GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
Introduction.—The principle upon which Rates should be based—Cost of Service—Equal Mileage Rates—Differential Rates—Grouping, here and on the Continent—Differential Rates on the Continent—The Interest of Consumers in Rates—The real Basis of Rates—New Classification—Terminal Charges—The Construction of Railways in England and on the Continent—Working of English and Continental Railways—Comparative facilities afforded by them—High Rates and their effect on Trade—Proposals for fixing Rates by Railway Commission—Conciliation Courts—Railway Amalgamation—Railways and Canals—Conclusion—Appendices—Comparison between English and Foreign Rates—Comparison of Railway receipts from Merchandise and Mineral traffic—Tariffs and Conditions for the conveyance of Merchandise traffic in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France—Toll and maximum rate clauses in Railway Acts.
LONDON:
EDWARD STANFORD, 55, CHARING CROSS, S.W.
1886.
PRICE 5s.