"c           VAR 0592      08009BCLASS I 3S 923-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0592         LOC 2562 WIDTH  9             DK  41 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF EMPLOYMENT, CLASS I STEAM RAILROADS, SEASONALLY      "
"c              ADJUSTED                                                      "
"c              --------------------------------------------------------      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08009B                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  1923-1925=100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1923-02/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY INTERSTATE       "
"c              COMMERCE COMMISSION                                           "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA COMPUTED BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION      "
"c              FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, APRIL 1936, P. 20;           "
"c              SUPPLEMENTS OF 1938, 1940, 1942, AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY        "
"c              ISSUES.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THIS SERIES, COMPUTED BY THE ICC, REPRESENTS THE      "
"c              TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING EXECUTIVES AND           "
"c              OFFICIALS, PROFESSIONAL, CLERICAL, MAINTENANCE OF WAY, AND    "
"c              TRANSPORTATION GROUPS) ON CLASS I STEAM RAILWAYS (EXCLUDING   "
"c              SWITCHING AND TERMINAL COMPANIES). THE INDEX IS COMPUTED BY   "
"c              RELATING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF THE MIDDLE OF EACH     "
"c              MONTH TO THE NUMBER IN THE BASE PERIOD WHICH WAS 1,786,258.   "
"c              IN ADJUSTING THE INDEX FOR SEASONAL VARIATION, THE            "
"c             "RATIO-TO-MOVING-AVERAGE" METHOD (12 MONTHS) WAS USED (USING   "
"c              DATA FOR THE PERIOD 1924-1932). IF ANY RAILWAYS ARE EITHER    "
"c              ADDED TO OR DROPPED FROM CLASS I CLASSIFICATION, DATA FOR     "
"c              SUCH ROADS ARE EITHER INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED AS THE CASE MAY    "
"c              BE, BUT NO CHANGE IS MADE IN THE BASE FIGURE USED IN          "
"c              COMPUTING THE INDEX. SEE SOURCE AND 1942 SUPPLEMENT.          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "