A RAILWAY PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2574, 23 September 1915, Page 8

A RAILWAY PROBLEM

. TRUCK-LOADS FOR SMALL STATIONS. The following Tetter. lias been: received by.the Farmers' Union secretary from tlio General Manager for :Kail■ways:—"With refcrenco to the' rosolu- .'" tion passed by. the' Dominion' Conference of tlio Now Zealand Farmers' Union drawing the attention of the Department to .-the -unnecessary'' delay- in / delivery ,of goods of loss ■ than a truck load. I'liave the honour to inform you '. that the present;system-of tho dispatch of-; goods .to country stations was adopt- ■. consideration . had ■been-gitf-en to "the: interests '-both'of the settlers and, the. Department.— Under the : system previously in force, wagons Mvero. frequently liauled to tho. smaller stations with an" nnremui erative load; the reSult ; beiiig that a-larger number of wagons ivero required-. to deal with the traffic than would have been the case had. every wagon been fully loaded. The traffic to and from every; station was carefully analysed and schedules prepared giving a regular service from, "the distributing centres-to every, country station, the frequency ,of the ser-. .vice being based iipoa tiie ; : volume of traffic, vwith a niinimum service ofytw.q. days per week to the smallest stations. In addition' to . this v regular service, provision-, is mado in all ca'.es that truck, loads of goods are accepted on any'day, ■and also that'small'lots of urgent goods are, by-special" application, sent "forr ward in'roadside: wagons without wait-'' '• ing fhe:usual ,loa:ding. day. . Having re-. gard to" the above "and to the fact-that . the present "system results in' a greater; number -of .-wagons-being available for . use at .'any,< given, moment,- for . grain,' wool, - and other produce waiting; railage, it ; is considered that .reversion; to the old'svstem would be a, retrogrado step, and against the interests of both the farming community;; and- the". Der partment. 1 ' .., .

Never'fhas the demand for 'clear-lieadeS construciiTerthinkin? in business been so urgent as it is right now. We .are-liv-ing in a progressive age, and must take advantgae:.of all up-to-dalte methods. It is in savings, from waste of any description that money is made to-day, and by concentrating one's efforts on all details of our'business wo claiin to be able to produce results for our many, cream suppliers: We want more cream.- Can yon supply *us ? Further partioulars, .Wanga nui Fresh Food Co.—Adyt.~ . . So far there has only been a slight advance on. the prices of the .famqu'B Victor Cheese. Vats, and-factories/are now ordering in view of : a possible further increase. Various causes will > shortly greatly increase the cost',', but orders! received now .will be delivered in rotation and at present .prices. > Albert .'J* Parton, Car-terton.—-Advt. i