HOW THE DEPARTMENT LOSES
BIG BUHDEX O^'TRAFFIC.
Mr. G. It. Sykes gave it as hisopin. I ion tb.it the-raving to-{ho'Department-in running cost wouldl'bo'enormous if tho deviation were made. ; Ho'pointed nut that in addition to tjio ncccssity.iqr. keeping a. separate incliiio locomotives, it wa»jiaw«iuipbssißle to take th 6 ordinary Idcoluotivosrovcti the incline. ;,Ho had b,ec)j;;in(ormcd by a railway man—ho did ;nob;kiion" who--ther tho information —that if aldeviation jcrtuld~bd .mTda: over which, .ordinary loj-JjJBJpJJVRS ,'Cpljld," run. sixteenleased tho incrcdti«;"rHo,'poiutoil out that-at preseiit::jlie-:KOods:.traf-tic from lMietahuna and""J?fthintun"al| went via I'almcrston. '.'flip-Jdistaiice to\\!fllington was very mlfcli'fartllorrtjiaif via Wairarapa, but tho~ DepartiiiCUt" charged the freight as lor tho distance Via Wairarapa. It was still cheaper to run the goods the extra distance at the lower freight than to haul them overthe incline. This was somo'indi-cation-of tvliaj: would be saved |o tho Dcpartniou't oy.a'tleviatibn. V -'■' '."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 12
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138HOW THE DEPARTMENT LOSES Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 12
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