The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-18

cal Freight Tariff No. 1S-D. Atten-
ton is here called to the fact that al
though this 1s-cent rate only yields
a per ton mile revenue of Az cents.
| the lowest In effect on the road, that
II has evidently had the effect of
largely increasing the movement of
the commodity. giving the company
the largest gross and net revenue 1t
has ever enjoyed
Complainant's desire to call atten-
! ton. particularly, to certain figures
| contained on pages 2 to 4. inclusive,
| of this exhibit. Reference Is first
made to page 2, under the heading OF
maintenance Of way and structures
expense. For the year ending De-
| cember 81, 1920, the superintendent
| expense on the Eureka-Nevada Rail-
way was 1896 as compared with
sl,249 on the Nevada Central, or
| over four times as much. Attention
| is also called to the fact that this SUI
| perintendence cost has increased by
| leaps and bounds since December 81,
1915, up to which time the annual
| expense was about 100000.
With respect to these superintend-
| ence expenses we also direct atten-
| ton to practically identical compar-
| isons for maintenance Of equipment,
| shown on page 2 and Rail Line Trans
p~ortation shown on page 8. For
| these three items the superin-
| tendence expense in 1920 amounted
| to a total of ~s17,95S,56 on the Eu-
reka-Nevada Railway againt $3,749.-
| rs on the Nevada Central, and a to-
tai of $119S.36 for the year ended
| December 81, 1916, on the Eureka
| Nevada. This is an increase of &c.,
| 10000 over the 1915 expense of this
| CT arcter. In making this compar-
| ison we also call attention to page s
| of the exhibit which shows that a
greater tonnage of revenue freight
was carried in 1915 than in 1920.
However, the number of revenue pas
| sengers carried, and the number
| freight and passenger miles were
greater in 1920. l feel that it is UNI
| necessary to contrast the ratio of in
| crease in superintendent increase.
Apparently the year 1920 was an
abnormal year insofar as the follow
ing items of operating expense are
| concerned: Road Maintenance, Main
tanning building, depreciation of way
and structures, locomotive and a
| repairs, station service and train and
locomotive employees and expenses.
| The latter was undoubtedly brought
about largely through the increased
| traffic handled. The expense for fuel
| for train locomotives increased near
ly 200 per cent 1920 over 1919.
Under general expenses shown on
| page three the administration ex-
| pense on the Eureka-Nevada Is shown
as $3,SO2 for the year 1920, while on
the Nevada Central this item amount
ed to $3.50. The Eureka-Nevada
| figures are much lower for this ex-
| pense for the years 1918, 1919 and
| 1920 as compared with preceding
years, and possibly some of the items
which were formerly charged to adj
| ministration are now charged to SUI
| perintendence. Comparing the total
superintendent and administration
expenses for the year 1920 it will be
found that the figure for the Eureka
Nevada Railway was $21,760.43 or
about % per cent of the total operat-
ing expenses, while for the Nevada
Central the total was 100000 or
only Is per cen of total operating
expenses.
Pages 5 to z, inclusive of this ex-
hibit " various operating statis-
tics for the two roads. Particular at
| tention Is directed to the figures re-
lating to freight tonnage and passen-
gers carried on pages 6 and 7. These
figures show that there is a much
greater volume Of business on the Eu-
reka-Nevada than on the Nevada
Central. Taken in connection with
figures shown on page n of the ex-
hibit and the rate comparisons shown
in Exhibit No. 1, the fact is developed
that yer with a very light volume of
traffic and much lower rates, the Ne
vada Central had an average railway
operating income approximately $10,-
900 annually during the seven years
covered by the exhibit.
The figures carried on page s of
the exhibit relating to revenue tom
mage carried are self-explanatory. The
same statement is true of figures car
ried on page Q relating to the equip
ment operated by the Eureka-Nevada
Railway and Nevada Central Rail-
road. :
Pages 10 to IA, inclusive gives a
detailed statement of the various clas-
ses of employees employed by the
two lines. showing the total hours
or days worked annually together
with their annual compensation. For
the year 1920 1t is shown hat COM
p~ensation for general officers amount
ed to ~$11,625.O0 on the Eureka-Ne-
vada as against $6,100.00 on the Ne
vada Central. These figures are set
forth IN page 10.
In making comparisons of the av-
erage daily or hourly compensation
of various employees on the two
roads. the following figures result for
the year 1920: Section foreman, EN-
$3.50 per day. NC $4.23 per day;
section men. EN- $.54k per hour, Nc
SAT per hour; station agents, EN-
$3.37k per day, NC $3.50 per day;
enginehouse-men, EN- As n cents per
hour, NC 37h cents per hour; road
freight engineers, EN- So cents pei
hour, NC 9SA cents per hour; road
freight firemen and helpers, EN- II u