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loss on normal traffic we are entitled to what would have
been our share of the abnormal traffic that prevailed and
which was bound to come to the Railway owing to the steamers not running on Sundays. To arrive at this figure
in the figures for normal traffic I have assumed the ae-
velopment during the week ending 4th November to have been $2,500. As a fact the actual receipts were $5,045, thus
the amount of abnormal traffic at the week end brought to
the Railway was say $2,500 per week. Now this traffic
cost us nothing additional to carry and therefore it is not fair to deduct 10% for Working Expenses which was the
idea which governed the framing of the claim of the Wor-
king Agreement, and bearing in mind the rich hervest
reaped by the River Steamers, it is only fair to suppose
that the railway would have had its share. Thus & further sus of $2,500 per week from the week ending lith November
should be claimed and this makes the amount claimable to the 1st December an additional $10,000.
29. I would ask therefore that a sum of $500 a day be
claimed for the stoppage of traffic during November plus $10,000 on account of abnormal traffic and for December at the rate of $100 a day plus & sum of $2,500 a week for ab-
normal traffic.
Sa.
E.S.Linasey
2.12.11.
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