DRAINAGE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS. 
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Entire line: 
Main line (316.7") miles) — $729.50 per mile exclusive of bridges, trestles, and 
culverts. 
Branch line (131 miles) — $464 per mile exclusive of bridges, trestles, and 
culverts. 
The foregoing figures show that track maintenance within the dis- 
trict is not higher than the average for the track included on the 
main line: the branch line even showing a lower figure for the track 
within the district. 
Flood damage records kept for track within the district show the 
following : 
Year. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
1912. 
1913. 
1914. 
1915. 
1916. 
1917. 
1918. 
Mainline Branch line TWoi 
(5.67 miles). (7.2 miles). lora1 ' 
Total for 1 2 years 
Average per year 
Capitalized at 5 per cent 4, Oil. 60 
Capitalized at 6 per cent 
$0.00 
3100. 00 
$100. 00 
204.00 
0.00 
204.00 
930.00 
50.00 
980.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
1.195.00 
1.613.00 
2, 808. 00 
78.00 
3, 300. 00 
3. 378. 00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
0.00 
2, 407. 00 
5,063.00 
7, 470. 00 
$200. 58 
$421.92 
$622. 50 
4,011.60 
8, 438. 40 
12,4.50.00 
3, 343. 00 
7, 032. 00 
10,375.00 
In the preceding figures it is seen that the largest expenditures by 
far occurred in 1015 and 1916. totaling $6,186. The track raising and 
general improvement following this flood damage had for its object 
the avoidance of future expenditures due to floods of similar char- 
acter, and it should be «riven due consideration in assessing benefits 
against the railroad. Adequate waterway exists beneath the rail- 
road bridges across the three streams, and since railroad lines in the 
district are not of recent construction the roadbed is not affected by 
water standing against the embankment for the short duration of 
flood periods. 
The following table shows the lengths of track submerged and 
above high Avater during the two flood years, 1909 and 1915. for track 
-elevation existing during these years compared with what it would 
be with the present elevation of track. 
Flood of 1909: 
Main line 
Branch line j 
Total 
Flood of 1915: 
Main line 
Branch line - 
Total f,. 20 
i racK eieva 
1915 
cion lwiw- 
Track ele\ 
ation 1919. 
Above high 
water. 
Sub- 
merged. 
Above high 
water. 
Sub- 
merged. 
Miles. 
0.71 
1.77 
Miles. 
4.84 
5. 57 
Miles. 
1. 17 
2.21 
Miles. 
4.38 
5.13 
2.48 
10.41 
3.38 
9.51 
■2. 34 
3.86 
3.21 
3.48 
4.27 
6.21 
1.28 
1.13 
10. 18 
