This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...08 Cost per ton per mile (422,326 net tons).. 18.449 cts, Baggage, 4,017,112 gross tons at 1.653 cts $66,402 86 Cost per ton per mile (486,718 net tons).. 13.642 cts. Costofbag'ge for one passg'r (19,468,730) 0.341 cts. Cost per passenger, including baggage... 2.145 cts. Baggage, mail in baggage-car, and express, 9,300 ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...08 Cost per ton per mile (422,326 net tons).. 18.449 cts, Baggage, 4,017,112 gross tons at 1.653 cts $66,402 86 Cost per ton per mile (486,718 net tons).. 13.642 cts. Costofbag'ge for one passg'r (19,468,730) 0.341 cts. Cost per passenger, including baggage... 2.145 cts. Baggage, mail in baggage-car, and express, 9,300,529 tons at 1.653 cts.... 153,737 74 Cost per ton per mile, baggage, mail, and express 15,777 cts. These results should be compared with those on pages 23 and 24, which give the estimated cost of the same service, based upon the average cost per gross ton. The comparison will show the effect of increased load on cost of transportation on passenger-trains, upon the supposition that the locomotive has sufficient power to draw the additional load. Should, however, the use of heavier locomotives become necessary, additional expense will have to be incurred, which may be estimated as follows. The weight of the locomotive and tender is supposed to have increased from 45 tons to 52 tons, corresponding with the actual increase which has taken place on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad since 1869: For repairs of iron (IX, 54), l, X4.092 cts 0.5728 cts. For adjustment of track (IX, 53), XX 1.922 cts 0.1345 cts. For additional fuel, --n---X 14.6891 cts 0.625s cts. '1 6 4.43 7 JO Total 1.33 2 6 cts. Add to this the cost per car per mile as before estimated.. 10.55 r5 cts, Total per additional car per mile 11.8841 cts. Should the load of a passenger-train be increased beyond the power of the heaviest engine that can be safely used on the track, it then becomes necessary to use an additional engine, and the cost of running it would be the cost of hauling the additional load. This cost may be estimated approximately as follows, on the supposition that t.
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