Earnings per train mile run, from all trains earning revenue,

CLASS 1.-MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND BUILDINGS (CHARGED TO OPERATING
EXPENSES).

Operating expenses and taxes per mile of road operated (402.16 miles).

..........

Operating expenses and taxes per train mile run, for trains
earning revenue (1,430,367 miles)........
Proportion of operating expenses and taxes for Iowa........
Operating expenses and taxes per passenger train mile .......
Operating expenses and taxes chargeable to passenger trains
on basis of train mileage....

Operating expenses and taxes per freight train, mileage basis.
Operating expenses and taxes per freight train mile..................................
Expenses of running and management of all trains earning
revenue.......

Percentage of expenses to earnings.......

2,813.79

.79

1,131,595.69

1.98

452,187.62

679,408.07

1.32

1,131,595.69

65

Net earnings above operating expenses, taxes and rental, loss
Gross earnings per train mile run (1,430,367 miles).........

84,880.64

1.20

TAXES.

AMOUNT PAID FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1887.

In Iowa..

65,566.78

DESCRIPTION OF ROAD.

Length line of road from Dubuque to Sioux City and Cedar Falls & Minnesota Junction, miles........

402.16

Total length of road belonging to this company in Iowa....

402.16

Aggregate length of sidings and other tracks in Iowa not enumerated above
Total length of steel rails in tracks in Iowa, exclusive of sidings.

51.35

274.86

ROAD AND BRANCHES BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS

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

402.16

EMPLOYES.

Number of persons regularly employed on all roads operated by this com

pany........

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.

9,284 1,145

5,207,291.57

623.045.52

Amount of trestle work replaced with earth during the year (lineal feet) ...

ROAD-BED AND TRACK.

Number of track sections in Iowa..

Average length of sections, miles............

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 (1,903.91 tons), miles..
Total track laid with new rails during the year in Iowa, miles........

CROSSINGS IN IOWA.

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

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, just west of Independence.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, just west of Cedar Falls.
Central of Iowa Railroad, just west of Ackley.

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, just east of Iowa Falls.
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, just west of Webster City.

Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad, just east of Carbon "Y."

Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad, at Tara.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, at Sioux City.

Sioux City & Pacific Railroad, at Sioux City.

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, at Sioux City.
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad, north of Waverly.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, south of Charles City.

697

65

6.2

5

85,980

186

25.31

25.31

What railroads cross your road, either over or under, and at what locality?
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, over, at Delaware.
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad, over, at Waterloo.
Chicago, Iowa & Dakota Railroad, under, west of Iowa Falls.
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, under, west of Fort Dodge.

Waverly Short Line Railroad, under, south of Waverly.

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...

FENCING IN IOWA.

How many miles of fencing have you on your road in Iowa.....

What is the average cost per mile

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, not fenced: