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British Railway Position, The By George Paish Hard Cover 1902
The British Railway Position By George Paish Hard Cover 1902 The Tand School of Social Science Library Discard. Loose front page (Blank) Reprinted from the Statist 322 Pages
PREFACE
IN the early months of 1899 I visited the United States, with the object, among other things, of testing the claim made by certain American Railroad Companies, that the enormous growth in their profits had resulted chiefly from the adoption of the principle of loading trains up to the capacity of the most powerful locomotives their bridges and their roadway would bear. And I was convinced that the claim put forward was justified. Since 1899 the economy of working heavily loaded freight trains has become more and more apparent, and most of the railroads of the United States are now working with greater economy than a few years ago was considered to be practicable. With a large amount of traffic carried with great economy, the profits of American railroads have now attained to phenomenal figures.
During my visit to the States an able American Railroad President, who had closely studied the practical working of British railways, severely criticised our methods of operation, and expressed his conviction that our railways could be worked with much greater economy and efficiency. My investigations, and I may say the investigations of others, have confirmed the criticisms of the American railroad expert, and have clearly shown that the adoption of the principles which have been so beneficial to the railways of the United States will be equally advantageous to our own railways. Mr. Gibb's recent action in reorganising the traffic department of the North-Eastern Railway, and in deciding to compile ton mileage, train load, car load, and other data essential to economical management, prove that the investigations of the chief official of one of our great companies have also convinced him of the advantage of the American as compared with the British method of working.
The economical working of our railways is of very great. Importance, for upon its solution in some measure depends the future prosperity of the country. No one whose business or duty it is to watch the marvellous developments of industry in the United States, and to mark the progress of that country in the economical manufacture of iron and steel, of machinery of all kinds, including electrical plant, of locomotives, of railway carriages, of tools, of bridges, of cotton and woollen cloths, of boots and shoes, of alkali, and of other products, can deny that this country has ever been in greater danger of having to relinquish her premier position in the world's markets. And under such conditions it is imperative that no feelings of pride or prejudice shall stand in the way of our accepting principles the adoption of which will assist us to manufacture more economically.
GEORGE RUSH.
LONDON.
In publishing the following revised articles, which have appeared in The Statist during the past few months, the editors of that journal appeal to men of business to assist in introducing into this country more economical methods of railway working. Many of the railway companies now recognise the advantage of heavier train and car loads, and are endeavouring to introduce the new methods. But the progress they will make will in some degree depend upon the action of dock boards, and upon owners of collieries, of iron mines and of industrial works, whose appliances require to be adapted to the use of larger waggons, and it is here that business men guided by principles of enlightened self-interest can greatly help the movement.
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