Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers. / Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.

by George L. Vose

5th. Not to increase the number of trains beyond a reasonable accommodation of traffic.

6th. To diminish as far as possible express trains, if it be not practicable to abolish them altogether.

RECEIPTS AND PROFITS.

409. The distribution of expenses, as we have seen, is somewhat complicated, and is systematically done upon a very few roads. The classification of receipts is, however, very easy, and is properly detailed in nearly all railroad reports. Upon the New York State railroads, the following was the division for the year 1854.

Average receipts per mile of road,

Passengers,	$4,074.16
Freight,	3,776.72
Extras,	427.28
Whole,	$8,278.16
Whole expense,	$4,710.14

or fifty-seven per cent. of the receipts.

Receipts per mile run by trains,

Passengers,	$1.32
Freight,	2.02
Extras,	1.67
Whole,	$5.01
Average,	1.67
Whole expense per mile run by train,	$0.97

Average receipts per passenger and per ton, per mile,