ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

IOWA CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY,

TO THE

BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF IOWA,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1890.

The following information is asked by the Commissioners in addition to the regular printed blank, and the same are made part of this report:

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1-Operating expenses per mile of road.

2-Operating expenses per train mile.

3-Proportion of operating expenses and taxes for Iowa.

4-Percentage of expenses to earnings.

5-Net earnings per train mile.

6-Percentage of earnings to stock and debt.

7-Percentage of earnings to cost of road and equipment.

8-Surplus at the commencement of the year.

9-Surplus at the close of the year.

10-Amount of its own stock owned by the company.

Fencing in Iowa.

1-How many miles of fencing on your road in Iowa?

2-How many miles of unfenced road in Iowa?

3-What is the average cost per mile of fencing?

4-What is the total cost of the same?

5-How many miles of new fencing built during the year?

Page 62 and following. 1-Average number of tons of freight in cars when shipped in car lots.

2-Average number of tons in cars when in less than car lots.

3-The average amount of tonnage that can be carried on your road in the State by an engine of given weight.

4-Give the names of and the following information concerning EACH station on your road in Iowa, in separate columns, for the years ending June 30, 1889 and 1890.

a-Total receipts for freight forwarded to points outside the State.
b-Total receipts for freight received from points outside the State.
c-Total receipts for freight forwarded to points within the State.
d-Total receipts for freight received from points within the State.
e-Total receipts from passengers destined to points outside the
State.

f-Total receipts from passengers from points outside the State.
g-Total receipts from passengers destined to points within the

State.

h-Total receipts from passengers from points within the State. 5-Total amount received for local freight.

6-Total amount received for through freight.

7-Number of tons of local freight carried.

8-Total amount received from freight originating in Iowa and passing outside the State.

9-Total amount received from freight originating outside the State and destined to points in Iowa.

10-What per cent does the local freight business of Iowa bear to the total
freight business of the entire line?

11-What per cent does the local freight business of Iowa bear to the freight
originating on your line in Iowa and passing outside the State?
12-What per cent does local freight business of Iowa bear to business origi-
nating outside the State and destined to points within the State?
13-What per cent does local freight business bear to freight moved across
the State from points outside to points outside the State?

11-What per cent of freight received at each station on your road is local
and what per cent interstate?

15-What proportion of earnings is credited to Iowa on business passing
across the State, from points beyond to points beyond the State?
16-What proportion of earnings is credited to Iowa on business originating
in Iowa and passing outside the State?

17-What proportion of earnings is credited to Iowa on business originating
outside the State and destined to points within the State?

18-What proportion of earnings is credited to each branch line on your road on business originating on said branches and destined to points on the main line in Iowa, to points on the main line outside the State, or to points on other lines?

19-Give the amount in tons and kind of freight furnished by each branch line to your main line.

Page 64. Tonnage crossing Mississippi river bridge at

for the

for the

Page 77. Under "Overhead Highway Crossings," insert overhead farm crossings.

Under "Conduits," insert farm crossings, "under."

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LANDS-CONGRESSIONAL GRANT.

1-State the number of acres of land your company has already received from the congressional grants.

2-State the number of acres yet to inure to your company from congressional grants.

3-State the average price at which these lands have been sold or contracted by the company.

4-State the number of acres sold,

5-State the amount received from sales.

6-State the amount unpaid on outstanding contracts.

7-State the gross amount received from sales, contracts, forfeited con-
tracts, etc., up to June 30, 1890.

8-State the amount expended in sale and management of lands.
9-State the amount of taxes paid on lands.

10-State the amount realized from the sale of lands above the expenses in-
curred in the management and taxes.

11-The cost and actual present cash value of road and equipment including permanent way, buildings and rolling stock, all real estate used exclusively in operating the road and all fixtures and conveniences for transacting its business,

1-What provision, if any, has been made by this road for the payment of its funded debt?

2-What station houses, stock yards, or other terminal facilities, does this road use for which it pays a rental? Name the parties to whom such property belongs.

3-Name all the associations to which this road is a party, whose object is the regulation or control of passenger or freight traffic.

4-Name all the companies commonly called Fast Freight Lines, of which this road is a member, or which operate over the line of this road. Answers to these questions will be found further on in this report.

HISTORY.

Name of common carrier making this report:

Iowa Central Railway Company.

Date of organization:

May 9, 1888.

Under laws of what Government, State or Territory organized? If more than one name all. Give reference to each statute and all amendments thereof: Illinois.

If a re-organized company, give name of original corporation, and refer to laws under which it was organized.

Central Iowa Railway; Iowa; foreclosure.

Date of last meeting of stockholders for election of directors:
September 6, 1889.

Give post-office address of general office.

No. 11 Wall street, New York.

Give post-office address of operating office.

Marshalltown, Iowa.

OFFICERS.