. The ways of our railways . 16-TON COAL-WAGON, CALEDONIAN 20-T0N COAL-WALiON, G. N. K li ^ SB :OAL-\\ AllON G. N. R. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 219 is to earn a fair dividend on the whole, and with thisview he naturally seeks to secure the highest attain-able of proportion of those classes of freight whichhe thinks the most remunerative. One class oftraffic may seem desirable because of the highcharges it can bear, and another because, though lowrated, it can be carried in full loads, convenientlypacked. Neither of these attractive features are,unfortunately, at the present time posses
. The ways of our railways . 16-TON COAL-WAGON, CALEDONIAN 20-T0N COAL-WALiON, G. N. K li ^ SB :OAL-\\ AllON G. N. R. THE WORK OF THE WAGONS. 219 is to earn a fair dividend on the whole, and with thisview he naturally seeks to secure the highest attain-able of proportion of those classes of freight whichhe thinks the most remunerative. One class oftraffic may seem desirable because of the highcharges it can bear, and another because, though lowrated, it can be carried in full loads, convenientlypacked. Neither of these attractive features are,unfortunately, at the present time possessed by mostof the agricultural produce sent by rail by the homeproducer. But wherever our farmers have taken anypains to study the conditions of economical railwaytransport and to consign their products in large loads,suitably packed—which can usually be done onlyby combination amongst themselves—the railwaycompanies have shown themselves ready to grantspecially low rates for the sake of opening up newmarkets. Not that traffic in small consignmentsis despised.
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