PRODUCE FREIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 3

PRODUCE FREIGHT.

RATES ON THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. , INTERESTING .TO FARMERS. By tho courtesy of : tho head'offico of the Railway-Department,, tvo arc enabled to publish a list''of tho freights (as_ appended) that will bo charged .011 farm produce, etc.,. carried over long! distances.on'tho Main Trunk

lino. ~. There; will, no .doubt, bo. fast mixed trains rim to cater'for that largo scction of ■ traffic, for which-'the. through: express is scarcely intended.: .The express train,- whose chief :purpose.is. to. carry passengers and mails at a maximum speed, will net tolerato the delays that would', bo incidental to. (the extra load and to tho , time occupied' in picking up and setting down goods. That class of -traffic will bo .dealt with by; fast mixed trains, that will carry passengers and goods at a speed : of about twenty miles an hour, stopping where required. »- Whether' such trams -will;tako twenty-four, or .thirty-six hours to do the .entire trip cannot -yet be clpfinitoly stated. The .passenger portion will probably travel bV day only, but the cargo may proceed overnight by goods train,, thus economising time in transit. To some extent the possibilities may be gauged by what is accomplished ; on the lines in tho South. -_ ' Farmers will be able .to ascertain approximately the freights to bo charged from tho list;here appended, which'they will do well to cut out and preserve'

Limo for manuring, farm lands is convoyed free up to 100 miles. Wlioro the diStanco_' exceeds 100 miles, the farmer is'charged freight' for tlie distance in excess of the'- 100 For example: For. 150 miles a charge would b6 : mado for 50 miles only! 1 To obtain this Concession,'lime-kilns have-to bo registered with tho Railway Department, and undertake to sell at a price approved- by the Bailway. Department. ■

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