OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, WITH LOCATION OF OFFICES. Date of annnal meeting of stockholders, May 22 of each year. Fiscal year of company ends Dec. 31st of each year. General offices of the company are located at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. STATE OF IOWA, COUNTY OF LINN. I, C. J. Ives, president and general superintendent of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Company, being duly sworn, depose and say that they have caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this company, and after carefully examining the same, declare them to be a true, full and correct statement of the condition and affairs of said company on the thirtieth day of June, A. D. 1888, to the best of their knowledge and belief. [SEAL OF R. R.] Signed, C. J. Ives, Subscribed and sworn to before me, this seventeenth day of September, A. D. 1888. [L. S.] CHAS. E. PUTNAM, Notary Public in and for Linn county, Iowa. Received and filed in the office of the Commissioner of Railroads, this eighteenth day of September, A. D. 1888. E. S. WARNER, Secretary of Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners. HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION, CONSTRUCTION, LEASING AND CONSOLIDATION OF LINES NOW OPERATED BY YOU, AND STATUTES AUTHORIZING THE SAME. Date of charter, organized Oct. 21, 1885. Is the charter a special act of the legislature, or was the company incorporated under the general laws of the state? Under general laws of the state. Has any change been made in the mileage of your road in this state during the past year; if so, give a detailed statement showing what changes have been made and how the present mileage is made up. Mileage in Minnesota is made up of line from St. Paul to Wisconsin state Miles. line near Prescott, Wis........ From Wisconsin state line near East Winona to Winona...... Total............ Vol. V-29. 22.72 2.25 24.97 ROADS BELONGING TO OTHER COMPANIES OPERATED BY THIS COMPANY UNDER LEASE OR CONTRACT. Total length of above roads in Minnesota (miles).......................... None. Total length of above roads in other states or territories (specify ing each). In State of Illinois (miles)...... 108.22 Number of miles steel rail entire line. Main line....... 362.48 Total miles of road operated by this company in Minnesota..... Number of stations on all roads operated by this company. Number of stations on all roads owned by this company... 47 Same in Minnesota........... 11 Miles of telegraph on line of road operated by this company. 352.53 352.53 Number of telegraph offices in company stations 59 Number of telegraph stations operated by this company..... 59 Number of telegraph stations operated jointly by railroad and telegraph companies....... None. What if any of these lines do business for the general public; give the earnings of such. Not a public line. BUSINESS ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY. George B. Harris, Vice President, Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Company, St. Paul, Minnesota. The Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Company was incorporated October 21, 1885, and formed by consolidation of the companies whose names and dates of incorporation are shown in the table below: Names of Railroad Companies. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad of Minnesota......... Dates of Incorporation. Aug. 28, 1885 Aug. 28, 18835 DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Date when road or portions thereof were opened for public use: When and to whom was the original stock, owned by the company, sold, and what was the cash value realized by the company for the same? $6,000,000 stock and $6,000,000 bonds were sold under a contract securing the construction and equipment of the road, and $3,000,000 stock and $3,000,000 bonds issued in exchange for an equal amount of stock and bonds of the Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad of Illinois. Has any stock been issued during the year? If so, how much and for what purpose? Nine hundred and seventy-five shares of stock were issued in exchange for $97,500 first mortgage bonds. To whom was such stock issued? To the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and Chicago & Iowa Railroad Company. How much did the company realize from the sale of said stock? Nothing. DEBTS, ETC. BONDED DEBT. First mortgage bonds, due 1926, rate of interest 5 per cent....... Total bonded debt... FLOATING DEBT. $8,902,500 00 2,250,000 00 $11,152,500 00 $325,107 83 Amount of debt not secured by mortgage...... Proportion of debt, bonded and floating, for Minnesota........ Total amount of paid up stock and debt........ Amount of stock and debt per mile of road...... Total amount of stock and debt for Minnesota................. 2,196,107 33 20,250,000 00 56,837 31 3,720,507 33 29,025 shares of stock held in trust for taking up first mortgage bonds, in accordance with terms of the mortgage. |