. Electric railway journal . this expenditure was obtained by taking5 per cent of accounts 504-526, 539, 541, 544, 550a, 550b(largely way and structures items excepting land) and,in addition, 1 per cent of accounts 502, 503, 530-538,542, 543, 550d, 550e (principally land and equipmentitems). 502. Right of Way.—For sections adjacent to rail-road right-of-way, New York, New Haven & Hartford cross-sectioned by commission engineers accompaniedby company engineers. 508. Special Trackwork.—Detailed plans of each in-stallation were available and the costs were computeddirectly from these plans. 512,
. Electric railway journal . this expenditure was obtained by taking5 per cent of accounts 504-526, 539, 541, 544, 550a, 550b(largely way and structures items excepting land) and,in addition, 1 per cent of accounts 502, 503, 530-538,542, 543, 550d, 550e (principally land and equipmentitems). 502. Right of Way.—For sections adjacent to rail-road right-of-way, New York, New Haven & Hartford cross-sectioned by commission engineers accompaniedby company engineers. 508. Special Trackwork.—Detailed plans of each in-stallation were available and the costs were computeddirectly from these plans. 512, 516, 536-538. Tools, Equipment, Furniture, Etc.■—These accounts comprise roadway machinery andtools; crossings, fences and signs; shop equipment; fur-niture; miscellaneous equipment. The company sup-plied the inventory and prices were assigned by com-mission engineers. These items combined amount toonly per cent of the physical total for the entireproperty. 515. Bridges, Trestles and Culverts.—Appraised es-. MAP .SHOWING CONNECTICUT COMPANY SYSTEM, WHOSE VALUATION IS DESCRIBED IN THIS AND SUBSEQUENT ARTICLES Railroad figures per acre as supplied to the InterstateCommerce Commission in its railroad valuation wereused. Normal values based on the price paid by awilling buyer to a willing seller were multiplied by afactor, which varied from 1 to 5, to cover severance,damages and other costs of acquisition. Other parcelswere valued in part by reference to company recordsand in part by field estimates of commission engineersor real estate men. 503. Park and Resort Lands, Etc.—The judgment ofreal estate dealers, tax collectors and valuation recordsof the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroadwere relied upon for this account (1 per cent of thetotal). 504. Grading.—In order to check the informationappearing on the companys records and maps and tosupply missing data a few of the interurban lines were timates made by outside engineers for the company onthe occasion of
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