. Electric railway journal . NEOUS A\^RAGES OF VARIOUS ITEMS FOR YEARS 1913-1919, N. Y., W. &B. Ry. Total cost, inspection and repairs Cost per-car mile, inspection and repairs (cents). Total cost, repairs only Cost per car-mile, repairs only (cents) Miscellaneous carhouse expenses Cost lubrication per 1,000 car-miles (cents) Car-mUes Delays Minutes delay Kilowatt hours per car-mile 1913 $1, 1 53 1, 118,975 43 7 1914 $2, 1, ■ 120,471 1915 $2, 1, 126,213 1916 $
. Electric railway journal . NEOUS A\^RAGES OF VARIOUS ITEMS FOR YEARS 1913-1919, N. Y., W. &B. Ry. Total cost, inspection and repairs Cost per-car mile, inspection and repairs (cents). Total cost, repairs only Cost per car-mile, repairs only (cents) Miscellaneous carhouse expenses Cost lubrication per 1,000 car-miles (cents) Car-mUes Delays Minutes delay Kilowatt hours per car-mile 1913 $1, 1 53 1, 118,975 43 7 1914 $2, 1, ■ 120,471 1915 $2, 1, 126,213 1916 $2,363,95 2,094,37 136,695 4,84 1917 $2, 1, 130,934 5,50 1918 $2, 2, 0,19 129,182 8,0 64,0 1919 $4,457,24 3, 2,96 813,25 133,272 64,0 NOTE—Miscellaneous carhouse expenses contain the cost of car cleaning, lubrication, incandescent lamps, etc. June 12, 1920 Electric Railway Journal 1199. TYPICAL FOUR-MOTOR CAR TRAIN READY POR RUSH HOUR SERVICE mately the diameter of the wire. This results in con-siderably less wear on the shoes and consequentlyfewer shoes are used per month. On the other hand lessmileage has been obtained from motor brushes. Thisis due to increasing severity of service requirements. Table VI shows a comparison of miscellaneous aver-ages of various items for the years 1913 to 1919. Thistable shows very clearly the effect of increased cost ofmaterials and labor. The column Miscellaneous Car-house Expenses includes the cost of car cleaning, lubri-cation, incandescent lamps, etc., not included in TableI. Car cleaning includes two general cleanings duringthe month as well as interior washing and addition to this all cars are dry swept and brushedevery day, the windows being dry cleaned. with the figures in the tables submitted by Representa-tive Good. He later added to his testimony the follow-ing note: While an inv
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