Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
RAILWAYS ASSERT
THEY ARE UNDER
PAID ON MAIL
Statistics Compiled Recently
Attempt to Show That Lines
Get Less Than for Carrying
Express Matter.

Denver. colo, Apru IA according
to statistics just complied by tn, rail.
way mail committee from rcpor,s
submitted on forms prescribed III, the
postofiice department bS ~ mil
ways, operating lfN.1iU miles ON
which there are 24ll mail routes. tho
railways or the United states not oui.
receive less compensation Tor hand
Ing the malls than they receive for
handling express. but In proportion
To the cost incurred by the roads and
the value at the service rendered hv
thom the compensation they receive
Tor handling the mails ~ less than
that received for any other service.
For the wear ending June 30. 1909.
the average earnings per passenger
train mile was si27 white the aVcrag,
per freight train mile was t2TG. Tho
hNcra9. passenger train is 500 feet
long ana " II carried mali only In all
its cars II would earn only % cents
per mile. The railways receive less
from mail than from either express or
passcngcrs--thc other services rcn.
dorcd Toy passenger trainS---whilc the
total from the three IL less than half
OF that received from freight. These
figures are based on the amount the
RAILWAYS received for hauling one foot
81 car spncr ono mil. in the trans
portdtion OF passengers. mail and ca
press ~ November. 1903. the rail-
ways hauled l.li3,llO.2t5 feet of car
spac" one mile IN the transportation
"i mail, for which they received
s5,'2l. 1880, l.320.ioS.jsg feet one
mile IN the transportation OF express
Tor t1.n15. a22.00. and ?.302.3TO,l5O
feet one mile In the transportation of
passengers for si3.I3S. ,23.uo. The
average revenue per LOO foot miles.
equivalent to- hauling "A train of 80
bo.tout cars one mile. WAS therefore
"S follows Mail s3.s3. express. $3.Ss.
passengers, sac. the roads receiving
~ per cent more per foot mile tor
hauling express ana % per cent mote
for hauling passengers thaH they re-
tciNcd Tor hauling the mails
THIS method ut comparison was
used rs the railroads claim II H. NiNni-
fcstll unfair To- compare the rate per
ton on mail ana UNprcsS since under
til, regulations and orders of the post.
office department railway postal ears
ar UNITED tn AN average capacity OF
about three tons. while express cars
carr, from 20 To- 30 tons. The post
office department requires the rail-.
Ways To- haul - tons of car for each
ton of mail. while the EXPIRES COM
panlos comply with the demands of
the railways that express matter shalt
be cconomicaliy loaded.
In additiun. ia, railway companies
curry TIE MATHS between stations ana
ptstufilc,s az siN-scNcnths of tar mail
stops THIS service the postmaster
general has estimated would COS, the
department Sl.093.O 600 annually II
!, ndorcd 10y a. NJ such service ~
rendered The express companies. POST
al clerks are carried tree while ON
duty and between the ends of thor
tines and their homes and the roads
furnish annually tl.0O0.0ou of free
transp' rtation to various postal offi-
rialS. Al these persons have the
lcvni status of passengers and the
are required To- pas damages
in case 81 injury. The express COM
panics assume all such liability for
their employees. Tn, railroads receive
pay for every pound of oNprDss they
haul but under IA" sNgtCm Of weigh
inE the mails only once 10 four years
thu rondS get no compensation Tor
the carriage of the increase during
this period, averaging per cent. or
about S3.0o0.0op worth at service per
year
From 90, {" 1914 tn. expenses If
the uustoffic" department Increased
about SO. 0oo 0op. hut the railroads,
though they handled 80 per cent more
matt received $685.. 100 lcss IN lat0
than in 1909.