Part 4

Receipts in November from all passenger traffic (not including Mail and Express) $1,859,839 Receipts from Express 187,825 Receipts from Mails 194,435 ---------- Total $2,242,099

_Expenses._

Total Operating Expenses of the road for November $5,452,830 Passenger Operating Expenses, and one-twelfth of the taxes and one-twelfth of the interest on the funded debt $2,365,521

The passenger operating expenses are distributed as follows:

_Assignable Expenses._

Transportation Expense $454,208 Fuel passenger engines $132,709 Salaries passenger engineers 100,511 Salaries passenger trainmen 87,557 Train supplies, etc. 55,664 Injuries to persons 19,904 Station employees 17,160 Joint yards and terminals 15,610 Miscellaneous 25,093 -------- Maintenance of Equipment $107,626 Repairs, passenger cars $67,650 Depreciation, passenger cars 39,639 Miscellaneous 337 -------- Traffic Expense $48,971 Advertising $17,249 Outside agencies 16,673 Superintendence 10,272 Miscellaneous 4,777 -------- Maintenance of Way, etc. $12,970 Buildings and grounds $7,053 Joint tracks, etc. 4,440 Miscellaneous 1,477 -------- General Expense $13,580 Salaries, clerks, etc $8,994 Insurance 2,478 Legal expense 1,153 Miscellaneous 955 -------- -------- Total $637,355

_Proportion of Non-Assignable Expenses._

Operating Expenses $1,278,016 Taxes and Interest 450,150 ---------- $1,728,166 ------------- Total $2,365,521

Exhibit A shows that the entire space in all cars run on passenger trains on the Burlington in November was divided as follows:

Passengers occupied 80.8 % of the space. Mail 11.75% of the space. Express 7.45% of the space.

If each of these three classes of traffic had contributed earnings and paid expenses in proportion to the space occupied by it, the result in comparative profit or loss to the company would have been as follows:

_Comparative Profit and Loss._

_Earnings._ _Expenses._ _Profit._ _Loss._ Passengers $1,859,839 $1,911,341 $51,502 Mail 194,435 277,949 83,514 Express 187,825 176,231 $11,594 ---------- ---------- $2,242,099 $2,365,521

If the Government had paid to the Burlington Company for carrying the mails 11.75% of the actual cost of doing the work, and a proportion of the taxes and interest on the funded debt, it would, for November, have paid $83,514 more than was paid, indicating that for the year the Government is paying $1,002,168 less than the actual fair cost of the service it is receiving.

_Exhibit D._

[Form 2605.]

_Statement of Mail Cars and Apartment Cars._

_Postal Cars._

_Original _Present _Number Average Average _Kind of Car_ Owned_ Cost_ Value_ 60 feet or more in length 49 $5,176.00 $4,669.84 50 to 59 feet in length 10 4,116.00 2,595.70 Less than 50 feet in length 17 2,555.00 2,094.41 -- --------- --------- Total 76 $4,451.00 $3,820.84

_Apartment Cars._

_Original _Present _Number Average Average _Kind of Car_ Owned_ Cost_ Value_ Cars with mail apartments 30 feet or more in length 27 $3,888.00 $2,112.78 Cars with mail apartments 25 to 29 feet in length 21 3,660.00 2,004.95 Cars with mail apartments 20 to 24 feet in length 22 3,292.00 1,810.50 Cars with mail apartments less than 20 feet in length 31 3,106.00 1,729.35 --- --------- --------- Total 104 $3,460.00 $1,901.71

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