New York Central Rd. v. Public Utilities Commission

An examination of the record discloses that for the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 the average total expense of maintaining the agency at Georges-ville was $1,788.83, of which amount the agent’s salary formed almost the entire amount, to wit, $1,659.21. During those three years the total receipts for freight, passenger service, and miscellaneous revenues amounted to considerably less than the expenses; considering the normal business transacted during those three years, and excluding a special item hereinafter alluded to, the average annual loss to the railroad company for maintaining this agency…