Fell off car in motion

Total...

Total..

Falling from trains and engines

Rail fell on his foot

LOCOMOTIVES.

CONSUMPTION OF FUEL BY LOCOMOTIVES-STATE OF IOWA.

Passenger.....

Freight..

Switching.

1,8901

108

1,944.00)

Construction..

ACCIDENTS TO PERSONS.

PASSEN

Injured.

1

Injured.

Killed.

1

Killed.

OTHERS.

TOTAL.

Injured.

Injured.

Killed.

EMPLOYES.

Injured.

1

Killed.

Injured.

We, the undersigned, W. H. Truesdale, President and Receiver, and O. C. Post, Auditor of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, on our oath do severally say that the foregoing return has been prepared, under our direction, from the original books, papers, and records of said company; that we have carefully examined the same, and declare the same to be a complete and correct statement of the business and affairs of said company in respect to each and every matter and thing therein set forth, to the best of our knowledge, information and belief; and we further say that no deductions were made before stating the gross earnings or receipts herein set forth, except those shown in the foregoing accounts; and that the accounts and figures contained in the foregoing return embrace all of the financial operations of said company during the period for which said return is made.

W. H. TRUESDALE,
President and Receiver.

O. C. POST,

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of November, 1890.

[SEAL.]

Auditor.

A. E. CARVER,

Notary Public.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

OMAHA & ST. LOUIS 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:

Page 46.

3-Proportion of operating expenses and taxes for Iowa. $224,041.33.

4-Percentage of expenses to earnings. 78.03 per cent.

5-Net earnings per train mile. 45.24 cents.

6-Percentage of earnings to stock and debt. 08.45 per cent.

7-Percentage of earnings to cost of road and equipment. 18.03 per cent.

8-Surplus at the commencement of the year. $48,485.20.

9-Surplus at the close of the year. $20,028.59.

10-Amount of its own stock owned by the company. None.

Fencing in Iowa.

1-How many miles of fencing on your road in Iowa? 58.

2-How many miles of unfenced road in Iowa? 9.

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? None.

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. Statistics
are not kept so that we can answer.

3-The average amount of tonnage that can be carried on your road in the
State by an engine of given weight. 43 ton engine can haul 320 tons.
4-Give the names 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
originating 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?

14-What per cent of freight received at each station on your road is local
and what per cent interstate? Statistics are not kept in such a way
as to enable us to answer.

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? We do not
keep our accounts separately by States.

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