Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1910
Abstract
This classification should be so applied as to reflect the net increase or decrease (determined according to the rules provided) in the investment of a carrier in such property as is used in the operation of railways as transportation agencies, including outside operations incidental to furnishing transportation. Entries in the accounts prescribed in this classification should be made only with respect to additions to, betterments of, and withdrawals and retirements of property composing the plant and equipment of existing main and branch lines, including sidings and spur tracks and the necessary buildings, structures, and facilities. Until such time as a new railway or any important section of it, constructed as an extension of existing main or branch lines or as a new project, has reached such a stage of completion that it is, or may be, regularly operated for the purposes of a common carrier, expenditures proper to be included in the accounts representing the cost of road and equipment should be charged directly to the accounts prescribed in the Classification of Expenditures for Road and Equipment, and not to the accounts in this classification.
Relational Format
article
Recommended Citation
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, "Classification of expenditures for additions and betterments as prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for steam roads in accordance with section 20 of the act to regulate commerce" (1910). Federal Publications. 218.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/acct_fed/218