Railroad Mileage Upon Which Mail Was Carried, Annual Cost And Average Cost Per Mile Of Railroad Mail Transportation, And Expenditure For Railway Mail Service Employees
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Railroad Mileage Upon Which Mail Was Carried, Annual Cost And Average Cost Per Mile Of Railroad Mail Transportation, And Expenditure For Railway Mail Service Employees
Total railroads in operation in United States Dec. 31. | Railroads upon which mail was carried. | Annual transportation of mail by railroads. | Railroad mail transportation. | • Railway Mail Service. | |||
Annual cost of. | Average annual cost per mile. | Annua! expenditure. | |||||
Miles. | Miles. | Miles. | Dollars. | Dollars. | Dollars. | ||
1877... | 79,082 | 74,546 | 85,358,710 | 8,053,936 | .1060 | 2,500 | 2,484,846 |
1887... | 149,214 | 130,949 | 169,689,866 | 18,056,272 | .1064 | 4,851 | 4,694,562 |
1897... | 184,591 | 173,475 | 273,190,356 | 33,876,521 | .1240 | 7,602 | 7,782,547 |
1903... | 192,852 | 333,491,684 | 41,886,848 | .1256 | 10,418 | 11,250,042 | |
- Prepared in the Office of the Postmaster-General.
Copyright. 1901. by Munn & Co.
Graphical Representation Of Some Interesting Statistics Of The U. S. Postal Service, Based On Figures For 1901
Copyright, 1904, by Munn & Co.
Receipts And Expenditures Of The Federal Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30. 1903.
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