DESCRIPTION OF ROAD.

Length main line of road from Sumner to Hampton, Iowa..
Total length of road belonging to this company..

Total length of road belonging to this company in Iowa....
Aggregate length of sidings and other tracks not above enu-
merated...

Same in Iowa..

63.20

63.20

63.20

8.30

3.30

Aggregate length of track, computed as single track, ex

clusive of sidings.

63.20

Same in Iowa.

63.20

Total length of steel rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of

sidings..

31.18

Total length of iron rails in tracks in lowa, exclusive of sidings..

32.04

Total miles of road operated by this company

Total miles road operated by this company in Iowa.

63.20

63.20

STATIONS.

Number of stations on all roads owned by this company
Same in Iowa.

Number of stations on all roads operated by this company..
Same in Iowa..

Number of telegraph offices in stations in Iowa..

Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this company in Iowa..

32

Amount paid employes, including officials, on all roads oper

Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges during the year (feet B. M.).

100,247

Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa:

Pile...

Trestle.

ROAD-BED AND TRACK.

Number of track sections in Iowa.
Average length of sections, miles.
Average number of men in each section gang laborers. 21
S foreman.1
Average number of new ties per per mile of road....

What is the average number of years that iron rails last in
your track on main line in Iowa
.(think)
What is the average number of years that ties last in your
track in Iowa....
.first class white oak

CROSSINGS IN IOWA.

What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality :

Illinois Central, at Waverly.

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, at Clarksville.

Number of highway crossings at grade.

Number of highway crossings under railroad

FENCING IN IOWA.

How many miles of your road in Iowa are fenced.
What is the average cost per rod..

How many miles of fencing have you built during the year.
Give the number of miles needed on both sides of your track

2.25

Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders (tons).
Average weight of locomotives and tenders (tons).
Number of locomotives equipped with train brake.
Kind of brake. Common

Maximum weight of passenger cars (tons).
Average weight of passenger cars (tons).
The amount of tonnage that can be carried over your road
exclusive of cars, by an engine of given weight. Weight
of engine 28 tons; (tons)..

MILEAGE, TRAFFIC, ETC.

*160

Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, per hour miles...

20

Rate of speed of freight trains, including stops, per hour miles.

12

Manufactures, articles shipped from point of production..
Merchandise and other articles not enumerated above.......

Total tons carried.

*Does not include weight of cars. Maximum grade 53 feet.

PER

TONS.

CENT.

9,716

22.7

468

2.0

1,284

8.0

7,640

17.15

828

2.0

7,020

16.5

3,720

8.5

60

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ADDITIONAL QUESTION.

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? American Express Company. American Express Company pay $30 per month for messenger and 124 cents per 100 for freight carried. Express delivered at stations.

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? $52.16 per mile per year.

What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? $256.50.

TELEGRAPH.

How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? 63.8.