The herald., 1894-12-10

lkThe working expenses Of the linss for
tho year ending March 81. 1894,
amounted TO s735. .359. absorbing 62.7O
per cent Of the receipts; but as the cost
of Improvements In renewing rails and
in reconstruc.ing rolling stock and more
permanent structure is borne BY work
ing expenses, they are thus made to
appear heavier than they otherwise
would do.
For the past year the tonnage OF tho
principal products was: Wool. 10l $40
tons timber and frewood, 267, 800 tons !;
grain, All. .191 tons; minerals, 1854, ,53S
tons. The receipts from passenger traf-
&c were 94O2,0l0. including season
tickets. E23,540.
The average revenue per mile OF rail-
way was a6l3 3s I'd. and the average
expenditure 1854 90 Sd per train mile
respectively. The cost of maintenance
per mile for last year was sl4O IS Sd.
The passenger fares are generally at
the rate OF 21ad 70 centa) per mile
frst.class. and le5d (315 cents) per
mile second-class; the return fare being
calculated at one.third increase on these
rates. For suburban and local traffic.
however. the rates are much lower; in
some cases OF Communication tickets being
as low as 7sd az cents) first-class
and I'D Il cent? seccnd.class per
mile.
The estimated population OF New Zsa'
land is 676. 749, only about twice as many
people as there are in the city OF San
Francisco alone. There are 2.SS miles
o! railway ia New Zealand open to each
1000 OF population. OF tho popula tion
of New Zealand. Al, 1858 are Maoris and
4044 Chinese.
The rates OF wages are as follows:
Farm laborers, 4 shillings 6 pence to 8
shil)ings per day, without board; plow-
men, from z to 10 shillings. ditto; reap.
ers, from to 10; shepherds, with board
per annum, a40 to GS5; sheepsh carers,
with board, per 100 sheep. from 15 to 20
shillings; bricklaye era from % 10 shill.
ings per day, without board; carpenters,
painters. plumbers. wheelwrights. plas'
terers, masons. from to 10 shillings !;
general laborers. 8 to shillings.
From So to $3.50 day is not bad
wages for the artisans named, and 5 to
8 shillings, ($l.25 to 81 per day for
common laborers is as high rate oi
wages as is paid in California.
The estimated annua! cost OF living
per head in New Zealand is cS5 Ga Id.
as com pared with G}2 los I'd. in the
United States.
The daily wages CT railway employ eeD
in New South Wales are Is shillipgs
l1H pence ($3 35)ior locomotive drivers /;
8 shillings lQhs pence (s2 45) for fire.
men; 10 shillings pence ($2.54) for
guards; f2l9 4 shillings pence (sl06l.
10Y per annum for station masters; E106,
shillings 8 pence (s5l3,3D for opera
tors.
Twelve holidays n year are given on
full pay to all railroad employees, and
an equivalent in money 10 given if the
holiday cannot bs taken. In addition
to this, engine drivers, fi.emen. guards,
signal men and gaugers are allowed six
good-conduct holidays. Expenses av-
eraging lhree shillings per day are al
lowed drivers, firemen and guards, and
ell others when away from home STA
tiona. Lodging houuee with attendants
are provided at oil principal stations Tor
the engineer, firemen and guards free OF
charge. Station masters and officers in
charge are allowed fres houses, and free
passes are Issued to members OF the
railway staff, when on leave OF absence,
including wife and family not exceeding
three.
In New South Wales the charge 70.
trucks OF six tons, for any agricultural
product except hay. straw and chat, is
GA II shillings and 6 pence (s234s) for a
500-mile run. This is at the rate Of 7S-
100 of cent per ton per mile.
A comparison Of the freight rates OF
the Southern Pacific from this city to
San Francisco. or from any of the valley
cities of California. with this data will
convince the most skeptical that the
plan proposed undar the Mathews
amendment is not only practical and
eminently profitable. but that it only
needs certain amount of energy. pub.
lie spirit and personal enterprise to ac-
complish by this means what we have
been endeavoring to accomplish during
the past rs years.
Another important consideration in
oounaction with Tho Mothauo omapd. !.
ment will be the polling Of the present
Legislature on this question. Every
member will have to go on record and
it will be satisfactory to ascertain by
this test who are the friends of the peo.
pie and who are not.
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