TRAINS & STATE MONEY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1741, 5 May 1913, Page 5

TRAINS & STATE MONEY.

WHAT THE SECOND EXPRESS' COSTS. (Dy Tclocraph.-SiJoclal Correspondent.) Auckland, Jliiv i, Tlio "Sta 1 " says (lint, as indicating tlio fir oat siniti' r ollecled by tin' tion of Uio second Slain. Trunk cxpreaMw between Wellington and Auckland, and rice,versa, it is estimated that the raving in coal consumption alona by the engines of (lie two trains will i>3 about 10 lons i>or (lay. Tliis represents tlio lotol amount of coal taken lsy the six engines which 'hauled tlio express's between the terminal station';. One nigiiu runs from Auckland to Taumarimui, ono from Taumarumii to Tai'hape, and one from Tailinpc to Wellinqton, and vice vwa. On the return trip each engine, it is stated, takes between six and seven tons of coal on its mi With ecu I at about 255. per ton, this represents a saving of about ,-€SO per dav. 't'lie wages paid to the train stalf, including tli- 1 «> s t of bearding them at lermiiidls and sub-terminals, mnonnts to abunt per day. When the cost of ivear and tear to e.njjiiies and rolling stock, cost of stores, and wages of station employees throughout, nro added, there mu.-f )io a saving l "f e!osi> oil per dn.v.