Annual Report - Iowa State Commerce CommissionFourth report is accompanied by "Map and profiles of Iowa railroads, 1881". |
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Page 16
... killed and 512 injured on the railroads of the State . Of those killed 35 were employes , 4 passen- gers and 33 having no relation to the road or its business . Of the injured 442 were employes , 25 passengers and 46 not connected with ...
... killed and 512 injured on the railroads of the State . Of those killed 35 were employes , 4 passen- gers and 33 having no relation to the road or its business . Of the injured 442 were employes , 25 passengers and 46 not connected with ...
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... killed 1 was from train accident , 7 at highway crossings , 8 at stations , 12 from other causes . Of the employes , 149 were injured coupling cars , 44 falling from trains , 14 from collisions , 8 from derailments , 18 from other train ...
... killed 1 was from train accident , 7 at highway crossings , 8 at stations , 12 from other causes . Of the employes , 149 were injured coupling cars , 44 falling from trains , 14 from collisions , 8 from derailments , 18 from other train ...
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... killed and maimed by the old link and pin - coupler hand - brake ; 349 of these in the year 1888 , and " in the United States in the past year 6,000 active , strong men were either killed or maimed for life . " An interchange of views ...
... killed and maimed by the old link and pin - coupler hand - brake ; 349 of these in the year 1888 , and " in the United States in the past year 6,000 active , strong men were either killed or maimed for life . " An interchange of views ...
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... killed and injured employes , and to its witnesses in cases in which a Railroad Company is a party . GOVERNOR'S QUESTIONS TO RAILROADS . Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 77 , of the acts of the Seventeenth General Assembly provide for the ...
... killed and injured employes , and to its witnesses in cases in which a Railroad Company is a party . GOVERNOR'S QUESTIONS TO RAILROADS . Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 77 , of the acts of the Seventeenth General Assembly provide for the ...
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... killed in Iowa , while coupling cars , 108 persons ; injured , 665. This fearful loss of life and terrible amount of personal injury , is not confined , by any means , to this State ; the above is not far from the average reported by ...
... killed in Iowa , while coupling cars , 108 persons ; injured , 665. This fearful loss of life and terrible amount of personal injury , is not confined , by any means , to this State ; the above is not far from the average reported by ...
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Aggregate length Average number bonds CAPITAL STOCK CASH Cedar Rapids cent Chicago & Northwestern coal construction Council Bluffs coupler CURRENT LIABILITIES Dubuque & Sioux earnings from operation earnings is credited earnings per mile employes fencing freight cars-north freight earnings FREIGHT TRAFFIC FUNDED DEBT Grand total gross earnings Illinois income Injured Iowa Central Railway Island & Pacific Junction June 30 Kansas City Keokuk Keokuk & Western Killed Kirkville LEASED Line operated locomotives Louis main line Mason City mile of road Miles of line Miles run Milwaukee & St Minneapolis & St Minnesota Missouri mortgage Number of passengers number of stockholders number of tons operating expenses Ottumwa Passenger and freight passenger cars Paul & Kansas Prairie du Chien PROPERTY Railroad Commissioners Railroad Company RAILS Rapids & Northern rates Rentals road in Iowa Rock Island Sioux City tonnage Total freight Total mileage operated Total number Total passenger track train mile Westinghouse York City
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Page 1036 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 683 - Total freight revenue Average amount received for each ton of freight. Average receipts per ton per mile. Estimated cost of carrying one ton one mile Total freight earnings Freight earnings per mile of road...
Page 24 - ... road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 418 - Total passenger revenue Average amount received from each passenger Average receipts per passenger per mile Total passenger earnings Passenger earnings per mile of road...
Page 1048 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 210 - Freight traffic : Number of tons carried of freight earning revenue. Number of tons carried one mile...
Page 3 - Such annual reports shall show in detail the amount of capital stock issued, the amounts paid therefor, and the manner of payment for the same ; the dividends paid, the surplus fund, if any, and the number of stockholders; the funded and floating debts and the interest paid thereon ; the cost and value of the carrier's property, franchises, and...
Page 376 - Company, on my oath, do say that the foregoing return has been prepared, under my direction, from the original books, papers, and records of said company; that I 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 my knowledge. Information, and belief...
Page 848 - ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. EXPRESS COMPANIES. What express companies run on your road, and on what terms, and what conditions as to rates, etc. ; what kind of business is done by them, and do you take their freights at the depot, or at the office of such express company?
Page 1093 - ... or devices, the carriage of freights from being continuous from the place of shipment to the place of destination; and no break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption made by such common carrier shall prevent the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intent to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt...