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CORPORATION FINANCIAL REPORTS
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Fig. 226. The Maintenance of Property by the United States Steel Corporation

Curve 7. Depreciation, repairs, etc.
Curve 8. Expenditure for new construction
Curve 9. Appropriation from surplus earnings for construction and betterments
No more lines or figures are placed on this chart than are really necessary. The intention was to make the chart just as simple and clear as possible. Note the large quantities expressed by the numbers in the vertical scale, yet the wide spacing of the groups of three figures makes interpretation very easy