| {Cost of Road-bed. | ||||
| {Cost of Superstructure. | ||||
| (A) Interest on construction and equipment capital. | {Cost of Buildings. | |||
| {Cost of Engines. | ||||
| {Cost of Cars. | ||||
| {Fixed machinery. | ||||
| {Road-bed. | {Material. | |||
| { | {Labor. | |||
| { | ||||
| (B) Maintenance of way and works. | {Buildings. | {Material. | ||
| { | {Labor. | |||
| { | ||||
| {Superstructure. | {Material. | |||
| { | {Labor. | |||
| { | { | {Working. | {Fuel, oil, and waste. | |
| { | { | { | {Salaries. | |
| { | {Passenger. | { | ||
| { | { | {Maintaining. | {Material. | |
| { | { | { | {Labor. | |
| {Locomotives. | { | |||
| { | { | {Working. | {Fuel, oil, and waste. | |
| { | { | { | {Salaries. | |
| { | {Freight. | { | ||
| { | { | {Maintaining. | {Material. | |
| { | { | { | {Labor. | |
| (C) Maintenance of the fixed and rolling stock. | { | |||
| { | { | {Working. | {Warming, lighting, and cleaning. | |
| { | { | { | {Oil and waste. | |
| { | {Passenger. | { | ||
| {Cars. | { | {Maintaining. | {Material and labor. | |
| { | { | |||
| { | {Freight. | {Working. | {Oil and waste. | |
| { | { | {Maintaining. | {Material and labor. | |
| { | ||||
| {Fixed machinery. | {In shops. | {Machinery. | {Oil and waste. | |
| { | {On road. | {Tanks and tables. | {Materials and labor. | |
| { | {Conductors. | |||
| { | {Ticket Sellers. | |||
| {Passenger. | {Clerks. | |||
| { | {Brakemen. | |||
| (D) Salaries of hands employed in and about trains. | { | {Porters. | ||
| { | ||||
| { | {Conductors. | |||
| {Freight. | {Station agents. | |||
| { | {Brakemen. | |||
| { | {Weighers and gaugers. | |||
| {Passenger. | {Warming and lighting. | |||
| { | {Police. | |||
| (E) Station expenses. | { | |||
| {Freight. | {Warming and lighting. | |||
| { | {Police. | |||
| {Salaries. | ||||
| {Travelling expenses. | ||||
| (F) General superintendence. | {Office expenses. | |||
| {Stationery. | ||||
| {Advertising, &c., &c. | ||||
The actual general division of the operating expenses upon the New York State system of roads was, for 1854, as follows. (See State Engineer’s Report).
| Way and works, | 1,123 | dollars per mile of road. |
| Machinery, | 2,072 | dollars per mile of road. |
| Salaries on and about trains, | 640 | dollars per mile of road. |
| Stations, | 30 | dollars per mile of road. |
| General superintendence, | 333 | dollars per mile of road. |
| Total, | 4,198 | dollars per mile of road. |
That the detailed expenses may be charged to the proper departments, and that we may be able to take out the exact cost of working any one class of trains, or of carrying any article of transport, the following form should be filled.
| 407. TABLE SHOWING THE GENERAL AND DETAILED EXPENSES OF WORKING AND MAINTAINING THE RAILROADS OF NEW YORK STATE, FOR 1854, AND THE NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1855. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAY AND WORKS. | LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES, CARS, AND FIXED MACHINERY. | Station expenses. | Salaries of employees in and about trains. | General superintendence. | Grand Total. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nature of the item is shown in horizontal columns. | Road-bed. | Superstructure. | Buildings. | Total. | LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. | CARS. | FIXED MACHINERY. | Whole cost of machinery oiling on the road. | Repairs and material. Warming and lighting. | Conductors. Brakemen. Weighing. Loading. Porters. Watchmen. | Stationery. Salaries. Offices. Travelling. Advertising. Agencies. | Cost per passenger or per ton, per mile run, or cost per mile of road. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passenger Locomotives. | Freight Locomotives. | Total cost. | Passenger cars. | Freight Cars. | Total cost of cars. | Repairs, oil and waste, labor, and machinery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name of railroad. | Fuel. | Oil and waste. | Salaries | Whole. | Repairs. | Total. | Fuel. | Oil and waste. | Salaries. | Whole. | Repairs. | Total. | Operating. | Maintaining. | Total. | Operating. | Maintaining. | Total. | ||||||||||||
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| Cost, in dollars, per mile, upon N. Y. State Railroads | 351 | 140 | 22 | F. 513 | 44 F. | 841 | 371 | 180 | 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 453 | 88 | 27 | P. 568 | 395 | 50 | 140 | 585 | 237 | 822 | 202 | 31 | 122 | 355 | 191 | 546 | 1368 | 50 | 145 | 195 | 45 | 206 | 251 | 446 | 55 P. | 1072 | 246 | 170 | 2056 | ||
| Cost in cents, per ton, or per passenger per mile run, N. Y. and Erie Railroad. | .020 | .161 | .010 | F. .191 | .015 F. | .466 | .023 | .240 | .045 | .965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| .157 | .021 | .107 | .285 | .109 | .394 | .205 | .018 | .080 | .303 | .081 | .384 | .778 | .020 | .079 | .099 | .022 | .045 | .067 | .166 | |||||||||||
| .035 | .207 | .011 | P. .253 | .018 P. | .511 | .026 | .159 | .053 | 1.002 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTES. | RECAPITULATION. | SUMMARY. | DEDUCTIONS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
408. The following general measures are recommended by Lardner in his Railway Economy, as being the means of obtaining increased economy in the working of railroads.
1st. So to manage the traffic as to cause the cars to carry more complete loads.
2d. To encourage the transport to long distances.
3d. To regulate the tariff so as to give the largest possible number of cars to each engine.
4th. To adjust the tariffs where the business is chiefly in one direction, so as to attract return traffic, that the cars may not run without a load.