Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Notes:

Data For 1889-1890 Were Computed From Freight Earnings And Ton-Mile Data Of Individual Railroad Reports. NBER Checked Data By Dividing Figures For Freight Earnings By Ton-Miles For The Group Of Six Railroads. Source: Poor'S Manual Of Railroads, 1888, Pp. Xxvii-Xxix; 1889, P. Viii; 1890; 1891.

This NBER data series a03003j appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: a03003j