Average number of cars in passenger trains... 3.2 Average weight of passenger trains, exclusive of passengers and engine, tons.. 64 Average number of cars in freight trains. 15.5 Average weight of freight trains, exclusive of freight and locomotive, tons... 140 PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Number of through passengers carried....... Number of local passengers carried.. Number of special ticket passengers carried. Total number of passengers carried. Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile 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, Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents 26,256 289,148 45,505 315,404 8,424,536 26.7 73.04 31 2 2.734 110,330 668,895 779,225 7,406,483 71,783,280 79,189,763 3.2 1.1 1.3 1.05 68.25 CAR MILEAGE. Number of miles run by loaded freiht cars east and south.. Total freight car mileage.... Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and south to all 1,636,330 5,045,182 4,463,903 796,588 11,942,001 73.18 13.64 SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles, per hour.. Rate of speed of freight trains, including stops, miles, per hour... TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED. 22 to 30 9 to 15 TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WEST KEITHSBURG, IOWA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. East bound, number of tons. Total tons... 45,375 23,175 68,550 TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE STATE[OF IOWA. 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? United States Express Company, who supply agents and messengers, Railway Company furnishing cars. Freight taken and delivered at cars. 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? Sleeping cars from June 1, 1885, between Mason City Junction, Iowa, and Albia, Iowa, en route between St Paul and St. Louis; owned by Pullman Company. Additional charges to Pullman Company. C., M. & St. P. R'y Co.'s sleeper between Marshalltown, Iowa, and St. Paul to August 23, 1884, and from date to January 16, 1885, and from May 16, 1885, between Albia, Iowa, and St. Paul. Additional charges to C., M. & St. Paul R'y Co. 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. $1,352.01 to C., M. & St. P. R'y and l'ullman Companies for mileage. UNITED STATES MAIL IN IOWA. What is the compensation paid you by the United States Government for transportation of its mails on your road in Iowa, and on what terms of service? $27,405.65, compensation during year. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? $1,333.02. TELEGRAPH. 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 own 413 miles. REPORT OF ACCIDENTS FOR IOWA DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. August 18 D. S. Butts, engineer. 20 H. T. Readout, brakeman. October 7 Clark Sprague, engineer. October 23 Chas. Hogan, brakeman. Ewart. Faulkner Faulkner Mason City Junction Walking on track; killed. Train striking hand-car; killed. Engine run into cars on siding; bruised; died November 4, 1884. Engine thrown from track by stock; died June 21, 1885. Getting on moving train; leg run over. Train striking hand-car; scalded and arm bruised. Getting on moving engine while intoxicated; foot run over. Coupling cars-carelessness; arm crushed. Coupling cars-carelessness; three fingers crushed. Coupling cars-carelessness; thumb and finger crushed. Coupling cars-carelessness; thumb bruised. Let tie fall on foot-carelessness; ankle broken. Engine thrown from track by stock; foot crushed. Number of persons injured during the year.. Number of casualties purely accidental during the entire year. Number of trespassers on track killed.. 7 15 12 10 1 1 OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES. President-Elijah Smith, New York City. General Superintendent-E. L. Dudley, Marshalltown, Iowa. Assistant Superintendents-J. G. Johnson, Marshalltown, Iowa; B. P. Phelps, Monmouth, Ill. Chief Engineer (Acting)-George A. Pruden, Marshalltown, Iowa. General Passenger Agent—J. P. Nourse, Marshalltown, Iowa. General Freight Agent-H. L. Shute, Marshalltown, Iowa. DIRECTORS, NAME AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS. William Hanna, Monmouth, Ill. F. M. Hindekoper, Philadelphia, Pa. E. E. Chase, New York. Russell Sage, New York. Francis Peabody, Jr., New York. |