Mail Carrying Railways Underpaid :: APPENDIX B. CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

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
Class	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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