"c           VAR 0204      03003H ER TON 1R 865-891               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0204         LOC 1797 WIDTH  9             DK  29 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  3                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              REVENUE PER FREIGHT TON-MILE, SEVEN RAILROADS                 "
"c              ---------------------------------------------                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  03003H                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS                                                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  POOR'S MANUAL OF RAILROADS, 1888, PP. XXVII-XXIX;    "
"c              1889, P. VIII; 1890; 1891; 1892.                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  NBER CHECKED DATA BY DIVIDING FIGURES FOR FREIGHT     "
"c              EARNINGS BY FIGURES FOR TON-MILES FOR THE GROUPING OF SEVEN   "
"c              RAILROADS.                                                    "
"c                   THE FIGURE FOR 1866 PRESENTED HERE (2.544) WAS COMPUTED  "
"c              BY NBER; IT WAS GIVEN IN THE SOURCE AS 2.503.                 "
"c                   DATA WERE REVISED IN 1887, BUT ARE PRESENTED HERE AS     "
"c              ONE CONTINUOUS VARIABLE.  FIGURES FOR 1887 AND 1889 MORE      "
"c              COMPARABLE TO EARLIER DATA ARE .718 AND .696 (THIS FIGURE     "
"c              WAS COMPUTED BY NBER AS THE SOURCE GAVE .609).                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c              FILE COPIED TO A03003H.DB BY JROTH@NBER.ORG 5/11/2001         "
"c           ...............................................................  "