Death Valley Railroad Company

Analysis of Account 12
Tracklaying and Surfacing
to and including June 30th, 1915

Mileage of Tracks laid:
Main Track:
Horton to Ryan	17.16
Other Tracks	0.94		18.10
Third Rail:
Main Track	3.49
Other Tracks	1.48		4.97
Total:			23.07
	Actual Cost	%	Miles	Average per Mile
Labor laying Main and Side Tracks	$18,930.87	74.62	18.10	1,045.90
Proportion Labor making Wagon Road	122.09	0.48	"	6.74
Labor laying third rail on Tonopah and Tidewater Tracks	675.40	2.66	4.97	135.90
Rail and push cars, track tools and repairs to same, less credit a/c inventory value at end of construction period	167.50	0.66	18.10	9.25
Roadmaster's Traveling Expenses	105.15	0.42	"	9.25
Labor Handling Track Material	611.45	2.41	"	33.78
Prop'n loss operation of boarding house	668.66	2.64	"	36.94
" cost of Water	52.79	0.21	"	2.92
" of train expense	2,897.02	11.42	"	160.06
" of Commisary expense	3.29	0.01	"	0.18
" of Stable Expense	250.43	0.99	"	13.84
" of loss camp equipment	692.67	2.73	"	38.27
" of loss stable equipment	13.55	0.05	"	0.75
" of cost moving camps	177.74	0.70	"	9.82
TOTAL	25,368.61	100.00	23.07	1,099.64
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. Engineers on Sheet 14 of their report show reproduction new as follows:
	Miles	Per Mile	Amount	TOTAL
Main Track	16.743	692.00	11,586.00
" (on Bridges)	0.154	485.00	75.00
Other Tracks	0.019	829.00	16.00
"	1.163	692.00	805.00
	18.079	690.42	12,482.00	12,482.00
Third Rail:
Main Tracks	3.508	180.00	631.00
Other "	0.557	237.00	132.00
"   "	0.926	180.00	167.00
	4.991	186.34	930.00	930.00
Turnouts placed				563.00
Framing Bridge Ties				186.00
Placing Tie Plates				317.00
	23.070	627.57		14,478.00
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 4, 1922

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