SLEEPING, PARLOR AND DINING CAR COMPANIES. Pullman Palace Car Company; running of sleepers and parlor cars at three cents per car mile, the railway to take same care of sleepers as of ordinary passenger cars. FREIGHT OR TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES OR LINES. Empire Line, for transportation of freight, the railway paying percentage of earnings toward the expenses of the line. OTHER RAILROAD COMPANIES. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railways; interchange of freight and passenger business via Angus and Des Moines, Iowa, and for running of through trains and cars; also, for use of certain facilities at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern; interchange of freight and passenger traffic via Albert Lea, Minn., and West Liberty, Iowa, and for running through trains and cars. Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railway Co., for building a certain line of railway. and the operation of same by the M. & St. L. R'y Co., after construction; also, possible lease of M. & St. L. R'y, or a portion thereof. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Western Union Telegraph Company, for construction and joint use and operation of telegraph lines along the line of railway company. The railway company is allowed free telegraphing to a certain amount, and in return gives free transportation for telegraph material. PASSENGER, FREIGHT, AND TRAIN MILEAGE. PASSENGER TRAFFIC: Number of passengers carried earning revenue... Total passenger revenue.... Average distance carried, miles Average amount received from each passenger. Average receipts per passenger per mile. Estimated cost of carrying each passenger one mile Passenger earnings per train mile........ FREIGHT TRAFFIC: Number of tons carried of freight earning revenue... 509.949 13,019,508 25.53 311.241.50 .61 .02.390 .03.266 818.62.572 .71.038 Passenger and freight earnings per mile of road. Expense per mile of road Total earnings per mile of road, including mails, ex press, etc........ Number of passenger trains.. Number of freight trains 749,590 73,134,603 951,760.42 1.26.969 1.301 .722 2,503.31.512 1.83.312 1,263,001.92 3.321.93.843 2,506.23 837 3.513.38.716 14 20 Average number of empty cars in train.. 105.7 7 7 |