Mail Carrying Railways Underpaid

by Committee on Railway Mail Pay

APPENDIX B.
CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

(Data from Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)

Average cost per mile of line.
Class	Fiscal year 1910		November, 1909		Monthly average for the other eleven months of the fiscal year
	Amount	Monthly average	Amount	Per cent. of monthly average for the fiscal year	Amount	Per cent. of monthly average for the fiscal year
Maintenance of way and structures	$1,562.88	$130.24	$124.04	95.24	$130.80	100.43
Maintenance of equipment	1,746.00	145.50	148.44	102.02	145.23	99.82
Traffic expenses	220.61	18.38	18.85	102.56	18.34	99.78
Transportation expenses	2,893.71	324.48	327.78	101.02	324.18	99.91
General expenses	287.71	23.98	23.10	96.33	24.06	100.33
Total	$7,710.91	$642.58	$642.21	99.94	$642.61	100.00

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APPENDIX C.
RECEIPTS FROM PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAFFIC BY MONTHS.

(Data from Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)

Month	Passenger receipts per mile of line			Freight receipts per mile of line			Per cent. of passenger receipts to receipts from both passengers and freight
	Total	Daily Average	Per cent. of daily average for year	Total	Daily Average	Per cent. of daily average for year
1909, July	$251.66	$8.12	112.15	$608.67	$19.63	88.46	29.25
Aug.	269.70	8.70	120.17	653.97	21.10	95.09	29.20
Sept.	254.95	8.50	117.40	704.51	23.48	105.81	26.57
Oct.	231.80	7.48	103.31	781.91	25.22	113.65	22.87
Nov.	206.69	6.89	95.17	752.69	25.09	113.07	21.54
Dec.	211.55	6.82	94.20	640.59	20.66	93.11	24.83
1910, Jan.	187.42	6.05	83.56	618.06	19.94	89.86	23.27
Feb.	171.92	6.14	84.81	603.76	21.56	97.16	22.16
March	202.61	6.54	90.33	716.76	23.12	104.19	22.04
April	203.84	6.79	93.78	658.93	21.96	98.96	23.63
May	218.47	7.05	97.38	682.96	22.03	99.28	24.24
June	233.25	7.78	107.46	674.97	22.50	101.40	25.68
Average	$220.32	$7.24	100.00	$674.81	$22.19	100.00	24.61

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