RAILWAY METHODS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 6

RAILWAY METHODS.

Monday.l had occasion to go to Wellington to bring up a pony and : gig. I .ordered: two trucks' for Wednesday morning for the 10:10 a.m.. .train.. I was i>formed that 1 the pony and' gig had to be at theThorhdon Station-;^. 9:30. - I .was' there at 9. aim ,- al ?d> .'afters Waiting' until 9.45,1 made inquiries when ths trucks. l would be at the plaform.' and was told/ ifr -was' too 'late; . After-threatening. ■ re P?l.t' • t}iem; toheadquarters, \.bhe truck' at .last; arrived at 10,8, the pony was put -in; tho train started, and I had to board a mov.- : ' 'mg tram, .not, having, time to run from- tho> tnipK.Ki the,nearest carriage. : At Johnson-' yule I got into the horse-box'and found that the partition had, not been fastened,, and was swinging backwards; and forwards against the pony. The gig was left behind, which got-to Levin next day, and the cushion,:etc., the day after—threo days to bring the lot up.,- ! Now, sir, -for the benefit of-the travelling public and the taxpayer, it' is about time thai the railways were taken out of political con-, : trol, andplaced under' a - commissioner, as they, are rn-Australia, where they -pay a eood revenue ..above-interest;--on capital, whereas; here, under the Government mismanagement' and muddling, they: do not. pay by a long way, interest; on. capital.—l ami, etc -;'V ( : T. M. K.