CREDIT. Funded debt.... Capital stock. Advances by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co. Profit and loss and income account. Total... sive of sidings. DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Length main line of road from Keokuk to St. Peters Length main line of road in Missouri 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 enumerated... Same in Iowa. Aggregate length of track, computed as single track, exclu Same in Iowa. Total length of steel rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of sidings 3.02 Total length of iron rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of sidings Weight per yard, steel, 66 pounds. Weight per yard, iron, 56 pounds. Guage of track, 4 feet, 8 inches. ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES, OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. Name, description and length of each. Keokuk & Northwestern R'y Co., Keokuk to Mt. Pleasant Total length of above road in Iowa.. 49.05 49.05 The Keokuk & Northwestern is leased to the St. L., K. & N. W. R'y Co., and the latter road assumes the indebtedness of the former and in consequence shows in its balance sheet the stock and bonds of the K. & N. W. as a liability and the cost of the road as an asset. By the terms of the lease the St. L., K. & N. W. R'y Co. pays all operating expenses and keeps in good repair the K. & N. W. The St. L., K. & N. W. R'y Co. retains all the earnings of the K. &. N. W. and pays 30 per cent of the same as rental. For these reasons there are no separate accounts kept for the K. & N. W.. except that from time to time the earnings of the K. & N. W. are separated from those of the total line, and the K. & N. W. is treated as if it were part and parcel of the St. L., K. & N. W. R'y. Total miles of road operated by this company. 184.87 52.07 STATIONS. Number of stations on all roads owned by this company. Number of stations on all roads operated by this company. Number of telegraph offices in stations in Iowa.. D EMPLOYES. Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this company. Same in Iowa..... 800 300 Amount paid employes, including officials on all Same in Iowa.. 162,890.00 Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges dur- Amount of trestle work replaced with earth during the year 76 Give the average number of years the trestle bridges last on 9 Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges 8 ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa... Rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-iron (39.76 tons) miles.. New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-steel (17.50 tons), miles... What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on main line in Iowa.. What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on branches in Iowa.. What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on main line in Iowa.. What is the average number of years that ties last in your track in Iowa.... 8,423 100 .43 .17 10 10 12 8 CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality. C. B. & K. C. R'y at Donnellson. C., R. I. & P. R'y at Keokuk. What railroads cross your road, either over or under, and at what locality. Under-Ft. Mad. & N. W. R. R. near Haughton. Number of highway crossings at grade. Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen.. Number of highway crossings over railroad. Number of highway crossings under railroad. Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track. Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track... FENCING IN IOWA. How many miles of your road in Iowa are fenced. What is the total cost of same. 86.50 .95 21,202.50 Give the number of miles needed on both sides of your track in Iowa.... How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders (tons). Mamimum weight of passenger cars (tons). Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer. The amount of tonnage that can be carried over your road exclusive of cars, by an engive of given weight. Weight of engine 50 tons; (tons).. MILEAGE, TRAFFIC, ETC. TRAIN MILEAGE. Miles run by passenger trains during the year. Total train mileage. 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. Total number of passengers carried.... Total mileage of through freight (tons carried one mile).... 28,691,790 1,827,140 Total freight mileage, or tons carried one mile..... CAR MILEAGE. 30,518,930 SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA. Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops*. 10.77 10.31 PER TONS. CENT. 71,476 20. 10,721 3. 28,590 8. 53,607 15. 25,017 7. 10,721 3. 10,721 3. Manufactures-articles shipped from point of production Total tons carried........... Plaster, lime, cement, salt, petroleum and oil, iron, steel, castings, stone, brick, manufactures-articles shipped from point of production, merchandise and other artinot enumerated above.. Total tons carried...... ADDITIONAL QUESTION. PER TONS. CENT. 23,710 20. 1,185 1. 9,484 8. 11,855 10. 1,185 1. 23,710 20. 11,855 10. 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; $50 per working day for 4,000 pounds of through freight daily, any excess charged at rate of $1 per 100 pounds through freight. Express company takes freight at depot and loads and unloads and cares for same. From July 1st to November 1st the United States Express Company used the road under the same contract as above. *Rate of speed of passenger trains is low from fact that K. & N. W. branch train is an ascommodation train. |