RAILWAY MANAGEMENT

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 5229, 22 November 1877, Page 2

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT

{Br X»iia**a»H.3 . The; Committee. on railway management report that it is expedient the management of railways open for traffic should be under separate management to the railways under construction; that there should be e per* manent Commissioner of Bail waysj that New Zealand coal should be used on railwayst ' that" the blockfiystem -be need- in- all lines where there are long tunnels; that it » inexpedient sit pnnent to base railwaysbat, aa an axpenmeht,~it is desirable to lease the Auckland'.Waikato railway for , afTen.yeans- that, euffioient trains shooW be run .on Sundays, to. meat the public requirements j that railway tickets should be purehaaeable at shops' like postage mampi, or at the railway stations at any time during 'officehouse.' , The following recommendations were alio made by the Committee That the syste® of rendering railway accounts should be monthly' instead of weekly, hut that weekly aooounls be tendered to the public a* heretofore. That the audit of the railway coconuts should be so arranged that there will be no heeewity to briti* the original. eab-Tonahere to Wellington. That as the Bouse has this leieion expressed a definite opinion that as far as possible railway material should be obtained in the colony by public Under, the Committee consider it wuMceseaty to. do more than express iU concur*ancs in that decision. Committee recommend the distribution of th« (thedules for;railway auppliae where p»*J tioable, in preference to their being obtained from one oontraotos. With reference to the - classification of : geode. •:** the Committee ' consider the daesinoatio necessary, subject to revision fr. m time time. AbsataU .anifoimity of tariff ehsrg being, impossible,’ a dieenmihatmg ohar? » haring regard to distance and other local oumetancee. should be made. The Commits recommend that iaoreased facilities shoul . given at reduced rates for the ««« trains.. The railway managers of the dm section* to have discretionary P 0 ** ' , n t Committee - reoommead that oor . should only: weigh goods for their ow r (g posse, and thatlhe issue of jeeigh jj the pubUobadiscontinued. They ¥SSt& expwlient that a scale of sllowoifoes fc way e«sp%<t in ceeee of fatal «°£ e “Lity aoeideoU weultmf in permanent inj-ap o£ (or work be adopted independently tha Bail way Benefit Societies, the |owanoe■ to be., arranged <aeo«^ D * ti 9 pay in the service. . .where lb* Government ooneider it neoe«'jry effectual working of th*,traffipt° * d t( £ ett syotem of.towh deliver* |«w.* ehaß be by the' Govetpment to pnt on a denary A the m* * eiguee. That it Mart the duty of

nunt to provide storage for twin, wool* or tbarohandi*e.end that rtoh a rue for stodge, wbereforoed upoa ' the rail*# bo* adopted m will'act a* a prohibitory ime; Ivory facility should bo granted for the erection of private stares, with elding* to (be railway at the cole expense of the applicants, or upon aaoh other terms u may be agreed upon. However desirable it may bo to have uniform mileage' for passenger fares; J absolute uniformity oaimot bo adopted, and a discretionary power must be left in the bends of the Minister to alter the rates la regard to distance, competition, and other local oiroum* stances. The Committee would strongly recommend that all ticket*, excepting return . and excursion, should be available until used, irrespective of the date of their issue.