The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-15

erabe-uness indeed our people have Their wlls aooa,
them than the English have when they arrive al
| the termination of their journey
We cannot follow the writer into his details Oh the re-
cepon irauamssion and delivery of parcels and goods
they show the perfection 10 which system ana account
ability has been carried p Re. une ap one all
ling and TO Edinburgh for four shllngs his charge
| includes porterage and delivery OF the package We
Of a letter sent by the mail. The delivery OF goods
brought from the country to the various points IN Lon
don given by the company TO two great hrms (Nessrs
Pickiord, and Messrs Chaplin Horne,) between whom
wholesome competition exists, which brings down the
charges to the lowest remuneratlng rate. train OF
goods, after its arrival is run on branch rail INTO the
open air. and turned with all the responsibility con-
necied with 1t, to the other OF these concerns
70 show how far the Pckfords prepared TO execute
their work, may mention that their staff duty al
this station consists OF 234 clerks 53S poers 1876 horses
50 vans. 81 wagons and 25 drays In the year ending
June lsis, they collected and brought the station
437 tons and delivered 1872 500 TONS rather
than average of 4s1 tons per day In their receiving
shed300 feet in length BY PIT in breadh-there are In
operation, for loading and unloading goods, "a steam
cranes, steam lift 81 wooden cranes and one travelling
crane the roof. A steam engine OF l0-horse power
drives these cranes works four hay cutters and pumps
water from we'll $50 feet deep Messrs. Chaplin
Hones establishment scarcely inferior TO that OF their
rivals Fully moiety OF the transportation of goods is
done on the railway night The number OF the wagons
for goods is 1886, ninety one hundred OF which
averaging when laden about SIX tons-are generally III
train drawn by one engine.
Woverton is the first town belonging to the company
you arrive at after leaving London at consists OF 2i2
little red brick houses-a running this way or that way
at right anges-wo tall red-brck engine chimneys,
number of very large red BRICK workshops, SIX red
houses for officers, red beer shop, two red public
houses and glad to add, substantial red school
room, and neat red brick churchthe whole totally
built by order of railway board, at railway station,
by railway contractor, for railway men, railway wo-
men and railway children" The town contains pop
ulaon of ,405 all dependent upon the company for sup
port There is here magnificent refreshment room. be-
longing to the company where breakfast Luncheon or
In
such OF the passengers choose it. The books show
an immense consumption. The annual average is 49,,
500 banbury CAKES 5000 Queen cakes, 10000 Pats.
So 500 lbs -four 5000 lbs Coffee 1870 lbs tea, $500
lbs meat 700SO bottles brown stout, $4,000 do ale, 73O
do port, $3.50 do sherry, 73o do GIN 73l do rum 5000
do brandy
The most important station of the company is Crewe
another railway creation. The town contains 5l4
houses and 5000 peope-about one half OF whom de-
rive their support directly from the company. We de-
spair of giving any adequate idea OF the extent OF the
workshops at which are manufactured all the locomo
tive engines and carriages used by the company There
is a new locomotive turned out every Monday.
The number of employees of the company is as fol-
lows;
I, Two secretaries. l manager, superintendent $50
and firemen, 3,3i7 aticers and 1,i52 laborers-o,a
2o3-a larger effective force than the army of the
United States The number of horses is 6l2, and of
I253.
Not the least interesting portion of the article is his
night ride in the posoice car, and his witnessing the
sorting of letters and bags by three or four clerks There
ceved at different points, whilst, at the moment,
bag dropped from the going at the of 40 SO
miles per hour
One might suppose that the amount OF ton
mage transported by the railroad at the expense of
the canals between London and the north So far from
this being the is shown that the annual average
amount OF goods carried the Grand Junction Canal
running parallel to the railway, for three years prior to
the opening of the railway, in 1896, 7j5,s9l TONS
average amount annually for twelve years subsequent
the opening, 1o39333 tons amount in 1917, l63,466
tons Such the increase of trade produced by bringing
transit charges to minimum!
The dividends upon this railway not stated. 1t APP
pears, however, that deducng the paying dividend
lines the dividend on the remainder amounts Ei 3s
Z, per cent per annuma small dividend considering
everything. In striking contrast with this, the div
dends received by the canal companies between London
and Manchester After ten years competition with rail
roads, those dividends were, in 1916, as follows:
| Grand Junction per cent.
Oxford 2G +"
Coventry IS /"
Old Birmingham lG
Trent and Mersey 80 "
Duke of Bridgewaer's 80 {"
We must close, however, this hasty sketch. We ad-
wise those who wish 10 the way they mage a rail
way in gland, to read the Qnaferlys article.
+. ISAAC R. DiILER.
Land General Agency Once the Capital
hOis, City OF Springfield.