The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
ILLUSTRATES SERVICE
GIVEN BY RAILROADS
That 1t Takes Long Hauls to Buy
Proves Interesting.
FITS COMPARISONS TO @. q o
II. II. Snead, Manager of Express
Traffic. Adapts Illustration From
Traffic World to Conditions on His
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traffic of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company, furnishes some in
teresting illustrations of the service
rendered by his company in order to
earn the equivalent of some of the
necessities to both the individual and
the railway company.
In the Traffic World a short time
ago appeared an article clipped from
an exchange which presented some
of the compa risons given below and
which Mr. Snead has adapted to fit
conditions on the Chesapeake and
Ohio lines:
Suppose you had 1000 pounds OF
freight at the freight station and sup
pose the drayman charged you dol
lar to deiived Ii to your home or place
of business. a mile from the station.
Two thousand pounds is a good big
load for a two-horse team; would
YOU consider the drayman a robber
and raise row with him for charg-
ing you the dollar? Probably not.
You would consider the charge reason
able and paw it without question. AS
the freight was at the station presunn-
ably the railroad brought it there
Consider for moment what the rail-
road gets for hauling a ton of freight,
bearing in mind that by far the larger
portion of the revenues of the rail-
road comes from hauling freight, The
average rate on freight on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway is a trifte less
than a half cent per ton per mile, or.
roughly, one two-hundredth part of
what the drayman asks.
To earn the price of a pound OF
heefsteak for the section man, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
panl must haul a ton of freight from
~,-f
fortv-seven miles.
Two Hundred Miles For Shirt.
To earn the price of shirt for the
conductor. the railway must haul a
TON Of freight from Old Point Comfort
to Greenwood, Va. 200 miles.
To earn the price Of new pair or
shoes for the brakeman. the railway
must haul a ton of freight from Old
Point Comfort to Shelbyville, KY, 6s7
miles,
To earn the price of suit of
clothes for the engineer. the railway
must haul a ton Of freight more than
four times the distance from Old Point
Comfort to Chicago, total of $500
miles.
To earn the price OF a new cross
tie for the roadbed, the railway must
haul a ton of freight from Old Point
Comfort to Beaver Dam, Va, 10
miles,
| To earn the price of new rail-, the
railway must haul a ton of freiEht
three times the distance from olo
: Point Comfort TO Chicago, a total OF
2s50 miles.
To build a mile of frst-class new
! track costs approximately s25,ooo'
and 10 earn ii the railway has TO
! haul a ton of freight a distance equai
/ TO two hundred times around the
world.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company Is essentially coal carry
ing road. that commodity comprising
9 bout 10 per cent OF the entire volume
Of business. and in order to earn the
nrice of lead pencil, It must haul
ION Of coal about four and a quarter
miles; to obtain a penholder. It mus
haul a ton OF coal more than three
miles: to earn a two-cent postag'
s+amp. II transports the ton of Goa
nearly six and a half miles: a ruooel
erassr. over three miles; pound o.
was+A TWENTY-FIVE and fourteenth.
miles. an inkwell, NOR" than nine ane
a half miles; a quart OF INK forty
eight miles.
In view Of these facts, do you no
think that you really do get your
moneys worth when you pay YOU
i freight bill or are you still 81 m u
: ouinfon THAT freight rates are, too naSf
and that the railroads are ROBBERS