OF THE

Board of Railroad Commissioners

FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895.

STATE OF IOWA.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

DES MOINES:

F. R. CONAWAY, STATE PRINTER.

1895.

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.

STATE OF IOWA,

BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS,
DES MOINES.

To the Honorable Frank D. Jackson, Governor of Iowa:

In compliance with the statute we submit the following as the eighteenth annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of their doings for the preceding year. It contains such facts, statements and explanations as far as practicable, as will disclose the working of the system of railroad transportation in this state, and its relation to the general business and prosperity of the citizens of the state, and such suggestions and recommendations in respect thereto as to them seem appropriate. The statutes of this state require that such report shall also contain, as to every railroad corporation doing business in the state, the following items of information, to-wit:

First. The amount of its capital stock.

Second. The amount of its preferred stock, if any, and the condition of its preferment.

Third-The amount of its funded debt and the rate of interest.

Fourth. The amount of its floating debt.

Fifth-The cost and actual present cash value of its 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.

Sixth. The estimated value of all other property owned by such corporation, with the schedule of the same, not including lands granted in aid of its construction.

Seventh. The number of acres originally granted in aid of construction of its road by the United States or by this state

Eighth --Number of acres of such land remaining unsold.

Ninth.-A list of its officers and directors, with their respective places of residence.

Tenth.--Such statistics of the road and of its transportation business for the year as may, in the judgment of the commissioners, be necessary and proper for the information of the general assembly, or as may be required by the governor. Such report shall exhibit and refer to the condition of such corporation on the first day of July of each year, and the details of its transportation business transacted during the year ending June 30th.