The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-28
OF THE
IOWA RAILROADS
Northwestern 10 Leader. Milwaukee
Comes Second While Rock
Island 10
y. Third.
PAST YEAR WAS GOOD
Report. to state Tax Commission
Show Four Companies to
Have Made Nearly
sf4,oooooo.
PAST YEAR WAS GOOD

Railroads operating In Iowa had 4 I
very good year in 1912, according to |
their reports to the state tax commits /
sion. which is at present the execu-
tive council
the state from railroads which do IS
per cent of the entire business of rail |
roads in Iowa, and this includes all
but one of the lines which cross the |
state in either direction.
The Northwestern still leads all
others in aggregate business done and
reports handsome gain, with the
Milwaukee next and Rock Island
third In point of gains made, while
the Burlington did not do as much
business though showing a gain in
profits on Iowa business of nearly
fourteen million dollars for last year.
The railroads thus far having filed
reports show an aggregate of gross
receipts of $75,77S.124. and the total
of all the roads reporting for 1911
was s77,984,5s3. The gain in gross
receipts for the reporting roads over
last year is s2.64s,1s6. This would
indicate that when the tables are all
made up on which the new state tax
ing board, the executive council,
makes the assessment for this year,
the increase in gross receipts will
show about three million dollars.
sgrp J
Reports Of Larger Roads.
The reports from the group OF larg-
er railroads OF the state show for COM
parison, the following:
Chicago & Northwestern-For 1912:
Gross receipts, s17,ss0,340; expenses.
s13 ,537 ,0S3; net earnings, s4.153.277.
For 1911: Gross receipts, $1,000, 1885,
expenses, s13,372.17s; net earnings.
s3,6o8, or.
Rock Island-For 1912: Receipts,
s16, 907,336; expenses, $12,439,53 !;
earnings, s4,312,7ss. For 1911: Re-
ceipts s1s,o76,073; expenses, s11,5s2..
7ss; earnings, s4.4ss,2s5.
Milwaukee For 1912: Receipts,
| s15,036,329; expenses. s12,So4,322;
earnings, s2,2s2,0os. For 1911: Re
ceipts. 1s.s2s.ss2; expenses, $11,sss,-
| 1856; earnings, s2,o4o,3s
Burlington For 1912: Receipts,
/ s11, 256,16s; expenses, s7,957. 1853;
earnings, ss,s2s,Ss9. For 1911: Re.
ceipts. s11.s67,e1s; expenses, $685.,
1856; earnings, s3,172,123.
/ Statistics from the reports of other
roads follow:
Great Western For 1912: Receipts
i ss,5s2,227; expenses, 494,963; earn
ings, s3,29s,399. For 1911: Receipts
i ss,3so,s14 expenses, s5.112,s5s; earn
ings, s1,21s.25s.
4 Omaha road-For 1912: Receipts
s1,oss,422; expenses, s716,90s; earn
ings, s322,51s For 1911: Receipts
s1.0se.0 s3; expenses. $7oo,s31; earn
ings, sas5,4s1.
wabash-For 1912: Receipts 1886.
919; expenses, 1929. 219; earnings
s73 900. For 1911: Receipts, s1,2s5,
J os5; expenses, s1,2ss,141; earnings
s2S,913.
I Minneapolis 1912: Receipts
s4,o91.7 25; expenses, s3,355,o1o; earn
ings, s73s,714. For 1911: Receipts So
s31 ,2Ss; expenses, s2,93s,655; earn
ings, s991.s31.
Santa Fe-For 1912: Receipts, $525
: 544; expenses s352,14s; profits, s17s
!. 400. For 1911: Receipts, $475,978; es
: penses. s349,072; earnings, s126,905.
: Great Northern-For 1912: Receipt
s42s,22s; expenses, s316.3ss; earning!
3 $112,s41. For 1911: Receipts s43o, 405
expenses, s32s,0o0; earnings, SOL. so.
Among the short roads and termir
ais and depot companies the De
Moines Union still retains lead as
money maker with a profit Of $84,0S'
as against the year before. The Mu
catine North and South made jun
in net earnings from 1851 to s19,257
e and increased itE gross business froi
II s76,795 to s111,249. The little Tabo
j and Northern increased Its profit
i from 1853 to ss.2ts. The sioux Cit
g Terminal made only $3.50 profit a
against s12.94e the year before. Tn
Colfax road lost s11.s77 as against
net loss OF s2.253 before. The Nal
chester and Omara is not as profltabl
as 1t once was, earning last year onl
s3,s47 against 5000 The Davenport
Rock Island and Northwestern earne
$12,9s3 which is about that OF the pr
yious year. The Charles City roa
not in operation the year before q
along by losing only Sill. Earnint
Of the Southern Iowa traction wei
s4.435: OF the Anamosa road, $1.60t
OF the Des Moines Terminal. $3,ssf
OF the Crooked Creek, 1920; OF II
Iowa Transfer, sS84o; and the d.
Moines Western $6,7s9.
; Twelve OF the more important
tho roada Increased their proas a