Some Figures ok the Cost of Train Service. 
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The summary of the foregoing tables, covering the cost and statistics 
of both the passenger and freight train services, [ of the ten Texas rail- 
roads mentioned, for the years 1901 to 1907, inclusive, may be briefly 
stated as follows: 
Passenger Trains. 
Cents. 
Cost of service per train-mile . . 38.69 
Cost of - service per car-mile. 7.34 
Cost of service per 100 revenue passenger miles. ............ 86.98 
Average number of cars per train .......................... 5.27 
Average number of revenue passengers- per train. ............ 44.50 
Average number of revenue passengers per car. ............... 8.40 
Average number of train-miles per ton of coal ............... 25.29 
Average number of car-miles per ton of coal. ............... 133.40 
Freight Trains. 
Cents. 
Cost of service per train-mile. 67.40 
Cost of service per car-mile (equal to loads) ................ 3.98 
Cost of service per 100 ton-miles of revenue freight. ......... 30.53 
Average number of cars per train (equal to loads) ........... 16.91 
Average number of tons of revenue freight per train ......... 220.80 
Average number of tons of revenue freight per car (equal to 
loads) . . 13.10 
Average number of train-miles per ton of coal. 12.69 
Average number of car-miles (equal to loads) per ton of coal. . 214.70 
The aggregate* cost of 169,452,481 train miles, including both pas- 
senger and freight trains, was $95,177,928, or an average of 56.17 
cents per train mile. 
