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Eailroads replying io circulars of inquiry. 



Sailroads and their termini, 

 branches, &o. 



Fuel used, and remarks. 



Chicago and Alton Eailroad (with 

 several branches and extensions 

 to Kansas City, &c.) 



Chicago, Bnrlington and Qnincy 

 Eailroad (with leased lines, viz. 

 Saint Louis. Rock Island and 

 Chicago ; Chicago and Conncil 

 Bluffs; Saint Louis and Quincy, 

 &c.) 



Cleveland and Pittsburgh Kail- 

 road. (Cleveland to WellsvUle, 

 operated by Pennsylvania Eail- 

 road, river division, 68 miles; 

 Tuscarawas branch, from Bay- 

 ard to Kow Philadelphia, 32 

 miles.) 



Columbus and Hocking Valley 

 Eailroad. (ColumbustoAthens, 

 79 miles ; branch from Logan to 

 StraitsviUe, 13 miles.) 



Connecticut Valley Eailroad. 

 (Hartford to Saybrook.) 



Cumberland Valley Eailroad. 

 (Harrisbnrg, Pa., to Virginia 

 shore, Potomac Eiver.) 



Dakota Southern Eailroad. (Sioux 

 City to Tankton, Dak.) 



Delaware, Lackawana and West- 

 ern Eailroad. (Morris and Es- 

 sex division, 84 J miles; Boon- 

 ton branch, S-IJ miles; Chester 

 branch, 10 miles; Newark and 

 Bloomfleld branch, 4J miles.) 



Detroit and Milwaukee Eailroad 

 of Michigan. (Detroit to Grand 

 Haven.) 



Dubnque and Southwestern Eail- 

 road. (Farley to Cedar Eapids.) 



Eastern Kentucky Eailway. (Eiv- 

 erton to WiUard, Ky.) 



Erie Eailway. (Main line owned, 

 429.14 miles; main lino leased, 

 30.89; branches owned, 96.64 

 miles; branches leased, 3.59.88 

 miles; branches operated, 39.2i2 

 miles.) 



Evansville, Terre Haute and Chi- 

 cago Eailway. (Ten-e Haute to 

 DansviUe, Hi., 55 miles; 8 miles 

 siding.) 



Fort Wayne, Jackson and Sagi- 

 naw Eailroad. (Fort Wayne to 

 Jackson, Mich.) 



Grand Kapids and Indiana Eail- 

 road. (Noithem division and 

 Traverse City branch. Grand 

 Kapids to Petoskey and Trav- 

 erse City.) 



Knox and Lincoln Eailroad. (Bath 

 to Kockland, Me. ) 



Lake Shore and Michigan Sonth- 

 ern Eailway. (Main line, Buf- 

 falo to Chicago, 570.37 miles; 9 

 branches, 324.23 miles; 3 pro- 

 prietary roads, owned wholly, 

 160.11 miles; 3 roads operated 

 underlease, 150.68 miles; second 

 tracks, 230.80 miles ; side tracks, 

 446.70 mUes.) 



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Oak, costing $2 per cord. 



Wood used only for kindling; 

 oak and hickory for heating. 



Oak, hickory, and beech for heat- 

 ing ; oak preferred ; $1.30 per 

 cord. 



Oak, ash, elm, hickory, and hard 

 maple, for kindling ; preferred 

 in the order named; $2 per 

 cord. 



Oak and chestnut for kindling, 

 $3.75 per cord. 



Hickory and oak, $3 per cord ; 

 one cord will run a train 52 

 miles. 



Cottonwood, S2.20 per cord; coal, 

 $4.28, one ton running 46 miles. 



Oak and chestnut only ; oak pre- 

 ferred, $3.50 per cord, one cord 

 running 32i miles. 



Oak, beech, maplo.and elm ; beech 

 and maple preferred ; cost $2 

 per cord ; one cord will run 40 

 miles. 



Oak, costing $4 per cord. 



Wood used only for kindling, &c. 

 costs $3.89 for whole road. 



Wood for kindling; costs $1.50 

 per cord. 



Beech and oak; costs $2.80 per 

 cord, cut in 2-foot lengths; one 

 cord will run 50 miles. 



Beech and maplo, costing $2 ; one 

 cord wiU run about 50 miles. 



Hard wood, $4; soft wood, $3; 

 one cord will run a train of two 

 to four cars abont 50 mOes. 



White oak, beech, and maple; 

 average cost, 83.75; one cord 

 will run 48 miles. Amount of 

 fuel used : wood, 87,236 cords ; 

 coal, 261,719 tons. Michigan 

 division reports as used, beech, 

 birch, elm, maple, white oak, 

 and hickory for first class ; red 

 oak, sycamore, tamarack, (fee, 

 for second class ; and basswood, 

 Cottonwood, ash, whitewood, 

 and pine for third class ; cost, 

 $3.50 to $4. One cord on this 

 division runs 51 to 53 miles. 



