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Iil1mmrmiilmlllllmi GIPE-PUNE-068131 HARVARD ECONOMIC STUDIES DhaMnjayllroD (jodgH LiInry IIl1mmRmIIlMlllllmI GIPE-PUNE-068131 HARVARD ECONOMIC STUDIES L The Englisb Patents of Monopo}y. ByWn. XX. The Italian Emigration of Our Times. liam H. Price. avO. By R. F. Foerster. 8vo. II. The Lodging House Problem in Boston. XXI. The Mata: A Study in Spanish Ec0- By Albert B. WoHe. avo. nomic History, 1273-1836. By JWiIlt m. The Stannaries: A Study of the English K1eio. 8vo. Tin Miner. By George R. Lewis. 8vo. XXIL Argentine International Trade under IV. Railroad Reorganization. By Stuart Dag­ Inconvertible Paper Mouey; 1880-1900. getL avo. By J. H. WiUiama. 8vo. V. Wool..Growing and theTarifr. By Chella' XXIU. The Organization of the Boot and W. Wright. avo. Shoelndustryin Maau.chURtls before 1875. VL Public Ownership of Telepbones on the By Blanche E. Hazard. 8vo. Continent of Europe. By Arthur N. Hol­ XXIV. Economic Motives. By Zenas C. combe. 8vo. Dickinson. 8vo. ro. The History of the British Post Office. XXV. Monetary Theory before Adam Smith. By J. C. Hemmeon. avo. By Arthur E. Monroe. avo. XXVI. Canada', BaJaDCe of' Ioternational vm. The Cotton Manufacturing industrY of the United States. By M. T. Copeland. lndebtedneu, 1900""1913. By Jacob Vina'. 8vo. avo. IX. The History of the Grain Trade in France. XXVD. The Hiltory of the United States By Abbott Payson Usher. avo. Post Office to the Year z820. By w. &. Rich. avo. x. Corporll.te Promotions and R.eorganiza.. xxvm. The Theory of International Prica. tiona. By A. S. Dewing. avo. By lames W. AngelL avO. XL The Anthracite Coal Combination in the XXIX. Forests and Sea Power. By Robert United States. By Eliot Jones. avo. G. Albion. avo. xu. Some Aspects of the Tarift Question. By xxx. Banking 'Theories in the United Sta.teI F. W. TaUMig. avo. before 1860. By Hany E. Miller. avo. xm. The Evolution of the English Com XXXI. Karl Man".lnterpretation of History. , Mar:ret hom the TweUth to the Eighteenth By Mandell Morton Bober. 8vo. c,Qtury. By N. S. B. Gru.. 8vo. xxxn. Grain Growers' Cooperation in West­ XIV.1&ciaJ Adaptation: A Study ill the ern Canada. By Harald S. Patton. avo. Develnpmeot of the Doctrine of Adapt. The Aaipats. By S. E. Huris. tioD as a Theory of Social Prosre-. By xxxm avo. L. M. BristoL avo. XXXIV. The Economic and Soda) History 01 XV. The FinaDcia1 History of Bostoa, from aD English VI..llq:e. By N. S. B. Gru aod May I. 1822, to]anwuy 31.1009. ByC.P. E. C. Gna. avo.. Hue. 8vo. xxxv. Direct TaatioD in Austria By 101m XVI. Eua,. in the Earlier History of Amer­ V. Van Sic:kle. avo. ican Corporatioua. By J. S. Davia. avo. XXXVL The Greenb&cb aDd ResamptiOD of 2 volumes. Specie Payments, 11162'"'1870. By Doa C XVD. The State Tu CoIDllliMion. By H. L Barrett. avo. Lutz. avo. xxxvn. The Street: JWhray III M ..... XVllL Tho Euly EqlUb eu. ...... s,.. ..... QUiett&. By Edward S. Muon. avo. By N. S. B. Gru. avo. -TbeTh<oryoi "_Dc Com_ XIX. Trade and Navigation betwC!eD Spain By Edward H. CJwnbedia. avo. 1" ;OU$~. and the IndUs In the time 01 the_~ - ID-......u and IDIauatlonal Trade. By C. B. lIuins. 8vo.. By Bertil OhliD. 8vo. 1" "«4#. HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. HARVARD ECONOMIC STUDIES PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT Of ECONOMICS BY T1IB HARVARD UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESEARCH VOL. XXXVII LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXPOIlD UNIVEILSITY PREll THE STREET RAILWAY IN MASSACHUSETTS The Rise and Decline of an Industry BY EDWARD S. MASON ASSIST~ PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS COPYJUGHT, 193:& BY TBB p ..BalDENT AND FELLOWS OF BAIlVAIlD COLLEOR y 41 S- I .7' ~- , N S Q-L..- PUIITBD J. ft. Vlrrrao ""Tal 01' 4IU&lC4 PREFACE The preparation of this study on street railways in Massachusetts has laid me heavily in the debt of many people whose advice and assistance have been sometimes accepted, never ignored and always appreciated. Messrs. H. C. Sawyer, G. H. Clifford and L. R. Nash of Stone and Webster, Inc., H. C. Attwil1, chairman of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, J. R. Macomber and W. E. McGregor of Harris Forbes, Inc., Bentley Warren of the Massachusetts bar, Winthrop Coffin of Coffin and Burr, and George A. FeinaId of George A. FemaId Company, have answered my queries without complaint or cavil. Messrs. C. E. Sprague of General Electric and George Ewing of Westinghouse, and Messrs. George Carey and W. W. Woodard, trustees, respectively, of the Greenfield and Montague and the Athol and Orange Transportation Areas have been equa11y helpful. To Edward Dana, general manager, M. H. Cullen, assistant general auditor, H. H. Norris, educational adviser, and L. A. Armistead, librarian, of the Boston Elevated, to A. J. Boar!iman, general manager and J. F. Gallagher, assistant superintendent of the transportation department of the Eastern Massachusetts, to Messrs. C. L. Bartlett, general manager of the Massachusetts Northeastern, L. H. Cushing, general manager of the Fitchburg and Leominster, Starkey, general manager of the Gardner and Templeton, and to other operating men whose work has been disturbed hy my importunate questioning, I tender my gratitude. I am obligated to the officials of the American Electric Railway Association and particu1arly to K. L. McKee, statistician, for material put at my disposal. Professors C. J. Bullock and Leonard Crum of Harvard, Melvin DeChazeau of the University of Virginia and E. W. Morehouse of the JoumaI of Land and Public Utility Economics have read parts of the manuscript, and Professor Bullock has assisted me in many places and at many times with his knowledge and his judgment. I vii viii PREFACE am peculiarly and particularly indebted to my research assistants, E. M. Hoover and J. P. Miller. The work was made possible by the financial assistance of the Harvard University Committee on Economic Research. TABLE OF CONTENTS PuFACE vii INTRODUCTION • XV CHAPTEII. I. THE STAGES OF STIIEET RA~WAY DEVELOPMENT 3 Expansion . 8 Consolidation • 13 Rising Costs . 14 Motor Competition 16 CHAPTEII. 2. THE FINANCING OF THE INDUSTIlY 18 Volume of Capital . 19 Promotion 2 I Capitalisation and capital structure 26 Dividend policy . 29 Holding companies . 34 CHAPTEII 3. CONSOLIDATION OF STREET RAILWAYS IN MASSA- CHUSETTS 41 Economies of consolidation . 46 Consolidation and net earnings . S3 The street railway holdings of the New Haven railroad 61 CHAPTEII 4. STREET RAILWAY COSTS AS AFFECTED BY THE DENSITY OF TlIAFFIC • 7 I The unit of output . 7 I Overhead and variable costs 73 Density of traffic and costs. 77 CHAPTEII. S. STIlEET RAILWAY COSTS HISTORICALLY CON- SIDEIIED • 93 Effect of technical changes on the cost of service . 93 Cost indices • 98 ill: x TABLE OF CONTENTS The composition of operating costs . 99 Maintenance and depreciation 101 Wages . 105 Power costs 108 Street railway taxation 110 CHAPTER 6. STREET RAILWAY REVENUES 114 The volume of traffic and its variation . 114 The rate of fare . 118 The elasticity of the demand for service 122 Jitney and motor bus competition . 127 CHAPTER 7. THE REGULATION OF STREET RAILWAYS IN MASSACHUSETTS 133 Municipal regulation 133 The Board of Railroad Commissioners 138 Regulation of security issue 141 Valuation and rate regulation . 148 Regulation of alternative means of transport • 160 CHAPTER 8. PuBLIC OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS IN MASSACHUSETTS 163 Public ownership 166 Service at cost 168 Public management of the Boston Elevated 170 Public management of the Eastern Massachusetts 180 CHAPTER 9. CONCLUSION-PRESENT POSITION OF URBAN 1iIANSPOllTATION APPENDICES APPENDIX A. THE RELATION OF STREET RAILWAYS TO LAND VALUES AND TO THE DrsTllmUTION OF POPULATION 193 APPENDIX B. INDICES OF STREET RAILWAY COSTS • 200 APPENDIX C. MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY SECUI1.lT1ES ELIGIBLE FOil INVESTMENT BY MASSACHUSETTS SAVINGS BANKS 202 TABLE" OF CONTENTS xi APPENDIX D. MAsSACHUSETTS STREET RAlLWAY FAlLUllES, BY DECADES • 205 APPENDIX E. STREET RAJLWAY HOLDING COl4PANIES IN MAsSACHVSETTS • 207 APPENDIX F. HIsTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BAY STATE STREET RAJLWAY • 209 APPENDIX G. CLASSIFICATION OF MAsSACHUSETTS STREET RAJLWAYS 211 APPENDI1C H. PERCENTAGES OF DEPRECIATION AND MAINTE­ NANCE TO INVESTMENT AND GROSS REvENuEs FOR CER- TAIN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAJLWAYS • APPENDIX I. STREET RAlLWAY TAXATION IN MASSACHUSETTS 217 TABLE OF CHARTS Worcester Consolidated: ratio of net earnings to Capital stock plus premiums 54 Old Colony lines:' ratio of net earnings to capital stock plus p~ums . 55 Boston and Northern lines: ratio of net earnings to capital stock plus premiums • 56 Northern Massachusetts: ratio of net earnings to capital stock plus premiums 57 Massachusetts Northeastern: ratio of net earnings to capital stock plus premiums . 58 Middlesex and Boston: ratio of net earnings to capital stock plus premiums 59 Relation of revenue passengers per car mile to revenue pas­ sengers per mile of track on Massachusetts street rail- ways, 1914 and 1924 78 Relation of investment and of operating costs per revenue pas­ senger to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street railways, 1904 85 Relation of investment and of operating costs per revenue pas­ senger to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street railways, 1914 86 Relation of investment in roadbed and track and in rolling stock per revenue passenger to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street railways, 1914 88 Relation of investment in power plant and in land and other buildings per revenue passenger to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street railways, 1914 89 _ zili xiv TABLE OF CHARTS Relation of costs of maintaining' roadway and track and the cost of maintaining rolling stock per revenue passenger to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street rail- ways, 1914 90 Relation of general expenses and of expenses of conducting transportation per revenue passenger, to track density of traffic on Massachusetts street railways, 1914 .
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