Chapter VI: Appendix: B

CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

(Data from Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)

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Average cost per mile of line.
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| | | Monthly average
| Fiscal year 1910| November, 1909 | for the other
| | | eleven months of
| | | the fiscal year
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| | | | Per cent.| |Per cent.
| |Monthly| | of monthly| |of monthly
Class. | Amount |average| Amount|average for| Amount|average for
| | | | the fiscal| |the fiscal
| | | | year. | | year.
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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
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Total |$7,710.91|$642.58|$642.21| 99.94 |$642.61| 100.00
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