The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-30
FIGURES GIVEN
On RAILROADS
Interesting Report Is Issued by
Bureau of Railway
Economics.
DECREASE is SHOWN IN
NET OPERATING REVENUE
As Compared With Same Month
in 1910, Decrease Is SIS
q Mile.

Some interesting figures for the public.
as we'll as for railroad men. are con-
tained in the January report of the bu-
reau OF railway economies. Washington.
ID. c., copies of which have been re-
ceived in this city. The report shows
that tho January, 1911, returns, when
reduced 10 a per mile basis show a de-
crease both with respect to the returns
for the preceding n,cn,!: and TO those Of
the corresponding month Of the previous
year. The net operating revenue, that
is, the total revenue. less operating ex-
penses. for all roads reporting, show
decrease per miles from the figures OF
January, 1910 of SIS. or per cent. and
from the figures OF December, 1910. OF
S'6s or 20 per cent.
How Increase Is Shown.
The report says; For the month of
January. 1911, there was an increase In
month, 1910. of $i.500, 900, which, how
ever. was almost wholly accounted for
by tho fact that the report covers 3IoO
more miles than in 1910, The increase
per mile of lines only 1896. or o. per
cent. For this trihing increase, passen-
ger revenue was almost entirely respon-
stbe. Freight revenue per mile actually
declined l., per cent Operating eN-
penses increased per miles over the same
month OF the previous year 32 per cent
ton expenses. There was a decline of
! 4 per cent In the per mile expenditures
for the maintenance of way. With this
showing II was 10 be expected that the
net opera ting revenue would show fall
Ing off. On the mile basis il was per
cent Operating income, which is net
revenue with taxes and outside opera
tions included, show a decrease of per
cent"
Southern Group Fortunate.
The report shows that the increase in
operating revenues is almost entirely
confined to the southern group. The
western group shows n decline and the
eastern group nominal increase. The
increase in the southern group Is In both
freight and passenger business, while in
both the other groups the freight reve-
nues decreased.
The report shows that for the seven
months OF the fiscal year 1911, which
crease of operating revenue per mile for
all roads of "a per cent over the cor
responding period of 1910 However, eX
penses increased 10 per cent with the
crease of CT per cent. This decrease
runs as high as II per cent in the east
crp group. In the southern group there
was an increase of per cent. The re-
port says. at is plain that the decrease
for ali roads is due 10 increased expenses
rather than declining revenues, the great
est advance in expenses being found in
the transportation account where the
wage increases arc mostly reflected"
Operating Ratio.
The operating ratio for all roads for |
January, 1911 was - per cent as |
compared with ~ 8 per cent in January |
1910.
The report says: "It is OF particular !
Importance 10 note that there has been |
no Improvement in January as compared |
with December but rathe a decline For |
all roads there Is decline In net reYe-
nue. as compared with December 1910 |
of sac per mile This decline amounts to |
500 per mile for the. eastern roads, $50 |
per mile for the southern roads aud sol |
per mile for the western roads"