The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad: Statements of Car Space and All Facilities Furnished for the Government Mails and for Express and Passengers in All Passenger Trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad: Statements of Car Space and All Facilities Furnished for the Government Mails and for Express and Passengers in All Passenger Trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; Railway mail service -- United States
Transportation Expense $454,208
Fuel passenger engines $132,709
Salaries passenger engineers 100,511
Salaries passenger trainmen 87,557
Train supplies, etc. 55,664
Injuries to persons 19,904
Station employees 17,160
Joint yards and terminals 15,610
Miscellaneous 25,093
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Maintenance of Equipment $107,626
Repairs, passenger cars $67,650
Depreciation, passenger cars 39,639
Miscellaneous 337
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Traffic Expense $48,971
Advertising $17,249
Outside agencies 16,673
Superintendence 10,272
Miscellaneous 4,777
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Maintenance of Way, etc. $12,970
Buildings and grounds $7,053
Joint tracks, etc. 4,440
Miscellaneous 1,477
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General Expense $13,580
Salaries, clerks, etc $8,994
Insurance 2,478
Legal expense 1,153
Miscellaneous 955
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Total $637,355
_Proportion of Non-Assignable Expenses._
Operating Expenses $1,278,016
Taxes and Interest 450,150
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$1,728,166
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Total $2,365,521
Exhibit A shows that the entire space in all cars run on passenger
trains on the Burlington in November was divided as follows:
Passengers occupied 80.8 % of the space.
Mail 11.75% of the space.
Express 7.45% of the space.
If each of these three classes of traffic had contributed earnings and
paid expenses in proportion to the space occupied by it, the result in
comparative profit or loss to the company would have been as follows:
_Comparative Profit and Loss._
_Earnings._ _Expenses._ _Profit._ _Loss._
Passengers $1,859,839 $1,911,341 $51,502
Mail 194,435 277,949 83,514
Express 187,825 176,231 $11,594
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$2,242,099 $2,365,521
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