APPENDIX B. CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES.
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(Data from Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)
Average cost per mile of line.
Class Fiscal year 1910 November, 1909 Monthly average for the other eleven months of the fiscal year
AmountMonthly average AmountPer cent. of monthly average for the fiscal year AmountPer cent. of monthly average for the fiscal year
Maintenance of way and structures $1,562.88$130.24$124.0495.24$130.80100.43
Maintenance of equipment 1,746.00145.50148.44102.02145.2399.82
Traffic expenses 220.6118.3818.85102.5618.3499.78
Transportation expenses 2,893.71324.48327.78101.02324.1899.91
General expenses 287.7123.9823.1096.3324.06100.33
Total $7,710.91$642.58$642.2199.94$642.61100.00