ing all
bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad;
and, also, all the roads in use by any corporation, receiver, trustee or
other person operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under
contract, agreement, lease or otherwise, or which may hereafter be
purchased, leased, acquired or operated within the State of Iowa.
The classification of freights applies to all the lines, regardless of
class. The schedule of maximum rates applies to all Class "A" roads. The
rates on Class "B" roads will be FIFTEEN per cent. higher, and
the rates on Class "C" roads THIRTY per cent. higher than the
rates named for Class "A" roads. The respective roads have been
classified by the Executive Council of the State as follows, which
classification is adopted by the Railroad Commissioners, and made part
of this schedule:
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS.
CLASS "A."
Where gross annual earnings, per mile, shall be $4,000 or
more.--Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway; Chicago and
Northwestern Railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway; Chicago and Great Western Railway (operating the Chicago, St.
Paul and Kansas City Railway); Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad; Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway; Sioux City and Northern
Railway; Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway; Sioux City and
Pacific Railroad; Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway; Union Pacific
Railway.
CLASS "B."
Where gross earnings are $3,000 or over and less than $4,000 per
mile.--Iowa Central Railway; Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs
Railroad; Omaha and St. Louis Railway.
CLASS "C."
Where annual earnings are less than $3,000 per mile.--Chicago,
Burlington and Kansas City Railway; Chicago, Ft. Madison and Des Moines
Railway; Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Railway; Crooked Creek Railroad and
Coal Company; Des Moines and Kansas City Railway; Des Moines, Northern
and Western Railway; Humeston and Shenandoah Railroad; Iowa Northern
Railway; Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad; Minneapolis and St. Louis
Railway; St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad; Tabor and Northern
Railway; Wabash Railroad; Winona and Southwestern Railway; Keokuk and
Western Railway.
Burlington and Western; Burlington and Northwestern; Ames and College;
Albia and Centerville.
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