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 .......
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, 56 to 67 pounds.
Weights per yard, iron 35 to 60 pounds.
Gauge of track, standard, 4 feet, 844 inches.
Gauge of track, narrow, 3 feet.

1,048.84

478.29

ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER JOOMPANIES, OPERATED BY THIS COM

PANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT.

Name, description and length of each :
*Oshkosh & Mississippi River Railway Company, Wisconsin, Ripon to

Oshkosh, miles

20

20

Total length of above roads. miles.....
Total length of above roads in other States (specifying each):

Wisconsin, miles

20

MILES OF ROAD IN IOWA.

1,411.82

20.4)

As per report June 30, 1886
Line from Ottumwa southwest..
Line from Stulta to Elkader, opened September 15, 1886..................
Line from Sioux City to Manilla, opened June 5, 1887..
Line from McGregor to Chamberlain, account, correction

4.7.

90.10

.03

As per report June 30, 1887..

1,527.13 Total miles of road operated by this company..

6,811.16 Total miles of road operated by this company in Iowa not reported by any other company.

1,527.13 *This road is operated under lease, but the bonds are owned substantially by the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.

STATIONS.

988

272

Number of stations, including flag stations, on all roads owned by this com

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

972

2772

224

EMPLOYES.

20,193
4,504

Average 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, for the year ending June 30, 1887... Same in Iowa....

$ 11,842,734.72

2,593,498.97

BRIDGES BUILT WITHIN THE YEAR IN IOWA.

44 192

On Iowa & Minnesota Division.
On Sioux City & Dakota Division ..
On Racine & Southwestern Division..
On Lowa & Dakota Division...
On Iowa & Dakota Division
On Iowa & Minnesota Division...
Op Dubuque Division...
On Dubuque Division
On Sioux City & Manilla Line
On Sioux City & Manilla Line....
On Ottumwa & Buda Line.......
On Ottumwa & Buda Line...
On Ottumwa & Buda Line..........
Chicago & Council Bluffs Line......

Pile and trestle. Wood....

11886..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1886..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1886..
Howe truss Wood.... 1887..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1887..
Howe truss Wood.... 1887..
Howe truss ..... Wood....

Wood.... 1887..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1887..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1887..
flowe truss Wood.... 1887..
Howe truss Wood.... 1887..
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1887..
Truss.

Iron,... 1887.
Pile and trestle. Wood.... 1887..

1,416

334

322 1,952 14,665

786

558 10,851

578 1,100

Total.

32,797

Give the average number of years the trestle and pile bridges last on your

road in Iowa. Seven to eight years. Give the average number of years that wooden truss bridges last on your

road in Iowa. Seven to ten years, when trusses are not roofed in, and from twelve to sixteen years when roofed.

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 in Iowa
New rails laid in track during the year in Iowa-steel (16,036.739 tons), miles
Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa, 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 steel rails last in your track on

branches in Iowa.... What is the average number of years that ties last in your track in Iowa....

4 to 6

7 to 10

8 to 10

12 to 16 CROSSINGS IN IOWA.

What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality :
Chicago & Northwestern at Clinton, Lyons, Delmar Junction, De Witt, Wheatland, Tama

City, Sheldahl, Adamosa, Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Calliope, near Bell.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern at Nora Junction, Plymouth Junction, Garner,

Noel's, Webster, Donnan, Dixon, Cedar Rapids, Ossian, Emmetsburg(2).
Ilinois Central at Dubuque, Charles City, Sioux City.
Central Iowa at Mason City, Hedrick, State Center Junction.
Minneapolis & St. Louis at Britt.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at Ottumwa, Council Bluffs.
Des Moines & Fort Dodge at Ruthven, Perry.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha at Sheldon,
Wabash Western at Council Bluffs, Ottumwa, Herndon.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at Council Bluffs, Ottumwa, Neola.
Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs at Council Bluffs.
Mason City & Fort Dodge, at Mason City.
Minnesota & Northwestern at Dubuque, near Greeley.

Cedar Rapids & Marion between Oedar Rapids & Marion,
What railroad crosses your road, either over or under, and at what locality?

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, at Algona, Center Junction, Manning, and Mapleton.
Illinois Central Railroad, at Delaware.
Central Iowa Railroad, at Pickering.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, near Louisa.
St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern Railroad, at Madrid.
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad, at Melbourno.
Burlington & Northwestern Railroad, at Hedrick.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, at Sigourney, South Amana, and Davenport. Number of highway crosslugs at grade

1,529 Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen,

16 Number of highway crossings over railroad..

33 Number of highway crossings, under railroad.

29 Number of highway bridges 20 feet above track

31 Number of highway bridges less than 20 feet above track

FENCING IN IOWA.

How many miles of fencing have you on your road in Iowa.
What is the average cost per rod, cents..
What is the total cost of same
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 each

county in Iowa :
In Clayton county.....
In Winnesbiek county
In Floyd county....
In Chickasaw county...
In Cerro Gordo county.
In Worth county..
In Dickinson county
In O'Brien county
In Sioux county....
In Lyon county..
In Hancock county....
In Clay county...
In Palo Alto county
In Kossuth county.
In Scott county ..
In Woodbury county
In Plymouth county..
In Fayette county.
In Dubuque county..
In Jackson county...
In Allamakee county.
In Emmet county.

94.49

22.57

43.34

49.20

73.13

17.66

8.44

27.51

1.00

3.38

10.26

23.50

731

63

89

246

386

Number of locomotives.........
Maximum weight of locomotives and tenders, without fuel or water, tons...
Average weight of locomotives and tenders, without fuel or water, tons.....
Number of locomotives equipped with train brake....
Number of locomotives equipped with driver brake
Maximum weight of passenger cars, tons.....
Average weight of passenger cars, tons.............
Number of cars in passenger equipment equipped with train brake......All.
Number of freight cars equipped with air brake ....
Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer ....All.
Number of freight cars equipped with automatic coupler

None.