muscatine Division, at Nichols. Chicago & Northwestern, at Cedar Rapids. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Cedar Rapids. Illinois Central, at Cedar Falls. Wisconsin, Iowa & Nebraska, at Cedar Falls and Reinbeck. Dubuque & Dakota, at Clarksville. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Nora Junction and Plymouth Junction. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Noel, Dixon and Webster. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Donnan, Ossian and Garner. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Emmetsburg, and two miles north of Emmetsburg. Minneapolis & St. Louis, at Livermore. Illinois Central, at Independence and Iowa Falls. Chicago & North Western, at Goldfield. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, at Sibley. BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS & NORTH'N R'Y CO. 111 What railroads cross your road, either over or unde,r 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... Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen. Number of highway crossings under railroad. Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track. Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track... 968 4 3 7 3 None FENCING IN IOWA. How many miles of your road in Iowa are fenced. What is the average cost per rod. What is the total cost of same. How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year? Give the number of miles needed on both sides of your track 2.6 7.53 3.6 2.7 26.2 26.2 4.1 10.6 1.1 2.9 19.3 247.63 Number of locomotives Number of passenger cars. ROLLING STOCK. Number of baggage, mail and express cars. Number of parlor and sleeping cars, combination cars. Number of other cars, way cars (69), derrick and pile driver (5) 96 80 14 12 2 3,169 113 666 74 4.080 Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons... Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform CARS AND WEIGHT OF TRAINS. Average number of cars in passenger trains.. Average weight of passenger trains, exclusive of passengers, tons. Average number of cars in freight trains.. Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight, tons. PASSENGER TRAFFIC. *Number of through passengers carried. Number of local passengers carried.. Total number of passengers carried. Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile.... ... Highest rate of fare per mile for any distance, cents *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 report lias 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..... Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight.. CAR MILEAGE. 163,913,967 30,456,860 194,370,827 } cents 1.12 0.40 29.40 Number of miles run by loaded freight cars south. 8,536,935, 11,244,529. 4,433,039. 2,312,108 26,526,611 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.. 34.179. 17.055. SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles.... TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED. from 23 to 28: from 10 to 13, 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 terms of service? $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. |