THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3366, 25 January 1894, Page 5

THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

(8T TELKOBAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.). Ji ( s ji fj ,• t) i » s . , ■ ' ' !' " Wellington, Tuesday. The late Railway Commissioners, before retiring'from office,, prepared a short report, showing 'the 'record of their term of office up to the 20th inst.' lib states that since the annual report on ■ 31st March, 1893,59: miles of railway have Wen-bper'ed up, The net revenue from the 31st March to January (i was £315,999,> as against £311,298 for a similar period of the preAs the,best three months of the* yeVr f are* to come, trie' Commissioners anticipate that their estimate will be realised. Traffic officers report that the traffic staff is efficient, while the staff generally organisation, The system introduced in 1880 of engaging lads only in different branches of the service, and training and educating them for various duties/and the system of classification jpf|paytarid|prdiriotion from the lower to the higher' grades, have, the Commissioners state,, answered excellently, and* the l / jrviceji by officers and trier trained to railway and telegraph' woik, r colonial railways. The stores report '■ m that during/the' Commissioners' term of office the value of stock and stores on hand had been increased by £7778, and other reports state that. there has been a large imprpveraenc inienginejwvyer, rolling stock'appliances, 'lines aricl structures during the Commissioners' term, all made from working expenses. By this means (he capital value of the,lines and net profits, have been increased.' ' ! ' ' I li. y:- ;..r '-M:.;;;y gtN i^ ti ' None of the Railway Commissioners are entitled to pensions, but only to compensation. Mr Maxwell states that he did not apply for compensations befbr,e <thu determination of the Cabinet was arrived at. He was, offered, and refused, compensation on Saturday before'he was actually aware that he,was not, to be retained He and Mr Hannay received' a letter 1 late on Saturday stating that'their services would not be required. Mr Maxwell then applied for and obtained compensation; The Commis sionew' engagement terminated yesterdayand. nut on the 27th as generally supposed, They had, therefore, only forty-eight hours, notice. ' > ■"''■■ The Times urges that Mr Hannay be appointed general manager of the Traffic Department,' - ; ' ; •