Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, tons.. 64 Average weight of locomotives and tenders, tons 60 2 Number of locomotives equipped with train brake. Number of cars equipped with train brake... Kind of brake. Westinghouse air brake. 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 engine of given weight. Weight of engine, 52 tons. 240 Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and south, and west and north.... Number of miles run by empty freight cars east and south, and west and north...... 2,009,507 751,705 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? The American Express Company does the usual express business. Local merchandise one and one-half first-class freight rates. Butter, eggs, farm products, soda water one and one-tenth first-class freight rates. Foreign business first-class freight rates. 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? $67.55 per mile per annum from July 1, 1885 to April 1, 1886; $75.24 per mile per annum from April 1, 1886 to July 1, 1886. What amount have you paid for receiving and delivering mail to and from stations on your road in Iowa? Nothing. TELEGRAPH. How many miles of telegraph are owned by your company in Iowa? 109.65. What other company, if any, owns a line of telegraph on your right of way in Iowa, and and how many miles do each own? Operate jointly with the Western Union Telegraph Company. Number of persons injured during the year..... Number of casualties purely accidental during the entire year......... OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES. Date of annual meeting of stockholders, third Wednesday in May. Fiscal year of company ends December 31. General offices of the company are located at Burlington, Iowa. 1 1 |