RENEWALS OF RAILS AND TIES-STATE OF MINNESOTA. CONSUMPTION OF FUEL BY LOCOMOTIVES-STATE OF MINNESOTA. LOCOMOTIVES. (Proportional.) Number. 277.980 277,980 39.40c Total. Average cost at distributing point-bituminous coal, per ton, $1.95. Soft wood, per cord, $2.28. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Injured. Killed. Injured. EXPLANATORY REMARKS. Trespassers killed. Other causes, 17— Found on track-run over..... Found dead on track.. Getting on and off moving trains. Walking on track-struck.... 1637 (Page 75.) CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD. To secure data for correctly compiling the statement here requested, it will be necessary to make a re-survey of a large portion of the system, as in the last twenty years modifications of grades have been made, of which there are, in many instances, no records in the engineer's office. On some lines acquired by this company no profiles are in existence. To compile what data we have would require about three months time, and to make survey of the parts of the line of which we have not correct records may require four months' work with a field party. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD-Continued-STATE OF MINNESOTA. Gauge of track, 4 feet 8 inches. Whole line, 5.567.65 miles; Minnesota, 1,120.09 miles. Gauge of track, 3 feet. Whole line, 153.75 miles; Minnesota, 117.98 miles. B. OWNED BY ANOTHER COMPANY, BUT LOCATED ON PROPERTY OF ROAD MAKING THIS REPORT. For the construction of the telegraph lines, the Western Union Telegraph Company or the Northwestern Telegraph Company in some cases furnished some material and claim joint ownership. Amount not definitely fixed. |