APPENDIX 
LONG TERM DEBT 
TABLE Ia.— “TOTAL EQUITIES RATIO 
Frequency distribution of the ratios of long term debt to total equi- 
ties of 200 public utility companies, 1915-1924 
Ratio 
Groups 
02-079 
08-139 
14-199 
10-259 
26-319 
32-379 
38-439 
44-499 
50-559 
56-619 
52-679 
58-739 
74-700 
Ratio | 
Frequencies 
64 
76 
156 
196 
210 
10 
206 
132 
67 
28 
Cumulative | Percentage 
Frequencies Distribution 
143 
119 
£1 
2.28 
1.42 
3.25% 
375 
571 
781 
| 000 
10.78 
13.55 
14.51 
15.13 
1206 
1338 
1405 
1433 
1447 
4.24 
9.12 
4.63 
1.94 
yy 
Cumulative 
Percentages 
..18 
5.46 
9.88 
15.13 
25.91 
39.46 
53.97 
69.10 
83.34 
92.46 
97.09 
99.03 
100.00 
Average: 
A pproximated Mode 
; LONG TERM DEBT 
TABLE Ib— TOTAL EQUITIES RATIO BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 
Frequency distributions of the ratios for public utility companies 
by territorial divisions 
Ratio 
Groups 
Rast 
Fre- | Per- 
quencies centages 
Totals 
cad 
0 
02-079 
08-139 
14-199 
20-250 
47 
32 
+. 66 
3.57 
6.37 
1 O77 
26-319 
32-379 
38-439 
14-400 
R& 
ir 
7% 
Rz 
13.66 
11.65 
11.65 
‘3.04 
50-559 
56-619 
52-679 
58-730 
80 
| § | 
17 
12.42 
6.83 
6.83 
2.64 
14-700 
1. 
Averages: 
Approximated Mode .484 
Middle West 
Fre- | Per- 
Tuencies ! centages 
4727 
100 
2.13 
5 45 
ry 
dt 
6.40 
i9.20 
19.20 
16.11 
81 
68 
71 
50 
10 
0 
h] 
16.82 
11.85 
2.37 
460 
South 
Fre- | Per Fre- | Per- 
quencies ' centages | quencies | centages 
229 100 100. 
29 
l.18 
£.37 
Q.30 
| 
10 
19 
’.95 
3.29 
2.63 
1.32 
35 
26 
24 
18 
15.29 
£1.35 
10.48 
12.23 
6 
14 
30 
0 
3.95 
9.21 
19.73 
25.65 
17.11 
13.16 
29 12.66 
18 7.86 
13 5.68 
1 4.80 
2 
26 
20 
0 
0 
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