. The ways of our railways . I 1-TON COVERED GOODS VAN, L. AND N. W. R I--*. 15-TON COAL-WAGON, L. AND N. W. R. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 215 is the largest individual coal-carrier amongst thecompanies, its main line to London having beenprimarily constructed, as previously stated, for thedevelopment of coal traffic to the Metropolis fromthe Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fields. In 1871,soon after the opening of the Midland line, a greatwar in coal rates raged between that company andthe Great Northern, in the course of which the chargefor bringing coal from the South Yorkshire andMidland pits
. The ways of our railways . I 1-TON COVERED GOODS VAN, L. AND N. W. R I--*. 15-TON COAL-WAGON, L. AND N. W. R. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 215 is the largest individual coal-carrier amongst thecompanies, its main line to London having beenprimarily constructed, as previously stated, for thedevelopment of coal traffic to the Metropolis fromthe Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fields. In 1871,soon after the opening of the Midland line, a greatwar in coal rates raged between that company andthe Great Northern, in the course of which the chargefor bringing coal from the South Yorkshire andMidland pits to the Metropolis was brought downto below a farthing per ton per mile. It now averagesabout a halfpenny. In fixing the rates to be chargedon coal traffic, it is necessary for the railway com-panies to depart to a large extent from the mileageprinciple, so as to equalise the charge from the variousproducing fields to a common centre; otherwise,the collieries nearest the market would have amonopoly of the trade. For the same reason it isnecessary to fix what are known as g
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