Transportation and communication in the United States 1925

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Identifikator:: 1767626746

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-195828

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Transportation and communication in the United States 1925

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Print. Off.

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: III S., S. 508 - 549

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Rates and fares

Collection:: Economics Books

RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION 517 Receipts Per Ton-Mile, by Districts. } Average receipts per ton-mile constitute a rough index of the general level of freight rates, weighted in accordance with the volume of the various items comprising the traffic and the distance carried, although a change in the character of traffic may change average receipts when actual rates remain constant. The year 1921 showed she highest average receipts, since which time there has been in each year a decline in all districts, except in the eastern from 1923 to 1924. In no district, however, has the average fallen below that for 1920. Compared with 1913 the general average for 1925—1.098 cents per ton-mile—is higher by 53 per cent. This is somewhat less than the general increase in the average level of wholesale prices, which, in 1925, was 58.7 per cent above 1913. The differences in average receipts as among the districts are partly due to differences in the character of freight handled. The southern district includes the roads of the Pocahontas region which have a very large volume of coal at a low average cost per ton-mile. Table B.—Average Receipts per Ton per Mile of Class I Railways (Cents) Total Jnited States District District Year East- ern South- ern West- arn Year Total Jnited States East- arn South- ern West- ern 0181 (eemaeans OLE E, cv mmmmsc MEL in mami 61, eae Po enn JY Testi ition me ).719 0.628 (723.633 722.648 707 | 647 07.646 15.663 e410 R13 0. 674 , 668 630 619 622 635 MRR ). 8" 892% , 878 , 842 . 83€ .824 044 in .——— -— WII 2 ees gon. TTT .973 0.014 0.873 L098 L052 1.020 .909, L170 L275 1.243 L079 | L422 L177, L172] .980| 1.202 L116 | L104 | .o59 | 19297 Lue | Liez| Cees! 1208 1. 008 L 108 928 1. 19F | Years ended June 30; others are calendar years. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission. EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES The average number of Class I railway employees in 1925 was 1,746,000, as compared with 1,755,000 in 1924 and 1,858,000 in 1923. The total compensation paid to employees in 1925 was $2,860,000,000, as compared with $2,828,000,000 and $3,005,000,000 in 1924 and 1923, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 1913, the average num- ber of employees was 1,759,000 and the wages paid totaled $1,339,- 000,000. In 1920 the average number of employees was 2,023,000 and the total compensation $3,682,000,000. These data exclude switching and terminal companies. There was thus a reduction in both total compensation and em- ployees from 1923 to 1924, and a further reduction in employees between 1924 and 1925 but an increase of $32,000,000 in wages pald. Comparing these changes with those in volume of traffic it is

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