New Britain herald., 1923-10-04
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Financial Condition May Have
Bearing 90 Rate Jumps
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fwsshiAssea Bureau 81 Nes Britain HsHtl
Washington, u. O., 0eI. i,-ons
possible reason for the attempt OF the
New York, Mes Haven and Hartford
Taiirosd 10 increase their passenger
traffle rates may be the increase IN
the freight and passenger train seryr
Ice costs In the past year on New Eng
land reads shown BY statistics Just
complied by the Interstate Commerce
commission fer the month OF July,
and for the first half OF the present
year. compared with the same periods
last year,
According 10 these hgures.. the cost
OF passenger train service In New
England In the month OF July was
1913 per cent higher per passenger
train mile than In the same month Of
1898, while the cost for the STA
months ended with July was 1871 per
cent more than In the same period
OF last year, The cost Of freight train
service per freight.tfain mile was
las per cent higher In July ie2s than
In July is22. and 1871 per cent high
or In the first seven months OF the
year than In the corresponding months
OF last year: and the cost per 1000
gross ton-miles was So per cent high
or for July and eos per cent higher
for the frst seven months than last
year.
While increases In these costs was
also shown In all other districts OF
the country. the increases were gem
orally larger and the costs invariably
considerably higher In tho New Eng
land states than anywhere else.
The largest single item OF cost In
both freight and passenger operation.
and the item which accounted for
practically the entire increases. wns
locomotive repairs Fuel costs as a
rule were less. the price OF coal hav-
Ing dropped. Engincmen and train
men represent In general items OF cost |
little or no higher this year than last. |
The items of cost per passenger |
train-mile for New England in the
OF July were as follows: loco
motive repairs. 1923. so.S75, 1922.
so.24S; engine-house expenses. 1923,
So.os0. 1922, s0.o74: enginemen, 1928,
sO.152, 1929, so.14s: trainmen. 1923.
s0.199. 1922, $o.f9s; fuel. 1923, $1,000,
1922. $0.353 G923, $4,000 tons OF
coal consumed In all road service. at
1857 per ton. against 1922, 10000
tons at s6.os per toni: other locomo-
tive and train supplies. 1928, 10000.
1922, so.0s9; total selected accounts,
1928. $1.256. 1922, $1.110.
For the eastern district the same
Items were, locomotive repairs. 1928,
s0.s1b. 1922. 1925; engine-house ex-
penses, 1928 $o.o65, 1922 $0.o72; en-
ginemen, 1923 s0133. 1922 $O.15S;
1928 $o.151, 1922 $o.152; 1
fuel, 1928 s0.21a, 1922 so.2s9; other ;
locomotive and train supplies 1928
s0.Os5, 1922 s0.0s7: total. 1928
s0.s7S; 1922 $o.s5s. For the United '
States the various items we're even
smaller: loco. repairs, '23 $.26S, 1922,
,0.161; enginehouse expenses 1928
I0.o61, 1922, $0.066; enginemen, 1923
s0.127, 1922 $01os; trainmen, 1928,
,0.f4o, 1922 s0.142; fuel, 1923 $0.204,
922 so.249; other locomotive and
rain supplies 1928 10000. 1922 $o.oss ]
total, 1928, 30.s9o: 1922, $o.S3o. 8
For freight train service, the same Z
tens are given. both for the cost per I
reight train mile and for the cost per
900 gross ton miles. Proportionately, {
hey are similar to the figures on the :
service, and show approx 1
1ately the same comparisons between ia
lew England and other districts, and !,
he country as a whole.