170 Wisco7isin Academy of Sciences^ Arts^ and Letters. 



CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENSES. 



Per- 

 centage of 

 whole op- 

 erating 

 expenses. 



Maintenance of Roadway — 



Repairs road-beds 



Cost ot iron for renewals 



Repairs, building fences, etc. . . 



Taxes 



Repairs of machinery and cars 



Per- 

 centage 



saved, 

 by Nar. 

 Gauge. 



Opekatin 

 Office expenses, agencies and employes on trains and at 



stations 



Fuel, oil and waste 



Loss and damages to goods and persons 



General superintendence, etc 



Contingencies 



Total 



.166 

 .129 



.037 

 .038 

 .30 



.123 

 .125 



.030 

 .052 



.055 

 .065 



.070 



!04i 

 .017 



.248 



In Norway, railways of the 4 ft. 8i in. and of the 3 ft. 6 in. 

 gauges have been constructed by the same engineers, and 

 worked by the same manager for the government, and the fol- 

 lowing is the result of six years' experience : 



Cost of construction per mile. 



Receipts per mile (alike) 



Maintenance per mile 



Locomotive expenses per mile 



Gauge, 

 4 ft. SKsin. 



$20, 343 



27, 600 



7,173 



9,426 



Gauge, 

 .3 ft. 6 in. 



$17,143 



27,600 



6,555 



5,760 



Difference 



in favor of 



Narrow 



Gauge. 



$9, 200 



608 

 3.666 



Mr. Millington, Chief Engineer of the Memphis and Knox- 

 ville Railroad, has made a careful estimate of the compara- 

 tive cost of building 30 miles of the track extending from 

 Memphis to Macon, with 3 feet and 5 feet gauges. The sur- 

 face of the country is undulating, — in places rolling and bro- 



