Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-19
RAILROAD HAUL HAS
BEEN INCREASED;
BUT COST LESS
Analysis of Post Office Re-
turns Covering Railway
Service Shows Interesting
Comparisons.

According t. statistics Iust compiled
10y Jho railway mail commit,c, irpm
reports submitted on forms prescribed
hy th pustofico department bl IN7
railways. operating i7N.7lo miles on
which tu,rc are etii mail routes. the
railway pf the United States not onN
receive loss compensation for hand.
ling thc mails than tbcy receive
for handling Express. but boo uropor-
ZION 90 Tho cost incurred by the roads
and tho value of scrvcc rendered 10y
tI'm the compensation they receive
for handling mails il less than that
received fur any othcr service.
For tn year ending June 800. 1909.
the Ivyrag, earning per passenger
train mlo Nas tI.21, while the aver
age per freight train milo Uis 81 10
The avtrag" passenger train Is sou
feet long. and " II carried mail only
IN an its cars II would earn only ~
cents rgr mile The railways receive
los, from mail than from either cN-
press cor ptssrngrrs--thr other SER
vices rendered 10y pans'ngo- trains
while the total from the three Us less
than half OF that received from
ncight These figure arc based on
to-" amount the railway received for
hauling one foot uf ear space one mile
10 the teams portation OF passengers,
mail ana express.
ia November. 1900. tJr railways
hauled l.l53.Ii0.st5 foct Of ear space
d.. 'ro transportation of mail
4. a.. I "a
l.8eG.i0N.5Sa feet ono mile in trans.
portatiun of express FOR si,o75,222
.u1d ggn9.31n.lsO feet ono mile in the
transportation of passengers for st3,.
t3S.1ld The average revenue per
1000 foot milcs--cqulvnlent TO haul.
ing train of twenty nfty-foot Cars
one mllc--was therefor az follows
Mail. ta.23; express. 50 80; pass"u'
gers. sac. the road. receiving u
ger cent more per foui mile for haul
ing express ana 30 per cent n pre fol
hauling passengers than they rcceiv
, I'd for hauling the mails
This method 81 cumpJrison WIS W.
cd IS the railroads claim 1t is mani
fcstlN unfair go compare the atc pei
ton on mail and express. since unde
the regulations ana orders of IA
postoihcc department railway posta
c'rs are limited 10 an average capac
! ny of about three tons. while express
cars carry from twenty To- thirty tons
Tho postoiliCp department requires tn
10 .lNaNs to haul twenty-five tons ~
car for each ton uf mail. while TN
/ express companies comply with tn
'd' manjs OF the railways. that cN
! press mattor shall be oconomicall
! ioud,d.
In addition. tn railway compdhc
carry the mail, between stations an
POSSIBILITIES at siN-scycn,hs of Tho MAJ
/ stops. This service the postmastc
! : uerh has estimated would cost "a
department sl.09S.o00 annually
: 'ndcrcd by 10. So such service
rendered the Express companic,
| Postal clerks arc carried IRE, Will
on duty, and between the ends ,
their liays and their homes aud tn
roads furnish annually tl.o00.uOO ,
free transportation 10 various postt
officials An thrs, persons have IN
leg. stntus of passengers. aud th
railways are required TO pay damas,
IN cas-" 81 Injury The express CON
pani"s assume such liability Tor the
employees Thu rafpads receive pa
tor every pound uf express thcy hai
but under the sS~t'u Of weighing an
% uls only ono, roe four Years. o.
roads get no Improvisation for "
, tHrragc or thr u'rcase during Ga
period, aVcgaglng q Der cent. or ABBOT
s3,o1o,o00 worth pf service per Sea
From iao7 ~ t"lo the expenses
the postniilc, d'pIvtmcnt incroasJ
. about 5000 oun but the railroad
~, ugh the, handled 20 per cent MOI
+ mail received tisa.160 loss in 20
than i'm 100.