Road v.Railway.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1472, 5 October 1885, Page 4

Road v.Railway.

i* <■ (UNITED JP3ESS ASBOCIATIpN.:)' , ! .>!•: ■'. ■■: .. i " iNVEitGARGiLLV' Saturday. ' ; 'A contract f6r'cafting;^bb ! ds ; fr6tn the Bluff to the stores', Iriver<3kr>igill, has justbe'en let for a- term to ayreisponsible contractor atrss :per ton dead iWeight. .This, Is; .oonse.quent :pn ; the .refusal of the Minister to reduce the railway rates, which were 7s ,6d a' 'ton ' wei^lit orineasuremeiit, a'ccprdinffito the ship's bill of .lading, andan additional '■ shilling 'for delivery to the -stores. 1 An immense saving will be effected, 'some -measurement goods, costing frpm £1 t.6 .£% per ton on the; railway for a< distance ■ Qf ? i7.miles.'..-., ! y i : ,. : .-' , : . „'. .— ■■■„.■■'.[■. In response tq ! a, letter frpni'ithe Chairman of the "Bluff : Ha'rb"or'Bo'ard on' the T*ort iihe ; Pf railway for 1 shippers' goods, •the ' Minister : of 'Public Works replies that ;he as Willing to > reduce, .thei rates; on measurement goods if the Bo.ard and the Chamber of Commerce are prepared for an increase of the- dead weighij., rates on the-, -PprV line tb. the same as ruling, on tlie "main lines. "The- Board today r,e : solved that to increase the deatt'-weisrht rates would aggravate the difficulty. The Chamber Pf CoinmeVce afterwards .met, anrl generally supported •itheij^Bp'ard's vie\Vs. -It-was ...announced/ that -a contract had been entered .fpr.tlie carriage, of 30f)Q tons of. ship's., goods by roaa from i- the Bluff, to inve'rcifirgillj' a'i '6s per 'dead weipfhtton. The rparlaricV railwa^ run parallel. Tlie present' dead -weight and measurement rates by rail range from 7s lOd ito <M per tpn actual iweight. iif \