FREIGHTS ON TRAINS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 7

FREIGHTS ON TRAINS.

:■■ -■■ 'Rs^w '■■' MR. VTEITCH'S WOBD QF GAUfION* . (B:y Corr.e«Boii4*nt»i WaftgattUl, March 3. Comments oil tjio HwJong of tlio a-.ajl-W-ays Were made at the Monthly. Weeti«K of tho Wiinga,i-iui Ch.amber oi-C-oin-iftutco. Jastoy-c-ii-nig. 'Kli-qso foiiowetl on the i-oallHig <rf a letter ftbiii tlio Auek* ■laud lHdustrial.As-soofa.t-io-.il. iho let-, ter drew attention to a ma-tter aiFeetjug tho titiilji-vr indftst-i'-y, -Whtvsby '■ shorts/ '■ or pic.e«s df twitbof. nieasuring eight feet and under, h-ftcl; ,&fteu to :lio-buraed- a-f.-the liiffl-s ovying to the- l-ail-ways cliargiirg the sum-e freiyfet for -them rs oriihiary saw-ii timber.' The .letter , .stated that, with a more favoufahle freight tariff, these "sliorts" eouW be -mado use of ji> Hidny Ways,, .especially .for hoses iiiid cases., ajid a.sted tho Oliamhc-p's tttion in fiettiiig a more, rcasonablo tariff wtc on them. ' Tho Chamber refcrted- tlio matter to . its executive. lii tho course of the discussioiij J|r. I?.. Mi fiasseitj a iluSftber of Jt-w-eH* larewn firm of tilhlier 'mew]iattts> saj(! that tlio iiiater iuftiitioncd in tWict ier was tjftly One of a. t-lm-nsimd aiuoniit-; IJos that at present esist in tho rail- : way tariff. As aft intt-an-Qo,' Ims stated; Mint "shorts, 5, if dispi):tc|.ii?.d ivudcj' the liGiuljflß eif "■fcjiai.-ng niatfirial/' can be; railed from Ma-Mgaivefea to \v"«nigamti : for a third of the -cost that the;y sa:n bo seni for if they cethe down as build-1 ing ti-mtser. Why;, lie itsftetl, «c:re thero rliffcrtoccs on'the sutad timber? Ift'ite :t3<:|.Jji;rtfii'en-t rijdMcod t'llc tariff oil "sbwts/'.-no iexibt a H* d.oiftaiid Wotdcl b<? er-eated. If his sujipoft of til* prolibß'irls woiiltl lead to it .rtvijiem tff' tite railway.freigliis.he W«ild siippert any action deenifid iwccssa'r.V;

Mr. W. ■&, Voi'tch, M.P>, \yho, before I'lrteriftg PjtriiainGf.it, Was a. -railway swvaiiii aiteiilto?] that -therij ffcro reniodi. nblo ahuinalies in the.Railway service, Uvi'fc tlimirivt tlmt these xiifj fiot ii<> so nnmh in the matter of tr.riffsi as sqiijo peoplo- fliotifilrt. 'Wimt' he WottE life to see tontcdiod was, the Unfair distanqo littTitati'ous, w'lwi'oby iuerehauts in krgecities have- Hie liaug over- those: in tiiwjis liho Wnn&lHitii, h\ campititi.on for t-Ije country trade. Before ho w'ottM udVocate i»n.y retl-actipil in the taj-iffj . as the ietter aslseil.! he w®M like to fcnow who woulft tei.eftt by the sedirc- , tiens, and whai diifortiico- iip : »'etuld liui-ko to tire cohsi}mer; also the o».ces behveett the wlvo|d-sn-ls> a.nd retftiV prices of "shorts" after thfr fceißljt wasrdduced. A very -close watch rimst be kept on tlte railway rtan-ftgchifent to sbo iltot' tlio Sfcato dines.not lose t-lji.Stfgli, iiie railways, and, Mnloss' very greiit keneftts an bo shosvii as -cftrfcMJi to afir ttrao to to .general mass of- flip people,: ho wii-s very adverse to altering tli.e. roUwny freiglits at all. . ! i

Laior oi», Mr. Veftch pn'i in a good Word far tho railway management. In. reply to n oomfilalnt by a;, membersef tho' Chmnbor rcg.irtlrng triins cßntimi-. nfly rmuuiig late, Mr. Ydtoh said that Uio position 'Was that iljo.farlsVfty bust, ness was growing ncpMly, ho Hijaucht Jliis a sptojitlitl thing for ,tliß rcMiiitry. A rotiit-n of Into nnivais liftd! boeit placed, before thfi fidilse last .ssssifiii, alid, Foiflfmrftd with tliat p'f other f'Oimtiws, lie thwight it was a. jjriincl vectird. I» view of tho iujn'OAv gftiigo : of flie rnfhvaj's, the exceptfeiially lriffy no.teo flf'the country, iunil tlio jtijerioV. iiijpofbd coal ireceijlly useil,. lie Ihpttplit thfit tlip scfvi'ao Wns a gooil one, jfc : bdieveili also, tlint jjco.pte reeognised and appreciated: it as a .goad . .