┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 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. │ ├──────────┬─────────┬───────────┬────────────────┬─────────┤ │ │ │Salaries of│ │ │ │ │ Station │ employees │ General │ Grand │ │ │expenses.│ in and │superintendence.│ Total. │ │ │ │ about │ │ │ │ │ │ trains. │ │ │ ├──────────┼─────────┼───────────┼────────────────┼─────────┤ │ │ │ │ │Cost per │ │Nature of │ Repairs │Conductors.│ Stationery. │passenger│ │ the item │ and │ Brakemen. │ Salaries. │ or per │ │ is shown │material.│ Weighing. │ Offices. │ton, per │ │ in │ Warming │ Loading. │ Travelling. │mile run,│ │horizontal│ and │ Porters. │ Advertising. │ or cost │ │ columns. │lighting.│ Watchmen. │ Agencies. │per mile │ │ │ │ │ │of road. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ Name of │ │ │ │ │ │railroad. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼─────────┼───────────┼────────────────┼─────────┤ │Cost, in │ │ │ │ │ │dollars, │ │ │ │ │ │per mile, │ —│ 371│ 180│ 1905│ │upon N. Y.│ │ │ │ │ │State │ │ │ │ │ │Railroads │ │ │ │ │ │ │ —│ 246│ 170│ 2056│ ├──────────┼─────────┼───────────┼────────────────┼─────────┤ │Cost in │ │ │ │ │ │cents, per│ │ │ │ │ │ton, or │ │ │ │ │ │per │ │ │ │ │ │passenger │ .023│ .240│ .045│ .965│ │per mile │ │ │ │ │ │run, N. Y.│ │ │ │ │ │and Erie │ │ │ │ │ │Railroad. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ .026│ .159│ .053│ 1.002│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┴─────────┴───────────┴────────────────┴─────────┤ │ 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.