The foregoing are statements of results on the Burlington System as a
whole, showing earnings and expenses and facilities furnished to the
Government mail service.
It may be of interest, and throw light on the situation, to show
results for November upon several separate mail routes in the system,
ranging from small routes carrying 200 pounds of mail daily, up,
through routes carrying weights, respectively, of 1,300, and 8,000,
and 20,000 pounds daily, to the heaviest route carrying 192,000
pounds, covering the fast mail service from Chicago to Omaha.
Weights of express packages are not kept on separate mail routes and
statements therefore of express earnings for such separate mail routes
are necessarily estimated, but, as given in the following tables, they
are approximately correct and corroborate the comparative results for
the Burlington system as a whole, which results are based upon exact
figures for express as well as for mails and for passengers.