Amount of interest paid representing the road in Iowa. None. COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. (No record of details.) Total expended for construction.......... 6,699,589.90 Average cost of construction per mile of road [176.45 miles]........$ 37,968.76 1,316,169.29 COST OF EQUIPMENT. Total for equipment.... 449,226.98 Average cost of equipment per mile of road operated by com- .... 2,429.96 Total cost of road and equipment..... 7,148,816.88 Average cost of road and equipment per mile [176.45 miles]...........$ 40,514.69 1,446,290.75 Average cost of road and equipment per mile in Iowa.... 28,297.60 PROPERTY ACCOUNTS. CHARGES AND CREDITS BY WHICH THE CAPITAL AND DEBT HAVE BEEN INCREASED Passenger and freight stations, coal sheds and water stations.... 1,687.14 Engineering, agencies, salaries and other expenses during construction............. Earnings, passenger: From all passengers.. From express and baggage.. ANALYSIS OF EARNINGS. From mails....... From other sources, passenger department.. Total earnings, passenger department.. Total earnings, freight department... Total transportation earnings. Earnings per train mile run, from all trains earning revenue $ 82,041.39 EXPENSES OF OPERATING THE ROAD FOR THE YEAR. CLASS 1.—MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND BUILDINGS (CHARGED TO OPERATING EXPENSES.) Repairs of road-bed and track 137,788.07 Renewal of ties (number laid, 6,500).. Repairs and renewal of bridges, including culverts and cattle-guards. 28,377.21 H "Operating expenses and taxes per mile of road, operated, 184.87 miles 2,496.58 Operating expenses and taxes per train mile run, for trains earning revenue, 458,723 miles 1.033 Expenses of running and management of all trains earning revenue. 247,383.84 81.9 .Net deficit after operating expenses, taxes, interest and rental.. 92,920.85 SURPLUS. GENERAL BALANCE SHEET AT THE CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS, JUNE 30, 1886. Aggregate length of sidings and other tracks not above enumerated. ..... 19.67 Same in Iowa........ 2.01 Aggregate length of track, computed as single track, exclusive of sidings... 135.82 3.02 3.02 49.05 Total length of steel rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of sidings "Total length of iron rails in tracks in Iowa.......... Weights per yard, steel, 66 pounds. Weights per yard, iron, - to- pounds. -Gauge of track, 4 feet, 81⁄2 inches. ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. Name, description and length of each : Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad Company. 49.05 The Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad is leased to the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Company and the latter road assumes the indebtedness of the former and keeps no separate accounts for the Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad Company, but takes all the earnings of that road and pays all the expenses, and returns 30 per cent of the gross earnings as rental. Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this company.. Same in Iowa.. Amount paid employes, including officials, on all roads operated by this company.. Same in Iowa......... 32 1 42 11 7 700. 800 303,446.68 158,400.00 Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges during the year (feet B. M.) .... 13,580 Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your road in Iowa... 9. Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your road in Iowa (uncovered).... 8. ROAD-BED AND TRACK. Number of track sections in Iowa. Average length of sections. Average number of men in each section gang Number of new ties laid in track during the year in Iowa.. Average number of new ties per mile of road.................... New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-steel [1,619 145-2240 tons], miles.... 812 614 4 6,500 112 18 40-100 What is the average number number of years that iron rails last in your track on main line in Iowa.... 10 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.... CROSSINGS IN IOWA. What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality? Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City, at Donnellson. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, at Keokuk, What railroads cross your road, either over or under, and at what locality? How many miles of new fencing have you built during the year. Give the number of miles needed on both sides of your track in all counties in Iowa....... |