. Railway rates and traffic . renderedby each line of communication as well as the receiptsarising therefrom which are divided by the tworecipients depend essentially on the tariffs in force andon the development of the traffic which is the remarkable works by M. Dupint, GeneralInspector of Bridges, have thrown considerable lighton this subject, and we shall endeavour to set outthe results obtained. In order to clarify the reasoningwe will make some hypotheses, represented by someparticular figures, as much for the tolls collected onthe transports between the given points A and B a
. Railway rates and traffic . renderedby each line of communication as well as the receiptsarising therefrom which are divided by the tworecipients depend essentially on the tariffs in force andon the development of the traffic which is the remarkable works by M. Dupint, GeneralInspector of Bridges, have thrown considerable lighton this subject, and we shall endeavour to set outthe results obtained. In order to clarify the reasoningwe will make some hypotheses, represented by someparticular figures, as much for the tolls collected onthe transports between the given points A and B asthe importance of the corresponding traffic to each ofthese tolls. We shall try to show the results by graphiccurves; the different tolls collected on goods passingfrom A to B will be represented by the lines, propor-tional to these tolls, measured horizontally, andthe benefits, obtained under different hypotheses, byvertical lines. The different curves will indicate,both in the case of uniform and variable tolls, the law 44. i;^ <n 1-. _ § a B 3 V ti U 0) O n n n n H 1II1 45 46 EFFECTS OF CHARGES ON of variation of benefits to the public on the one hand,and of those of the carrier on the other. In the valuation of the benefits of the carrier we shalladmit, for the sake of more simplicity, that thesebenefits are represented by the gross receipts, neglectingthe small influence of the frequency of service on themaintenance expenses. The total advantage obtainedby the whole of those interested in the means of com-munication, in each hypothesis, is calculated by thetotal receipts of the undertaking and the benefitsaccruing to the public, and in this study we shall termthis sum the total utility and show the same by aspecial curve. Let us suppose that the figure of 6 francs representsthe highest limit of the surplus of the value of thetransport which could be obtained over the total net costof the transport. There would then be no interest intransporting from A to B goods which
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