Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons. 21 67 25. 36 Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer. Amount of tonnage that can be carried over your road exclusive of cars, by an engine of given weight. (Weight of engine, 55 tons); tons.... MILEAGE, TRAFFIC, ETC. TRAIN MILEAGE. Miles run by passenger trains during the year Total train mileage... 36 0 199. 477,257 760,593 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. 4.32 146. 13.24 187 33,652 Number of local passengers carried..... 317,948 Average rate of fare per mile for all passengers, cents... Total passenger mileage, or passengers carried one mile..... 16,450,133 46.79 1.32 4 1 2.82. 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. Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south. Total freight car mileage...... Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and south to SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles... TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT DUBUQUE, IOWA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. Manufactures, articles shipped from point of production.. Total tons carried.. .1550,905 100 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? American Express Company; about $21,000; we take their freight at depots. 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 operated by the Pullman Palace Car Company, owned jointly and equally by the Illinois Central Railroad and Pullman Palace Car Companies. The usual charges for sleeping-car accommodations. 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. The earnings and expenses are divided equally between the two companies. UNITED STATES MAIL IN IOWA. What is the compensation paid you by the U. S. Goverment for the transportation of its mails on your road in Iowa, and on what terms of service? About $41,000.00; rates fixed by Post Office Department at Washington; based on weight of mails taken every four years. TELEGRAPH. What 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 pany, 402.16 miles. d REPORT OF ACCIDENTS FOR IOWA DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. KILLED. INJURED. Handling railroad iron; instep contused. Jumped off moving train; one leg amputated. Fell off station platform; bruised. Fell off station platform; leg sprained. Jumped off moving train; head and body bruised. Fell in culvert; one arm amputated. Jumped off moving train; leg broken. Defect in brake chain; feet bruised. Coupling freight trains; 3 fingers contused. Switching freight cars; wrist sprained. Coupling freight cars; one finger coutused. Fell on tender; contused groin. Coupling freight cars; foot sprained. Fell off freight car; side contused. Broken axle or rail; arm dislocated; head cut. Broken axle or rail; Broken axle or rall; face lacerated and bruised. face lacerated and bruised. Broken axle or rail; back sprained. Broken axle or rail; leg and body bruised. Broken axle or rail; bruised. Broken axle or rail; arm sprained and cut. Driving across track; slight cut on head. Coupling engine to tender; one finger crushed. Collision of freight train; breast and side bruised. Moving railroad iron; foot contused. Fell off hand car; leg broken. |