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TRANSPORTATION AND ITS TANGLE

time is how to co-ordinate these mediums to secure the maximum'

Capt. Walker Addresses The advantage to the community as

Rotary Club

There was a large gathering present at the Rotary Club Tiffin held in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel, yesterday, when Capt. Walker, Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Sections) gare a very fluminating talk on "Transportation."

The speaker traced the birth of transportation right from the earliest time, up to the present--with competitive methods of transportation by water, rall, road and air contributing a great deal to the tangle that existed to-day, A systematic method of dealing with this problem, with a solution to the general benefit of the community as a whole, was greatly in need and until such a solution could" be arranged, the general tangle could not be un- ravelled.

In calling upon Mr. Walker to address the gathering, the Pre- sident, Professor Foster, said that he would inform all present that Capt. Walker had agreed to this course at very short notice, as another speaker was to bava addressed the gathering, but had unavoidably been compelled to leave the Colony. CAPT. WALKER'S SPEECH

Addressing the gathering Capt Walker said:

Mr. President, Fellow Rotarians: I have always cherished a theory that Rotary owed its birth to a ge- nlus who started a small dinner club composed of members of the

a whole.

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Money must be expended to construct and operate a machine capable of performing useful carrying work, and the cost of movement depends primarily on the horsepower required to move one toni or one passenger from place to place. Waterways and Railways

from this view paint must be considered the main lines of communication. Both need machines of very low horse- power to secure the movement of large amounts of traffe

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It takes about 1 horsepower to move 1 ton of goods on a railway, while the same weight requires 20 horsepower on a motor vehicle and 192 horsepower on an aero- plane. It is not generally known being to reduce costs through that with power units of equal economics must prevail in the long everybody he met what he thought run whether aided by legislation | of red tape and administrative Increased efficiency in operation. thermal efficiency, one ton can be

or not.

officers in general, Two months At this juncture, it is proposed hauled by coal on ralls at one-

In the foregoing an endeavour later he visited the club at Alor to trace as briefly as possible, the fortieth of the cast of hauling has been made, to compress in us

Star and there met the Adviser development of transportation. one ton on the roads by petrol short a space as possible various who asked him if he played poker. From the beginning of history, and, even allowing for the high economic features of transporta- On replying in the affirmative, he means of transport were necessary weight of rolling stock and the tich, and as you can imagine the was asked why he wanted to spoil either for the movement of noma-low mechanical efficiency of the study of the various problem which a full house and draw a straight.

hunting-average locomotive, the fuel costs present themselves is one of ab- dle peoples to new

Talking of tunne`ling reminds me leading professions. Each profes- grounds or for the exchange of per passenger or ton-mile on the sorbing Interest and sometimes of of the days of o'l'lighting when a contribute gooda between" settled tribes and road are at least 8 times as high real concern. For example, the tunnel was regarded as a lover's one.member to the club whose duty their neighbours. For this reason as that m the railway. Due to Axing of rates and fares to stimu- “paradise. A pretty girl sat in the it was to give periodically a tall the growth of early civilisations this factor road transport cannot late both traffe and revenue is an from local settlements invariably compete economically with ral-art and not a science; "It is per-

corner of the compartment next on his profession and at the same

to her young man, her little niece took place upon the banks of the ways over short or long distances formed in an atmosphere of pro-on her knee. time to pay for the dinner. As

The train dashed rated traffic. larger rivers which furnished easy with low

Road babilities and of doubts. where into a communication with the outside transport, however, can and does nothing is very clear due to vary-

-tunnel and suddenly the rotation, each member learned

paesengers heard the little girl ex- cream from something about the other fellow's World. Water bore transport for skim the

the milking psychological reactions, and yet claim "Kiss me too Auntie Violet."" job and diinculties and a spirit of longer distances supplemented by and caring not a lot for the com-

human and animal porterage for munity as a whole, takes _fr

where one course must be chosen | "Gladys" said Aunt'e Violet, "you understanding and mutua' goodwill

and rigidly adhered to.

should say, klas die twice,kiss me the short, was usual in early the railway its high priced trame. was established

too is bad grammar." times.

To counteract this, railways are forced to increase their rates for commodities which can ill afford

sion Was allowed to

this dubious privilege passed by

In support of this theory, I would draw attention to the fact that the original membership of Rotary was Imited to one member only of each profession. Surely this was done

It is a trend of the present day world to attempt to systematize all Man became more daring and

operations. There is a vast differ- his simple river craft reached the

ence between 'systematization and open sea; he consequently enlargo pay more and, in consequence, | rationalization and care should be ed his boats and began coasting the public suffer as a whole. taken not to impose on simple pro- between the communities living Take for example, two commodi- to prevent argument arid boredom. along its shores. On land, pack ties such as cost and gold.

haulier precisely the and later to rough wheeled carts same to convey one ton of either. which enabled greater loads to be Gold however is extremely valu- drawn than could be carried on the back. Important caravan routes gradually developed between centres of population, often long distances' apart.

After all, he hath no fury like a conferre's yawn.

Well, gentleman, I intend to-day to support these contentions by taking my courage in both hands and talking to you on the subject of my main classification "Trans- portation." featuring as they say in movie parlance, my minor classi- fication" "Rá ̈lway Transport,”

Transportation to-day is in a tangle due to the glut of convey- ances caused by the combined ef- fects of scientific progress and the present economie malaise. ...

All transportation concerns are factories producing ton-miles. Some factories can produce and therefore sell, transportation chea- per than others; some factories can sell more attractive goods and therefore demand and receive a higher price. The extent of the sale must depend upon what the community, as a whole, is prepared to pay for the service.

son

OVER-PROVISION

animals were harnessed to sleds

LI

OUR ROUND THE COURTS-

FEATURE APPEARS ONPAGE. IF

ROAD BUILDING

concerned solely with the convey ance of luxuries right down to the 18th century."

were in By the

costs the

ACCIDENTS Accidents on railways are always. the subject of a rigorous enquiry, the main object being to obviate. a recurrence. A head-on crash be-- tween two trains once took place in America and during the result ing enquiry terrific efforts made to find an eye-witness. At last a boy was discovered who had seen everything. What were your

he thoughts at the time of the crash***.

were

cesses a system based on arbitrary It rules. The cther day a mathema- tician and a farmer were travelling together by train through a coun- try district and the conversation turned on powers of observation was able to count the number of The mathematician stated that he

sheep in any Deld from the train Railway Executive in charge of the was asked by the important

window. The farmer expressed investigation. "Well" he replied, grave doubts as to the mathema-"I thought it was a darn poor way tician's veracity, and told him that to run a railroad.” as the train was passing in a mile a feld full of sheep of which he was the owner, he would, give the mathematiclan an opportunity of proving his powers. The field

"Waterways and Railways are to be considered the main lines of communication and roads are to be built as feeders to these systems to spplement and con- nect them but not to duplicate them."..

to

CORRECT REPORTS

All of us have, at some time or

again summoned to the old lady's carriage. "Another cow on the line I suppose guard" she said with nasty feminine sarcasti "No madam, only the same one" was the doleful reply,

NO BETS! The ubiquitous porter of the genus Cockrley is "noted for his powers of repartée. A woman rushed on to Euston platform with a parcel under her arm and sald

able and can afford to pay far coal. The benent of this higher more in conveyance charges than charge, is passed on to the col- Heries by the railway and the coal is carried at a very favourable rate. This stimulates industry and benefits the community. If a lorry comes along and carries

other, been held up during a rail- the gold at a lower rate than

way journey for no apparent cause. that quoted by the railway, then

The train of a leisurely branch the latter must make up its loss

railway had jolted to a stop its by increasing its charges for coal, was passed at 50 miles per second on a mille stretch of track.. The Romans systemised

and the The result is a vicious unecono-hour

the amazement The guard return'ng from the busi- the principles of caravan routes by mic circle, with taxpayer of the farmer the mathema ness end of the train' was hall- scientific road building and they bearing the loss. For this reason tician gave the correct number of ed by an old lady passen.* laid down a vast network of roads the National Economic Council of 249. "How on earth do you it" aak ger "And what is the matter now Chinese Governinent laided the farmer. "Oh quite easy; I guard" she demanded. "Cow on for military purposes. With the the exception of this huge experiment down the following principle to work on a system" replied the the line" replied the guard as he

land communication which the. Road Bureau<---

other. "T just count the number continued his walk The train pro- Bourished between 100 B.C. and

of legs and divide by four." ceeded for another 200 yards and AD. 200, transport remained in

stopped a third time. The guard the primitive; and caravan state,

All cansportation headquarters alighted and walked to the front must of necessity receive multitu- | of the train. On returning he was The whole transportation tangis

d'nous reports relating to the opera of to-day is largely a matter of

tion of the system. A few reports uneconomic overprovision of "faeli-

By the 18th century, countries Ities which are allowed to operate were developing, which not being

are good, but unfortunately many Rallways are a national necessity, are bad owing to the omission "of in an unrestricted and unregulated self-supporting in the old

sense, being indispensable as a means of relevant information and the in- manner. Professor G. Lloyd Whad to import certain commodities transport. It is therefore to the clusion of unimportant matters * his recent book, "The essential to their life and export public interest that they should be Whilst in Malaya, I once objected Transportation Crista" epitomises others to pay for them. Impor- able to function in full efficiency. to the length of the Permanent: the matter. He says: "Intense

tant new trade routes

GREAT ADVANTAGE

Way Inspector's reports. I told competition of an unwise usture consequence developed.

Railways have, and always w1 | him "Don't make thêm so wordy, due principally to the establish- year 1800. Industrialisation had follow the principle of charging just put down the condition of the ment of transportation facilities of proceeded so far that sea trans- what the traffic will bear, or intracts as you find it. Leave out various kinds in excess of the num- port no longer dealt in luxuries other words what the community everything that laut absolutely to to one of them "Porter I've got ber actually needed-to meet the re- but in the necessities of life. In can afford to pay for transporta- the point. I want business re- something I want you to put on quirements of commerce, has im- 1819 the first stearnship crossed tion. Industrial development has

port: not a novel." The Inspector the 2,30 for me.". "Sorry mum" re- poverished many transportar'on the Atlantic and in 1825 the first taken place purely as the result of replied that he grasped the idea.plied the parter, “I al'nt allowed, concerns of all kinds. A failure steam railway between Stockton this method of charging, which can

A few days later the line was very to take bets." to co-ordinate existing transporta- and Darlington in England was of necessity only be maintained badly dooded and a wire was re- Gentlemen, I started to-day with tion facilities into a Nat'onal inte- opened.

with a monopoly. Some countries ceived from the Inspector as fol-a description of the transportation grated system has resulted in Railways rapidly developed until have been forced to use the Rail- lows: Where the railway was the tangle and have now wandered off. economic waste."

1914 there were over 3/4 of a ways deliberately as an instrument river is." (laughter).

the ralls to such an extent that I Railways are invariably criticised must avoid further entanglement. Many countries have introduced million miles of railway in the of economic policy where the rate legislation to restrict and co-or- world.

structure has been unable to be by passengers who regard travel as It would be a breach of a cardinal dinate transport. In some

a means to an end. Keen motor- transportation rule to impose on The invention of a light weight maintained in, this manner. the imue of a transportation licence internal combustion engine by

Railways possess one great ad- ists are among the severest critics the public more than it will bear. 's conditional on the carrier being Daimler in 1880 and the subsequent speed. Only the other day a steam reversed. A motorist recently at Mr. L. C. F. Beliemy, Manager of

vantage, over steamers and that is aboagh sometimes. the position is

Before the meeting adjourned, able to prove to the satisfaction of | manufacture of the motor CEI, the Authorities that it

four in the the Hong Kong Tramway, Ltd. will introduced a further development hauled train on the London and empted a motor beneft the public by pro- in the history of transport. The North Eastern Ral way reached 108 Balkans. The roads were of the thanked the speaker for his very motor car brought a new lease of les per hour and exceeded 100 most hazardous type and as he pro- splendid talk He felt sure that life to road transport for it en-miles per hour for a distance of ceeded on h's Journey, he got they are had enjoyed it immensely. abled passengers and good to be 12 miles. Even this performance angrier and angrier and described There was no doubt however, that has been topped by Germany which to all and sundry in no uncertain in London the trane tangle was conveyed from door to door."

THE FIRST FLIGHT

has operated a steam hauled train language his opinion of the road au- being solved, as the Government. of 200 tons trailing weight at f18thority. At last he could stand it had given the problem its earnest The first successful experiment miles per hour between Berlin and no longer, so he carried on by train, consideration and things were be in mechanical fight took place Hamburg. Speed affects passenger For the nrst time in his life being organised on a better basis. The transportadon problem is in 1908 and the World War traffic to a 1ar greater extent than Rode on the Rail and Railed at He could see a day when if you how to move persons and property | brought about a rapid develop goods and therefore railways must the Road."

were attempting to get to a certain from one point to another with the ment of air transport for mill remain the great passenger trans-

GET FUND OF HUMOUR

point, you would either be told that greates despatch and at the least tary purposes, both in heavier par ation medium where there is Construct on always contributes you could only do so by rail, or by cost. This is an applled engineer than air craft and in lighter than

choice between water and rall its fund of humour although the road as the case may be, as there ing problem, and all transportation air craft. Since 1918 the ex- Everybody nowadays is in a hurry work involved in operadons such would be no competition between concerns are faced with the pro-perience gained has been applied and regards travel as a means to as tunnelling is tedious and often these two means of transportation. blem of either modernising their to civil and commercial aviation, an end. For this reason the Ball heartbreaking A railway eduBefore they dispersed, he wished equipment or of being driven and air services capable of carry-ways are playing their trump cards struction engineer was locating a

to thank the speaker on behalf of out or business by competitors Ingomparatively small amounts and are developing to the limit, line in the State of Kedah, Malaya, his fellow Rotarians, and others who avail themselves of the re- or doxury trame have been open- their capacity for hauling passen- by dint of much perseverance and present for his interesting talk, sources placed at their d'sposal by ed up between important cen gers and goods at the fastest speed considerable hard work, he had which was given at such short modern science.

rates and the lowest money rates succeeded in laying down a 60- | notice. Owing to increased competition The four main transportation possible or desirable.

mie straight which he proudly re- Those introduced at the Tiffin to- from other mediums, ~ Railways - mediums

water --- The " tangle caused by the un-garded as an achievement of no day included.—______ throughout the world are being

restricted movements of various mean

Unfortunately the Messrs. WeFarlai Beattle, rationalised and placed.

the Sultan's USA R. Roels, Chicago, USA G tish Adviser to Hull-Hong Kon IB: Iveyor, Hong

Cakes

mea-

viding facilities which are surably superior to those existing.

Sc'ence has contributed its share to the tangle by inventions which enable traffic to be moved at great- ly reduced costs.

INCREASED COMPETITION

scientide basis with constant pro gress towards improved meth and practices, the ultimate obje

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