. The Canadian railway problem . SoDTR Afkicah Railway SriTBii The railways of South Africa are remarkablywell distributed, but there is no duplication of trunklines between any important chain of cities. As inIndia, many of the feeder and branch lines are APPENDIX 253 economically built, narrow gange roads. See de-scription of the origin of the Cape railways undergovernment ownership. Queaet^. •— The above map of the railway situation betweenToronto, Ottawa, and Montreal illustrates the pri-vate ownership conception of national service. Threeparallel competing lines between these citie
. The Canadian railway problem . SoDTR Afkicah Railway SriTBii The railways of South Africa are remarkablywell distributed, but there is no duplication of trunklines between any important chain of cities. As inIndia, many of the feeder and branch lines are APPENDIX 253 economically built, narrow gange roads. See de-scription of the origin of the Cape railways undergovernment ownership. Queaet^. •— The above map of the railway situation betweenToronto, Ottawa, and Montreal illustrates the pri-vate ownership conception of national service. Threeparallel competing lines between these cities havebrought no reduction of rates. If the second andthird lines not needed by the people had been builtinto the north of Ontario and Quebec thousands ofsquare miles, now imtenanted, would have been ac-cessible, adding new resources to the country. Com-pare this map with those of the other British domin-ions and India, where railways are planned in theinterests of the whole state. This wasteful duplica-tion is the fundamental wrong of private ownershipon a competitive basis. APPENDIX B In its report the Eoyal Commission on the rail-way question gives the following as the sums ad-vanced by the people of Canada to the railways inthe form of subsidies, loans, guarantees, and landsalready converted iQto cash: Subsidiffi Proceeds ofIdna^saQd Loans out-statidine orinvestidienf Guarantees
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