Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1902 — What the Track Costa. [ARTICLE]

What the Track Costa.

Few persons know that on a railway line like the Santa Fe it costs nearly as much to renew ties ($935,000 yearly) as is paid to station agents and station clerks; that the annual repairs of roadway and track ($2,350,000) exceed the salaries of trainmen and traffic clerks; that the renewal of rails ($626,000) costs almost as much as the telegraph service; that watchmen and track-walkers draw nearly as much money ($137,000) as is paid out for stationery and printing; that the item of rail fastenings ($250,000 a year) exceeds the expense of legal service. But it pays to have the track just right