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THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY JUNE 12 1910 Of 5
EARNINGS OF ROADS NOT KEEPING PACEWI PACE PACEWITH PACEWITH
WITH WI TId EXPENDITURES SAYS S M FELTON FE TON
PASSENGER SERVICE SERVIGEAT
AT LESS THAN COST GOSTMore
More Costly Equipment and andFaster andFaster andFaster
Faster Trains Required RequiredWith RequiredJVith RequiredWith
With Lower Fares FaresContinued FaresCfttlnued FaresCentinned
Continued from First Para Pararevan Pag9reVeDtMfJ Pagerevenues
revan revenues Me of ISM by more than IJIWHe lia IJIW l3SI6iQ00He U 00 00He
He flwto that it exceed the net operat operating operatIng operatIng ¬
ing revenue reven of 1tIISthe H08 the year of the tbepanloby thepantoby thepanicby
panicby more than SttMtflai 3IOOI1101Figures SttMtflaiFigures W WFigures
Figures Required RequiredFor RequiredFor
For Reply ReplyThese ReplyTheile ReplyThese
These figures were prevented to Mr MrFclton JlzoF MrFelton
Fclton F lton in Washington Wa lH gtOR aiH a ar u this queatios queatioswas iM tten ttoftwas
was asked himIn him himIn blmIn
In the face of these earning why to toit IIIIt s sit
it necesaaryy necee ary for the railways to increase increasetheir increasetheir i itheir
their rates We have Men no corapre compreI compreIheneln comprehensive
hensive statement that would explain explainaway explainaway i iaway
away these figures neither have we weseen weseen i isen
seen any detailed information from the therailroads therailroads
railroads as to why it will 1n be necessary necessaryin MC MCIn I
in the future for them to get more morerevenue morertenue morerevenue
revenue Can you tell ua usMr uaMr
Mr Feltoit replied as follows followsIn tollo tolloOlIn I
OlIn In my office in Chicago Ch I have Just Justthe jatthe justthe
the information you are seeking If ItQ11 ItQ11nill you youwill youwill
will come out there with me I wilt wiltgive wiltgive ill illgive
give it to youFor you youFor
For the purpose of obtaining c btaI from trapMr fromMr fromtr
Mr tr FeJtoR Felt n the first official and detailed detailedInterview detailedlntervIeiv
Interview concerning concernln t the railroad aid aidof side sideof IIIdeof
of the present rate controversy The TheWashington Theuhlnpon TheWashlnaton
Washington Times acceded to this th re reover request
quest tc to > send a man to Chicago to 10 10over
over the subject with Ith him himVHY I IWHY
WHY RATES ARE HIGHER HIGHERMR i
MR 7JR R FELTONS explanation briefly brie briellyis y yIs
is Just j t this thisBy thl thlBy thisBy
By reducing grades by eliminating eliminatingcurves ell eliminatingcurves dftattag
curves by increasing Increa IDg the sixe of carsand cars earsand I
and locomotives by improving imJKol trackage trackageand traekageand trackageand
and by all the tb other reforms which have havebeen havebeen
been inaugurated in n railroading within withinthe withinthe withinthe
the last la t ten or fifteen years the rail railroads railroad railroads
roads have been enabled bIed to offset o in increasing Increul Increasing ¬
creasing creul f expense expen e by increasing Incrn effi eIftctncy eff effcency
ciency and reducing red waste energy to tothe totht tothe
the minimum minimumThis minimumThIB minimumThis
This according aecorcltn to Mr Felton is the thereason thereason
reason the railways rn have not been com compelled compelled compelled
pelled to make a general increase in Inrates
I Irates
rates in the past Now Xo however Mr XIFtlton MrFelton
Felton Ftlton declares the maximum of effi eltlcienc
ciency cienc has been reached and that the theonly theinly theonly
only way ay the railroads can offset in increased increa
creased crea ed expense of construction con tIucUon maintenance main maintenance maintenance ¬
tenance and operation is i by b increasing IncreaaJngthtlr Increasingtheir
their charges chargesMr chargesMr chargesMr
Mr Felton was not impressed by the thestatistics thelItatisUca thestatistics
statistics here cited showing the net netoperating netoperatJng netoperating
operating revenue of the railways for
1910 to be 30b1MLf7S M7SlfS7 i1imL The fact that the thelast thelast thelast
last four months of the year are esti estimated Mtimated estimated
mated renders rend the figures worthless worthl in inhis Inhis Inhis
his opinion for the reason that a large largepart largepart
part 1 < 1rt of the recent increase in wages wageswill wagesw wageswill
w will HI show in their reports of the last lastfour j Jfour
four months monthSays i iSays iSays
Says Increased Receipts ReceiptsWill ReceiptsWill
Will Be Wiped Oat By Wages WagesYhen j jWhen I IWhen I
When Mr r Felton dismissed the fIti estimated I Imated
I Ihis
mated net revenues of 1910 as valueless valuelesshis valuelesshis
his attention was directed to the In In Increase I Icrease
crease shown by the first eight e tht months monthson
on which authentic reports were avail avaUa j jable jsole
able a 1M For the first efxht months of the the11sal thefiscal j jfiscal
fiscal year lib 1 the net operating reve revenues revenues j jnues
nues of American railways ra ay were w re loW loW25K249
25K249 324 2 t while for the same months of orr j
191 r l > they were J6450I0S7 l5AS9 Otfm or IW75453 IW75453creater 30754 30754greater
greater createrMr greaterAir I
Mr Felton was also 180 referred to the theInterstate theInterstate I IIntErstate
Interstate Commerce Commissions fig figurs ft fturts figurfs
urs urts showing t ret et operating revenues revenuesfor revenuesfor
for several years back backHe backHE backBe I
He was asked how he explained the thenllways thE1 theriilwavs
nllways claim to higher rates in the theface theface
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face f1 < f of the fact that in 195 UIf l > EK net operat operating ooeratIn ¬
ing In revenues rev ues were t78R 747S6 dIri < S7S that in I IJW
JW 1 4 07 they were M 4O574 5 7W that in 190 190the 1 1t 1904the
the t 11 panic year they the were 734 43439j 43439jand 73437Oand 7029 7029and
and that in 1909 they t had climbed back backto backto I
to J827S14S80 SR27 Ii iS149II nearly rly to where they were wereIH were1M wereII
II IH the banner year roarIn yearIn yearIn
In reply replY Mr r Felton said the increases increasescf j
of f 1M9 and MW Ill 1O would OU1d now be wiped out outhv outIn outby
hv the recent wage a e increases InerMHS and other otheradvance othernd i
nd advance anc4 in the items which go to tomake tomake tomake
make up the cost of transportationOperating transportation tranesortaUonOperating
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Operating Expenses ExpensesSaid Expen ExpensesSaid es esSaid
Said to Exceed Increase In Rates J JHe IHe I Ilie
He said I IZnheu I IWhop IWhert
Whop Znheu we add 53WK L4II 0004000 008001 00 a year to the theoperatinic thencatJDJr thecneraUnx
operatinic expenses of 1910 JO there is not notmuch notmuch notmuch
much left of the increase over ISO ISOnor 1007 1007nor 1907nnr
nor of the increase over 1909 in fact factthE5e factthese j
these Increases In < rea es are wiped out Nothing j
definite and accurate concerning cone rnln the ex exfense j i ipenes
pense for the last four months of this thisyear thisEar thisyear
year Ear can an be had until the reports forj for j
those four months are available availableMr I
Mr 11 Feltons idea concerning the th 1m 1mprovement Improvement fmprovement I
provement in railway facilities as re j
lated to increased In rea ed operating o ratlnli expenses > 8 isnot Is Isnot isnot
not a new idea W among railway men but
it Is one which has not heretofore re reccived received
ccived ivtd any consideration eon lderation from the pub ¬
tic Mr Felton elton is especially e P < < laJly interested
in that subject bcau be because > cawoe he is by nrofes nrofesfinn professine > > roCP8 roCP8Fiot
finn and wacttc a civil engineer His Hiswork Hiswork Hiswork
work for the last forty
years has been be4 > n
In the practical side of railroad opera
tlon He has held positions no pions with 1th near I Ih
Iv a score ore of different dl < < erent railway system systemand S8tel1Uland sysemand
and has been a renoral officer In
ten tenof ttIloC terqof
of them His 1 far statements concerning the theeconomics theConoml theeconomies
economics Conoml of raJlwa
railway operations
must musttherefore muttnfrefore musttherefore
therefore be xiven unusual considera eoft8lderatlon ¬
tion tionRecord tlonRecord tionRecord
Record of Railroads RailroadsIn
In Last Twenty Years YeanH YearsHis j jHis
His H I statement to The T Washington WashingtonTimes WhIDltonTlmtS Washiu9ctonTimes
Times in elaboration of o his theory as asto asto asto I
to why wb it t is necessary to increase increaserates Increaserates Increaserates
rates follows tollowsThe followsThe j
The public does not understand shy hy j i
it is that the railroads in the past have haven havebeen i j jbeen
been > n able to get along without increas increasIn i
In transportation rates despite the thefact thefat thefact
fact that the price oflabor of labor and mate material material material
rial has increased enormously and why
if the railroads raIIr have been able to procure procuresuch i isuch i isuch
such results re ultS as have been published intheir in Intheir j
their annual reports they should now no be beunable beunable j junable
unable to place a further increase inthe in inthe
the items It of labor and Dd material without with without without ¬ I
out a larger largerr return for service service per performed perfonned performed ¬
formed They are entitled to an explanation ex1 ex1planaUea ex I IplnaUeb
planaUea During the last twentyyears twenty j Iteartl
years yearsWag yearsWages eartl
eartla
Wag Wages a of n employes have ye increased increasedi1ST 1
157 per ofnt ant nt i iTh iThe iThe
Th The number T1 u mb r o employee has na increased hac r
116 U per pe < rnt i 4 j I
Taxes have increased 230 0 per eent
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Increase l ncrease in in Expenses and an Equipment EquipmentOf Eq ui ipm men menRailroads nt ntOf
Of Railroads in in Last as Twenty wen Years YearsPresident Y ears earsPresident ars arsPresident
President S M tL Felton of the Chicago OreatWestern Great Western railroad states statesthat statesthat statesthat
that increases in expenses and equipment have been as follows in the thelast thelast thelast
last twenty years yearsWages yearsWag8l yearsWages
Wages 17 per cent centNumber centNumber centNumber
Number of employes 116 per cent centTaxes i iTaxes iTaxes
Taxes 230 per cent centOperating centOperating centOperating
Operating expenses exnonse6150 150 per cent v vRevenue t tRevenue t tRevenue
I INumber
Revenue per ton per mile 17 per cent centNumber centNumber
Number of locomotives 97 per cent centWolght centoight i iWeight
Weight oight o of locomotives 25 per cent centNumber centNumber centNumber
Number of freight cars 1S4 percent per cent centFroight centFreight j jFreight
Freight car capacity 340 per cent centTrain centJ
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Train capacity 117 per cent
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Operating expenses have increased increasedJ
3 J lf 18 per cent centRevenue ceutRevenue centRevenue
Revenue per ton per mile has in increased Increaaed increased ¬
creased < 17 per cent centIn centIn centIn
In the meantime Ume gross revenue has hasIncreased hasIncr8A8ed hasincreased
1 Increased IK per cent but as against againstthis agaJ agatastthis st stthis
this < Increase locrea the number of miles oper operated op operated r ¬
ated has h increased S3 per cent and the theamount theamount theamount
amount < of freight carried has increased Increaodper
234 4 per cent centOperating centOperating centOperating
Operating Expenses Expenseslacrease ExpensesIncrease
Increase I ce se Faster Than Business BusinessIn
In other word as compared withtwenty V1th V1thtwenty with yfthtwenty
twenty < years ago the railroads are arePerforming arePedormm arePerforming
Performing Pedormm 2M t per cent more freight freightservice freightJIeI freightservice
f service servicePerforming JIeI servicePerforming
JIeIPmorml
Performing Pmorml IK per cent more passen passenger p5tteRau pamenger ¬
1 ger service serviceOperating serviceOpa VIce VIceOperating
Operating Opa atiag S3 per cent more railroads railroadsFor ralIr08d8For railroadsFor
For 151 per cent increase lnere ae in grossearnings gross grossearnings
earnings < Ifia per cent is at once ab absorbed aborbed ¬
s in Increased laer operating expenses expensesleaving expensesaving
leaving leaYln le < < only X per cent of increased increadearnlnp Increatiedrnings increasedearnings J
earnings ea eaIt rnings to take care of such enormous enormousitems e enormousems ormous
l items It ems m us these theseIncrease theIIeIncrease theseIncrease
Increase of 97 per cent in the number numberof
c of 0 f locomotives used usedIncrease QMdIncreaee needIncrease
Increase of S per cent in the weight weightof
of locomotives locomotivesIncrease loeomoUvtilIncrealle locomotivesIncrease
Increase of 3W per oeqt t in the t e num number number
t ber of freight cars carsIncrease erLIncrea carsIncrease
Increase Increa of 9tt 10 per cent in freight car carcapacity carcapaelty carcapacity
c capacity capacityIncrease capaeltyIncrd8e capacityIncrease
Increase of 117 per cent in train ca capacity capacity capacity ¬
pacity pacityReads pacityReads pacityReads
Reads Through Economies EconomiesAre EconomiesAre EconomiesAre
1 Are Merely 1rIereIyHolding Holding Their Own OwnIt OwnIt OwnIt
It is significant that with all this increased in increased Increatkd ¬
creased service lee and increased expense expensethe expen expensethe e etbe
t the operating ratio remains the same sameThat sameThat sameThat
That is twenty years ago it cost co t on a ageneral aenera1
t general enera1 average av nwe 66 cents of outlay to toearn toearn toearn
t earn a dollar of o income This shows showsthat showsthat showsthat
t that all the economies effected by b the theexpendlture thexpenditures i iexpenditures
expenditures e for reconstruction and andnew andnew
new equipment have only enabled theailroads the theIrailroads then
n r railroads lroads to hold their own ownThe ownThe j
The 34 3 cents out of each dollarwhich dollar dollarwhich I Iwhich
i which is i left for return upon the prop property property property ¬
erty and for providing the equipmentnecessary equipment equipmentnecessary equipmentnece
necessary nece eary to transact tran act the business buslne is isthe Isthe s sthe
the same 34 cents that was left for the
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same purpose purpo e twenty year ago While Whilethe Whilethe
the expenses and and nd the Psceeslty for In Investment invostlnent
vestment have increased in every every dI dlroction dIrectJon dirocUon
roction the increase of otbuatno business s has not notboon notboon notboon
boon sufficient to give the railroads any anyfoothold anyroothold anyfoothold
foothold In pulling up the financial financialgrade financialgrade ftnaDC1algrade
grade gradeWhen gradeWhen gradeWhen
When to these figures are added the thelarge thellU1c thelargo
large increases in wages which have havecome b bcome bcome
come effective within the last fourmonths four fourmonths Courmonths
months and when the enormous losses lossesin
in traffic which occurred last winter are aretaken aretaken I Itaken
taken into account it shoulc be easy easyfor easyfor i
for any fairminded person to see ati ationce at atoneo I Ionee
once that more revenue most mo t be pro provided JKOvklEAl provided ¬
vided or material curtailment of the theservice theservice 1 1service
service and force force of the railways obtained ob obtained ob obtabted ¬
tained I IECONOMIES
ECONOMIES EFFECTED EFFECTEDR I
R FELTON next n t took t ok up the thequestion theiLL
MR
iLL question of economics in trans1 trans1poi trans transpot transpot I
pot tion which have been effected in inine Inthe inthe
ine the st twelve years He pointed oat oatthat outthat ut uttht
that tht tracks have been made practically practicallyas
as heavy and efficient as possible O II k that thatlocomotives thatlocOmotives thatlocomotives
locomotives cannot be made any DY larger largerthat largertha largerthat
that the th size tze of the freight fr t cars is as asbig asbl asbig
big bl as the track bridges and JMl tunnels tunnelsof
of the railways will 111 allow Discussing Discussingthis Discussingthis I cu sD1 sD1thl = >
this thl point p > int he said saidTen RidTen saidTen
Ten years ears ago gO when ben business buat re revived raylved revived ¬
vived following foU ing the Spanish war warrailroads the therailroads therailroAds
railroads of this country especially especiallythose epeclllythOe especiallythose
those in the West had ight ht equipment equipmentand equipmentand t
and heavy belL grades and were working un under under under ¬
der great disadvantages owing ov1n to these theseconditions the theseconditions e econditions
conditions With the th ability to raise raisemoney ral n nmoney e emoneJ
money on their tb lr securities the roads roadswere roadstere roadswere
were provided with new funds wl wlwhich with withwhich withwblch Lh
which to put their properties in order orderA orderA
A new ne era in n railroad operationbefore operation was wasbefore w8betore
before them in which practices formerly formerlyunknown formerlyunknown
unknown or 1 but little tried were ere to todevelo be bedeveloped bede8lo
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developed de8lo to their limit limitCars limitCarJ limitCa
Cars Ca of fifteen and twenty tons ca capacity capaclty caparity ¬
parity were replaced br those tho e of from fromforty fromforty fr frforty om
forty to tiny tons capacity capacitymotives LocomotiYM Loco Locomotives ¬
motives weighing Velshln forty and fifty to towere tons tonswere tOMwere
were replaced by locomotive weigh weighing wellhIng weighlug ¬
ing MO tons and over Gravity
yards were Introduced by which whichswitching wblchswItching whichswitching
switching expenses wore materially re reduced reducad redueod ¬
duced by taking advantage of the lawsof laws lawsof lawsot
of gravitation Grades of fortyfive to tosovontyflve t4 t4evontytlve toseventyfive
sovontyflve feet per mile were reduced reducedto
to sixteen and twenty Rails of sixty sixtypounds sixtypounds sixtypounds
pounds In weight wol ht per yard ard were re reI repla replaced
I placed pla ed with ralla of from SO to 100 190 190pounds 1X0pounds
I pounds poundsLoads poundsLoads poundsLoads
Loads of Trains TrainsAre TrainsAre
Are More Than Doubled DoubledMany Doubledtany DoubledMany I
Many minor Improvements were made madeTrain madeIn
In tl1 the handling ot fuel and SUPplies SUPpliesTrain suppliesTrain
Train loads were more than doubled doubledThe doubledThe
The cost of transportation was reduced reducedto reducedto f
to half what it had been before and In Increase Inecease Increase ¬
crease in cost c st of material and wages wagesof j
of employes were more than offset ofsetthrough offsetthrough otr et t tt
through t rough those tho e methods and the increasein increase J I IIn
In volume of business handled at a lower Jowercost lowercost I J
cost costThe I
The railroads wore forced to resort resortto resortto
to all these economies to meet the sltua situation sltuatlon sltuaUon ¬
tion before thorn To day they havo ex exhausted txhaustod x xhau ¬
hausted hau tod the subject practically the coun country countryor country ¬
try tryor over The Th gauge of our railroads railroadsand railroadsand railroadsand
and our bridge and tunnel clearances do donot donot donot
not permit of the construction of la largerequipment larger largerequipment er
equipment The grades have been en re
d ced so far as practical at pros prostime prestime presstime
time The only thing left Is to obtainadditional obtain obtainadditional obtainadditional
additional returns from the only com commodity commodIty commodity ¬
modity the railroads have to sell sollCrelght sollCrelghtand freight freightand
and passenger transportation transportationMr
Mr Felton at this tht point p < > lnt said he wished wishedto
to call attention specifically speelfte 1ly to the calJ casjof ca caof > >
of one typical middle Western We tern railroad railroadwith raUroa11Uh 3 3with
with whose affairs he is familiar He Heaaid Hesaid i isaid I
said the experience of this company is issimilar issimilar issimilar
similar to that of practically all roads roadsin I i
in n the country especially e those t or the themiddle themiddle
middle West West and South Mreltoa Mr j I I
Felton elton described the experience of the theroad theroad theroad
road is question as follows followsExample followsExample
Example of One Road RoadWith RoadWith RoadWith
With Growing Business BusinessI
I have in mind one railroad which in inthe Inthe Inthe
the ten years from 1ZN 13sf to 1M6 inclusive lnoinsireIncreased inclusiveincreased 1ncIu8Irel
increased l creaed its gross revenue from about aboutS7000eco aboutS7OOUOO
S7000eco to 1 1200400 OOiOO its operating expense ex expense expeaee ¬
pense and taxes tax from rom S4Jft9c IJSSIAI roo Oo to toorAOOI j 8 8oteI
000009 its operating ratio from IS to toper toper K Kper
per cent its I tonnage frOM 1W3000 to to7SMIJO toRIIJI to7G
7SMIJO 7G RIIJI and its tons per train mile from tromJ8
1 J8 9 to 4K 4KDuring 416During
toDuring
During this thapertod period there were two twogeneral twogeneral twogeneral
general increases Incr in wages wag added to an anenor anerror D Denornou
error enornou nous increase in the cost of ma materials JIULterla1s ¬
terials yet with a reduction in the av average a aerage av average ¬
erage rate per ton per mile from S to 61 61mills 81mtu
mills mtu the th e earnings rDl per freight train mile milewore mUewore tullewore
wore increased from 1J Lit to Ilb6a Jt f H This Thisis TblaIs Thisla
is accounted for by the very large in increase Increase Increase ¬
crease in tons per train mile brought broughtabout broughtabout broughtabort
about by grade reductions and substi substitution soJb tf tftutJon ¬
tution of heavier motive power and andheavier andheavier d dheavier
heavier equipment equipmentThe
The grades have been reduced asfar as asfar 8 8tar
far as practicable the equipment is as asheavy asheavy
heavy as can be economically handled handledUtt handled1M handledthe
the economies mlM as far as II we have per perfected perftxttd ¬
reeled them have been applied In every everydirection everydirection
direction and now an increase in n ex expense exJe1Ule oxpettat ¬
pense such as a fe involved in the ques question qtl8tI gnestton ¬
tion tI ft of wages wal and materials and sup supContiaued up upContinued upConUnue
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