Note D — V. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S APPORTIONMENT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE MAIL SERVICE AND THE OTHER SERVICES RENDERED ON PASSENGER TRAINS DID NOT ALLOW TO THE MAILS THE SPACE WHICH THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE AND USE AND THIS HAD THE RESULT OF UNDULY REDUCING HIS ESTIMATES OF THE COST TO THE RAILWAYS OF THE MAIL SERVICE.
Reading edition
This is the sum which was apportioned by the Postmaster General on the basis of train space occupied. He estimated $40,121,294.83 (Document No. 105, page 280) as the total operating expenses and taxes of the passenger train services for the month. Of this total $21,993.06 was charged directly to the mails and $3,025,129.77 directly to the other passenger train services, leaving the sum stated in the text to be apportioned on the space basis.