Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Data Were Checked By Dividing Passenger Earnings By Passenger-Miles. The Figure For 1892 Was Given As 2.168, Which Does Not Check; Therefore It Was Corrected By NBER To 2.161. Source: Poor'S Manual Of Railroads, 1890, P. Xiii-Xiv; 1891, P. Xiii; 1900, P. 1; 1905, P. Ii; 1910, Pp. Cvii-Cix; 1912, Pp. Cxxxiv-Cxlviii.

This NBER data series a03010e appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: a03010e