The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-10
WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1911.
I<n uTrscuSrrr VS.. nnAxpErs.


T<RUTTsCHNITr VS.. BRAyDEIs.
only few months ago Louis u.
Brandeis, who has acquired much rep
ntation as an economist. declared that
the railroads of this country are vast
Ing million dollars day by their
failure 10 adopt certain systems of
scientific management, and a great
many peoplc believe what he said Ne
does not know anything abou; railroad
management except in an academic
way. reut his statements rs to the ter
rible waste In the management or
sthese properties made profound i'm
/ pression upo he country and doubt
less affected TO some extent the deci-
sion of the Interstate Commerce Com
omission In tn freight rate Ease.
Julius Krnttschnitt Director OF Main
i1enance and Operation OF the Union
4 Pacific System and the Southern Pa
iSincS Company. delivered a very ,nstruc-
Ixivc lecture lately at IN American uni
vcrsity, In which he made some cal
culations from actual material, which
eervcs as a stnnd-o OF to the economic
lTHgaries of the Boston attorney. These
statistics show that b,. increasing their
d efficiency I'm the last fifteen years the
railroads have saved the public an
average OF sl,30o,ooo day in trans.
portntion charges by not boosting
'Freight and passenger rates in proper
, zion to tho increase In commodity
! prices and wages paid for living. Tho
text OF Mr.. Kruttschnitts lecture Is
printed in the current number OF the
7hat during the year 1909 the saving
TO the public was at the rate OF s2,-
100000 every twenty-four hours, ana
Il that since 1924 by Increasing their
L efficiency the railroads have saved To
the public tho enormous sum of ST.
74i,343.o0o. Taking the rates per pass
ringer mile and per ton mile actu-
ally received by the railways and esti-
mates Of w.iat these railroads would
have been had they followed the trend
OF labor nd commodity prices as re-
ported by the United States Bureau OF
labor and the Interstate Commerce
+ Commission, MIR. Kruttachnitt gets his
reault by multiplying tho saving In
rates for eacn year by the actual pass
engcr and ton mileage and adding
the products. the average or labor
and commodity prices Increased 80 per
cent. from 1884 Ia 1909. while the aver
age passenger and freight rates during
this period slightly decreased This
very effective statement is only one
of the many equally striking state
. ments made by this practical railroad
man.
DO you appreciate what the present
average rates OF 1872 cents n passenger
milo and 40 cents ii ton mile means?
The formeris n little less than the
value OF a twoccnt postage stamp. Vel
for Inc cost OF this small stamp the
railway transports n passenger and
his baggage. one mile and In addition
5000 po'irds..of tehcle to seat him
coo POUNDS OF vehicle for his luggage
and 1000 pounds OF sleeping. dining
md parior equipment for Increasing
Ills comfort
For the same tiny stamp the rain
way carries two and threc-rourthS tons
OF lrf,gh' one mile for Tie shippsr
ange, ,ratns for ,bo poe1. 6 ",i MS pass
,nent the equivalent Of fully eouippcd
post7oiiice on wheels weighing forty
NY 10 MY IONS distance Of about
''i'
One OF the tables eInploycd bv Mr
Kruttschnitt in ADMINISTRATION Of his SUB
~, 4,.9 : ! ~. I co"'pArison VIII me