HAULING CARGO
TRACTORS ON THE WHARVES.
Last year 202,109 tons of goods were handled by the Harbour Board's tractors and trailers, as compared with 199,012 tons for the previous year. There aro now 209 trailers- of various capacities, but mostly two-ton, six electric tractors and twelve gasoline tractors in use. The electric tractors are used only for short hauls. The greater part of the work is done by gasoline tractors which are more powerful and run at a higher speed. The average cost per ton of all cargo handled, allowing for interest and depreciation, amounts to 14Jd per ton; the cost is about 2d perton less in the first six months of the year, and 4d per ton more tn the second. The average quantity of cargo handled per tractor hour was 14.8 tons, and the cost per tractor hour, including loading and unloading, was 18s 2d.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 25 March 1926, Page 6
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147HAULING CARGO Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 25 March 1926, Page 6
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