See car mileage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1908, Second and Third Annual Reports of the Railroad Commission of Washington to the Governor, page 282:",
"text": "That the passenger car mileage for the entire system for the year ending June 30th, 1906, was 44,779,961 miles, of which 6,812593 miles or 15.214 per cent., was in the state of Washington.",
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"text": "It will be immediately apparent from this table that the extent to which the average weights of coaches and Pullman cars on each road is considered in the total, without, for the moment, questioning the accuracy of such weight for the various individual roads, bears no relation whatever either to the ratio which the car mileage of each particular road bears to the whole of the 19 roads, or even to the ratio which the car mileage tested on each particular road bears to the total mileage tested on the 19 roads.",
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"text": "It is our experience and our belief, based upon our studies, that with proper tire care, and we mean the kind of care that is available through tire-service stations but which the owner has not heretofore found necessary because he had unlimited supplies of new rubber available, will increase the average car mileage from 18,000 miles to a conservative figure of 32,000 miles.",
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"text": "The California State Highway Patrol is currently engaged in a study of the relationship between patrol car mileage and operating, maintenance, repair cost and depreciation.",
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