:
10
(7)
384
Assuming separate management and quoting rates to Junction
we would get the following rates;-
Rates to Junction
CLARE
Chinese | British.
Combined Rate.
Stemmen.
1st.$5.40. $2.55.
$8.05
$8.00.
2nd 3.60 1.10
3rd 1.80 .45
4.70
1.50.
2.25
.70.
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It would look as if we might reasonably hope to carry nearly all the First Class traffic without any great reduction and further it is possible that those who travel, second clasa on the stemmers would go third on the Railway but unless sona- thing further were done we should lose the Barge hulk of travellers ́ and whatever the arrangement for working the Sections may be the method of reducing rates to enable us to meet com- petition must follow the line of the draft agrement,
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The traffic indicated above would require about four trains sach way so that if we only run the first and second class paasenger the trains would not rim full and it is to our BÖYRI- tage to bring the rates throughout into line with the stemmers in order to do so. That this is possible on a large value of traffic offering is obvious because the coml commeption mad train staff assuming no Bmday running would be about $132,000 and $30,000 and trains repairs $40,000. Therefore taking the atrate/taken to the steamers charges we get:- figures
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16,000 at $6
.$96,000.
300,000
*
$2
.600,000.
1,100,000
❤
70 cents.
.770,000.
20,000 tons luggage at $1.
20.000
$1.486.000.
Assuming only two-thirds of the present traffic carried we would jointly draw a gress Revenue of $990,666. The
question may be