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Branches owned by this company :

West Eau Claire to Shaw's Mill.

Ashland Junction to Ashland, including Shore Line

Stillwater Junction to Stillwater.

Stillwater Junction to St. Croix Bridge..........

River Falls to Ellsworth....

Lake Crystal to Elmore

Heron Lake to Pipestone..

Sioux Falls Junction to Mitchell.

Luverne to Doon.....

Coburn Junction to Ponca....

Emerson to Norfolk

Merrillan to Neillsville..

Eau Claire to Chicago Junction

Superior Junction to Itaska St. switch

Wakefield to Hartington....

Total length of branches owned by this company..
Total length of branches owned by this company in Iowa....
Total length of branches owned by this company in Minnesota.
Total length of branches owned by this company in Wisconsin.
Total length of branches owned by this company in Nebraska.
Total length of branches owned by this company in Dakota............
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 track in Iowa, exclusive of sidings
Total length of iron rails in track in Iowa...

Weight per yard, steel......

Weight per yard, iron.........

Gauge of track........

2.74

5.69

3.30

4.55

24.82

44.00

55.10

130.90

28.00

15.82

46.50

14.00

80 62

60.57

33.76

550.37

17.44

160.04

188.44

96.08

88.37

1,295.51

74.54

216.63

20.90

56.16

95.00

50 lbs. .50 lbs.

4 ft. 81⁄2 in.

ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES, OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY
UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT.

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Superior Short Line R'y, Superior Junction to West Superior and Trans

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If any part of the road was first opened for operation during the past year,
state the date :

July 24, miles

November 14, miles.......................

June 27, miles....

Total miles of road operated by this company.

4.19 21.63

.82 90

1,393.21

74.54

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

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Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this com-
pany, approximated

5,398

Same in Iowa, approximated.....

437

Amount paid employes, including officials, on all roads operated by this

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RENEWAL OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS IN IOWA. Amount of timber used in renewals of wooden bridges during the year (feet B. M.(............................

70

52,000

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.....

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Number of new ties laid in track during the year in Iowa...............................................
Average number of new ties per mile of road..................

29,510

354.1

What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on

main line in Iowa........

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What is the average number of years that iron rails last in your track on branches in Iowa.

12

What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on main liue in Iowa...

10

What is the average number of years that steel rails last in your track on branches in Iowa...

12

6

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

CROSSINGS IN IOWA.

What railroad crosses your road at grade, and at what locality?

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, at Sibley.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Sheldon.

Chicago & Northwestern, at Alton.

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, Rock Rapids.

Number of highway crossings at grade

Number of highway crossings at which there are flagmen....

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

What is the total cost of the 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 Iowa.......

86

3

123.20

.70

27,596.80

1

14

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Number of locomotives equipped with train brake......
Number of locomotives equipped with driver brake, Westinghouse automatic
Maximum weight of passenger cars, tons
Average weight of passenger cars, tons....

114

28.9

25.7

Number of passenger cars equipped with train brake, all passenger equipment

Number of passenger cars equipped with Miller platform and buffer.........................

141

141

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Miles run by construction and repair trains during the vear, locomotives........

493,312

Total train mileage.........

6,094,950

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.......

4.77

123

19.92

219

Average weight of freight trains (exclusive of freight) tons

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Number of through passengers carried

149,802

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Average rate per ton per mile received for through freight, cents....
Average rate per ton per mile received for local freight, cents..........
Average rate per ton per mile received for all freight, cents
Average cost per ton per mile to move freight, cents........
Percentage of freight originating at, and carried to stations in Iowa, as com-
pared with total freight carried in Iowa. (This should not include fuel
or any material for the use of the road) approximate.........

1

1.33

1.18

77

20.8

CÀR MILEAGE.

Number of miles run by loaded freight cars east and north
Number of miles run by loaded freight cars west and south.............

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Percentage of empty freight cars hauled east and north to all freight cars hauled east and north..

Percentage of empty freight cars hauled west and south to all freight cars hauled west and south

SPEED OF TRAINS IN IOWA.

Rate of speed of passenger trains, including stops, miles per hour......................
Rate of speed of freight trains, including stops, miles per hour.

TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED.

36

9

2212

10%

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TONNAGE CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER TRANSFER AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1887.

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TONNAGE OF ARTICLES TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE STATE OF IOWA.

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