OPERATING EXPENSES AND EARNINGS FOR IOWA. The gross earnings for Iowa for year ending June 30, 1886, were.... The net earnings were ........ Or $1,730.00 per mile on a mileage as reported of 7,564.47. The gross earnings for Iowa for year ending June 30, 1887, were.... The net earnings were ............. Or $1,672.73 per mile on a reported mileage of 7,997.50. $36,018,106.54 22,931,555.10 . $13,086,551.44 $ 37,529,730.62 24,152,990.71 $ 13,376,739.91 The operating expenses for the year were an increase from the former year of $1,221,435.61. The earnings were an increase of $1,511,624.08, or the increase of the net earnings for Iowa over the previous year was $290,188.47. The earnings of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern have increased $73,415 02; of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, $111,170.48; of the Kansas City, St. Jo & Council Bluffs, $255,705.56; of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern, $56,562.15; of the Chicago, Iowa & Dakota, $3,509 53; of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, $720,269.63; of the Chicago & Northwestern, $1,968,716.65; of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, $77,345.97; of the Crooked Creek, $18,304 28; of the Illinois Central, $17,339.44; of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, $45,959.29; of the Minnesota & Northwestern, $798,986.59; of the Minneapolis & St. Louis, $8,100.91; of the Keokuk & Western, $28,550.51; of the Centerville, Moravia & Albia, $14,820.84; of the Mason City & Fort Dodge, $20,908.51; of the Council Bluffs & St. Louis, $336,988.15; of the Clarinda & St. Louis, $6,196.01; of the Burlington & Northwestern, $4,104.18; of the Des Moines, Osceola & Southern, $253.64. The earnings of the following roads have decreased: Of the Central Iowa, $18,587.11; of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, $442,641.76; of the Des Moines & Ft. Dodge, $27,264.14; of the Humeston & Shenandoah, $21,309.79; of the Iowa Northern, $705.47; of the Ottumwa & Kirkville, $22,078.79; of the Prairie du Chien & McGregor, $1,827.10; of the Sioux City & Pacific, $7,503.63; of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, $4,432,372.00 (the mileage that this road reports has been so materially lessened by dividing up the property that this item really should have no place in any discussion involving the relative earning power of the railway properties reporting); of the Burlington & Western, $4,035.63; of the St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern, $2,963 35; of the Cedar Rapids & Marion Street Railway, $7,805.26. PERCENTAGE OF OPERATING EXPENSES TO EARNINGS. The roads showing the lowest percentage of operating expenses to earnings are the Ottumwa & Kirkville, 43.13; Sioux City & Pacific, 50.14; Iowa Northern, 54.70; the Kansas City, St. Jo & Council Bluffs, 55.58; the Chicago & Northwestern, 57.36; the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 59.17; the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 61.90; the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern, 63.50; the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 63.60; the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, 63 95; |