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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

« BUSINESS MEN FOR THE RAILWAYS Sir,—Some time ago a suggestion appeared in a southern paper that a board of control to manage the railways should be appointed, eneli board to l>o composed of business men. Judging from the way tlio railways have 'been run for many years past, the suggestion is well worth consdering. The railways ar.j now mnnngrd under a bureaucratic system—tlii! Minister is nominallv chief, lint exercises no real power of decision, and as it is usually less troublesome for ._ th« General Manager or his chief officers ;' to fav "No" to any request or suggosfon . for improved eervico or facilities nothing happens, and some cast-iron regulation is quoted. The chief officers have been. ~ so lon'j; in the service working under a , ; i rout in' l system Hint they lmv.i liecome ,' foasilitpil." iiml eou'd with advantage 1)0 retired on their pensions. The employees throiiffhout the service are diseontonted with their pay ami condition;, and with, the continual pinnricking which ap-prai-s to be the official idea of fpod tn/in- i ; nsemenl. The rolling-stock is a fine' exauinle of how to collect as many •.-. sanmles cf each k'i'd of wagon or loco-' motive, a? have evo>- be;ii built anywhere. , Ncarh' <01 the carriages are cramped and ■■' uncomfortable, while the sanitary ar-: ; rnngements and'cleanliness on jho mail.--trains !p«vp much to be desired. 1,."j lion? Hint the Hon. Mr. Massev, jf he';, returns to power and keeps die Railways portfolio iv'll seriously consider the engerstion to appoint n live board of contm! to .manage the Department; tho cost . . would not bo greater than at presentI am, etc.. IvAKA.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 8

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 8

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