The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-02-10
British and i. S.
Roads Compared

Quoting these figures, bulletin Of
the Association of Railway Executives
says: can important statistical unit
in the new English statistics is aver
age revenue, or receipts per ton per
mile. The average gross receipts per
ton-mile in England for the month of
January, 1920, were 1928 cents, and
were increased to cents in the month
of June, 1870. This increase was due
to the, higher level of freight rates
made effective on January Is, 1920.
The average for the six months ended
June was 2.966 cents. These average
are gross receipts, and include charges
for collection and delivery. Excluding
such charges, the average Let receipts
per ton mile we're: First four weeks
Ito January 81 2.1O7 cents; second
four weeks february, 1850 cents;
month of June, 2.7O8 cents; average
for six months, 2.629 cents.
THE average receipts per ton-mlle
for class l railroads in the United
States, which correspond to- the Brit
iSh averages, exclusive of collection
and delivery charges, were .972 cents
for the six months to June 80, 1920.
"For the six months ended June 80,
1920, the class 1 railroads in the Unit
ed States carried 189, 997, 457, 900 tom
miles Of revenue freight, earning ST.
S41,217,911, with an average receipt
per tOn-mile of .972 cents According
to the new British statistics, the aver
age receipts per ton-mile for the six
months ended June 20, 1920, were 1929
cents.
eff the average receipts per ton
mile which have been collected by the
British railways during this six
months period had been charged
against the freight traffic carried by
the class 1 railways in the United
States, for the six months ended June
30, 1920, tlfe latter would have earned
S.. 455 ,327,118 instead Of $1,847, 217911.
I'm other words, British rates ap-
piled to American traffic would have
cost the shippers Of the United
States $3,6OOOOO,O00 in six months, or
$1,000, 100000 per year.
British Cars Smaller.
"The 2O7 ,2S1, 100000 ton-miles. in;
Guiding non-revenue freight, hauled bv |
the class 1 railways in the United |
States for the six months ended June. |
1920, were carried by an average train |
consisting Of 80 cars averaging 20 |
tons each.
eff the railways in the United States
had used British cars, which have an
average load Of six tons, in moving
the tonnage quoted above they would
have moved trains consisting of 100
cars, or more than three times the
number of cars per train.
SIN hauling the 2O7, 281. OOO, 900 tom
miles Of freight during the six months
period, class I railways in the United !
States operated 252, $4,000 freight
trafn-miles,@ i. e., in trainloads of
no tons. Applying the British train
load of $50 tons to the ton-mileage
hauled in the United States, the rail
ways in the United States would have
been forced to operate 1.195, $4,000
train-mfles, or nearly five times as
many train-miles as the number &C.
tually needed under American operat-
ing conditions.
1.-THE estimated length of haul in
the United States for the six months,
was 316 miles. The average length of
haul for the British railways for the
same period was 81 miles. If the aver
age haul of the British railways had
been in effect in the United States,
American freight would have been in
5.54 times as often as II
was.
"In other words, If railways in the
United States had carried their freight
at the rate per ten-mile charged by |
the British railways, they would have
aarned $500, 600 600 more" |