RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 11 August 1932, Page 7

RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

j» TBI IKITOB Or THK TRESS. a,—Please allow me to refer to the •arjr Department's claiui that rates" are ''essential'' and, Terence to such goods as coal, f* T * etc., that these are goods ?TiJ ordinary circumstances the SnirtMajt's competitors do not X I am not able to comment on jTbut 1 am ab,e t0 do so °" lertl " £l ad to show the wonderful conZL allowed 1 will take Dunsandel From Hornby to Dun- , distance by rail of 19 miles, fan* fivfl tons of fertiliser costs (Cild'cr 2.316 d per ton per mile: "Lfceecation of under 2d for the Prebs on July 19th *JS& tra£Bc manager said that jmhvm ■ v£tc among the low-rated and quoted l.ood per ton wss3e*sthe ' >as ' s charged. On his mm' tlx railage for the five tons 5Sj be 12j 4d. What becomes of Atiieoe? Anomaly No. 1! Railisce &ve tons of grain for 23 miles IffcMor 3.&7 d per ton per mile— JsffCHiL above the advertised averathuSß. Anomaly No. 2! Hailm'.m SO sheep or lambs, approxi-Anse-quartere of a ton, 'cost6 Siltf ton pc r niilc, or in other words gtgSaa the advertised average jut,' Anopa!y No. 3! Ifot hiA 10 tons of fertiliser oiidf^nad lately at less than the aim concession charge. Yet the tMsMBt says that this is one ot which its "competitors do Let me reply that while fcntoja charge the same to transitions for 19 miles as to transwfiitinas for 75 miles, the Depart/•«i*€xpect the 19-mile freight trbatowd. Tn The Pre6s to-day the maWafurther plea, part «OPi the railways Nfmipped and efficiently organised frtaitaactor} economical transport, ije a. Intent capacity for a large inaase of serrice. ;tW, r Dominion is livily burdened - competitive import." Why not].ask why the ipaty is "latent." _Jt raust be obvi- . m thiit when capacity for some serai is "latent" or undeveloped some feet management is indicated, irttbe istinjg anomalies be removed I a 4 the position will right itself.— Sw, etc., R. J. RICHES, jtanmdel, August Sih, 1932.