pkeep, etc.) 300
Maintenance, minor repairs and supplies, tire chains, tools,
lamps, springs, equipment, etc. (estimated) 300
Complete overhaul once a year 600
License fee 60
Body upkeep, repairs, painting, etc. 90
Supervision 696
-----
Total per annum $5556

Overhead charges per day for 240 days in the year,
actual operation $23.15
Overhead charges per mile for 50 miles per day .463

[1] In the above table the driver's wages have been placed under
overhead charges because the driver is paid by the month and his
wages continue even though the truck is idle because of repairs,
bad weather or lack of business, unless, of course, the idleness
should be of long duration, when the driver might be laid off.

DIRECT CHARGES PER DAY AND PER MILE FOR 5-TON TRUCK
OPERATED AS ABOVE

------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
| Cost | Cost
| per day | per mile
------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
Tires (based on present tire guarantee) | $3.00 | $0.06
Lubricants | .50 | .01
Gasoline (3-1/2 miles per gal., 14 gal. at 25c) | 3.50 | .07
| ----- | -----
| 7.00 | 0.14
------------------------------------------------+---------+---------

Total of overhead and direct charges for 240 days per year operation,
per day $30.15
Per mile .603
Cost per ton-mile for full loads one way and empty returning .2412
Cost per ton-mile for full loads one way and half load returning .16

The significance of these figures becomes apparent when they are
compared with the cost of hauling freight over trunk-line railways
with heavy traffic where the co