. Railway Times . Wliat Canal Widening would Tunnel and Embankments; on the Shropshire Union Route between Wolverhampton and the Mi mission on Canals and Waterways. As was pointed out inour ie\ ieu oi this book last week. Mr. Pratt takes the point of\ ieu- oi the British trader, and from that standpoint examinesthe whole question of water vet sus rail transport. The followingquotations indicate why Mr. Pratt regards the particular (.) That the a si oi carrying out the scheme is as un-certain as the prospective traffic is visionary, the probabilitybeing , whereas the estimates
. Railway Times . Wliat Canal Widening would Tunnel and Embankments; on the Shropshire Union Route between Wolverhampton and the Mi mission on Canals and Waterways. As was pointed out inour ie\ ieu oi this book last week. Mr. Pratt takes the point of\ ieu- oi the British trader, and from that standpoint examinesthe whole question of water vet sus rail transport. The followingquotations indicate why Mr. Pratt regards the particular (.) That the a si oi carrying out the scheme is as un-certain as the prospective traffic is visionary, the probabilitybeing , whereas the estimates in regard to the formerwill be exceeded, those in resped to the latter will not berealised : and. Not Adapted for WideningThe Shropshire Union Canal al the N scheme oi State aided canal resusi itation, which was pro]by the majority ol the Commissioners, not only as imp By 1 dwin \ Pratl Published bs P S. King 1 Son, Orchard H123-rxl pp. octavo. 9n [) That the s] Birmingham and Black Country districts, which the schem pned more particularl) to bem the pro] impracticable from the point ol view of any general canal 49*5 THE RAILWAY TIMES. [May 14, 1910. improvement there, and unworkable as regards any materialincrease of traffic without such improvement. As regards the assumed economy of water transport, says :—? Much of the argument advanced in favour 1canal revival is based on the theory that water transportis in itself more economical than rail transport because thesame amount of motive power will move a greater weightin the former case than in the latter. Theoretically, thisproposition is sound enough, and transport in large vesselson the sea, or on broad and deep ri
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