RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.
10 THE EDIIOa. Sir, —Your leader on, railway management was timely, but I am afraid useless, as under the present system 'there is no encouragement for suggestions from the lower grades, and the upper staff are too busy to see any way of saving the pennies and keep to efficiency at tlho same time. Having lately crossed over to tho coast by Arthur’s Pass, I was surprised to see that the powers that bo are erecting power houses at Otira. It will cost hundreds of pounds per year to haul the coal from Stillwater, as it is a stiff grade for ■the thirty odd miles to Otira. It would pay even now to scrap the work, build the power houses at Stillwater, and run the '.vires to Otira, as the carriage of coals will go on for ever. By the number of houses that are being erected at Arthur’s Pass and Otira, the South Island will bo in the proud position of owning seven miles of the most expensively-worked lino in the Southern Hemisphere. It will bo another lift to the North Island, just for the want of common sense.—l am, etc., NokeenßJS. April 26.
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Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 6
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197RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 6
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