The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-10

land its freight earnings from
10 over $4.sG0 Per mle - t'ta.
section that has poured Hl.lois lAl4
earnings from $4,000 p@E N4ii@ to q
Sgu bovin1 an increase ~ sZ.SH' per
mile with ID greatly increased mileage
8Bagbt1p-s OH its main IN" from Iei-
to Charlotte all earnings "eie $tea5it
in excess Of the % aver @4A
There f. $50 doubt in Ins Hlne i.at ne
increase OF earning mas Deeh Tar
Greater from here so Charlotte Than
on any other part Of The Eoad. -teEen
wears ago this system sHteE u 2't
EEf.5 ue. mile To give -1e people a4e-
Iuuale facilities. The ROAD II n9# earn
ing $500 more rel nue. lt4i' Ni-..'
land yet II still @ar. Isl i-5-
4 su.zlds to give 5-s patrons 44at-
/ postal facilities. although ever ftht
now offers ~ justified ana required
bv its increased b~u-iLes len us
|grerating expenses ia The three states
named were 4 Der cent - IT. gross
earnings. now only - per cent ana
get the defenders of the APPROPRIATION
Z assert that the south cannot get
! proper mail facilities without the sub
! sily. Then its net earnings IN these
/ three states We're 3. t@3.5ff. ana last
year they were $a.44l,szl. and stu We
/ are told it Is not able ~ stand alone
( and give the people adeouate facilities
/ under the statutory pay.
In 1898 when this subsidy was first
paid 10 this system it ran only three
+ passenger trains from here 70 lEaf-
lctte Nos. 81. II, and -. No" IL runs
So hr0ugn trains besides No. -, 50
great has its passenger traffic in
creaeed. can intelligence ana candOr
assert that all these increased passen-
ger trains nave been put on by reason
u the subsidy? There is Just as much
reason for such an assertion Is there
is FOR fine assertion that No. - is q
urn1lof Of the subsidy.
s-... y,-yi.;dilc, e,.gtfca.
- 49,. a
y l'ir'i1i'I 80 49,
oate@ OF IL 9"J9I"S - -
81 lils nan ~ Lii@t IoA7l
loi bIH-f dbPIoPi i'lloi-s L1
advocates TANK are 'liIilidI III pIliei-
Pc, ana O Jle most co+iALoli iA9l"io19
tited IS ne ituI"i rec Dtii'oi5
VICE, "hIth Is Ipt IN lac'- cilIu'i
stance, Or lIllcIpIt III any way leloleo
To- III. IL Would DE poS1IpiS % 1N.
WIS" ~SdD9ldL/e me ltdI't 9SiFlCe ~
tHlH VIZ lIil -, bINe 'Hc e. I
"hr." "t"Itt-i3 points az P"2''ri
On IN" trunk me OF ldllMdY li'HI
washington Guy to New orleans, ana
also TO those carriers on the fiii"aE
nom Kansas ClIE 10 -\c"lot' KANSAS
but TO no other carriers IN inc country,
the sum OF 5000 each per annuln IN al
Gitlon TO ne $50 they are no" feceiF-
lES, pioNIdSu however lIidI 10 Garner
shouId receive any o. Sucl dudlt'oilal
pay Tor any day Wheh ne was more
lhan nan houf beillld ms ~SchedulG
IN delivering ms man. 1ilen ii would
be In prlncIpIe IKE as raliFoad SUB
Sidy.
Doubtless many Oh the carriers
"ho recelVto SucH aduI,loh"l conipt
SailOl lOf beng prompt WOuIu deSlfe
us comm udHCc' ana ~ menus Woul'
nave a OF arguments SHOW
ll2 IT'S nCGeSSlJN- ana t8lDl'GSSlIlg lear
tina without 1t such carriers could no
Longer ANITA such horses as would
enable them 10 properly serve tneIf
patrons. owing TO the peculiar condl-
tloh OF the country between Washlhg-
Ton ana New OfleallS, ana that II sucH
@ddlllohal conpellsatlon We're WIN
ard"ll so mat all carriers IN the oiiited
states would be on he same footing
and all receive pay under the same
Jaw, lheh II would pc a stfike at lhe
oou'h anu neI iiuu9uS' huI Auppo9t
some one tllhkS lhaI some lhefnoei
htS NItet . one MfonS WI ne con-
aCHu ~ sucll 1le1lloel - I1glepy tS-
80 ~ oS @et
af ~ 49, 49, ~ ~ - 20
u-.onr al AZ 80 go 49,
,,rra59 - -, Ht
~ 80 o1Lnt5i - - ~
~ 9u"1Iui"eu i"l c"!lleS no
Po999lStlS, out IS an exclusive man
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1od"S liz" luH Such 'I@lhS WlIilout
IS+1tfain oloi liI7s"ilSt NV ORR %
3Lci1i1o1 TO n.
tHa9 tLo "HICI % oetCeI
t,a i 10 I|ith o-o dun 0Aci"9lNe llali
Ifor pT5clS OF oApItSS
NLioam9 4hN 49, 81 a1oul I failSa9 ny,
niO"5o u oIidild' i1edllllsS z9o), ana
ete IGute pelMeel 81 LOUIS ana Mill
80 OiCS u009 . Seb DIS inucll pay per
na' a. Hl5 "t"'nelm RON mere %
aIa az "',oTi II ~ uldL idte' mere
" ma, iouteS III .lit
7l1'e9' VI al lhat iulnpef
L"S 10 So more pay per lnile IMAM
.Ie Iou,G rom mere TO DahvlIle under
tiIc loSui"' pay ana each OF these tf-
Teen gives more mail trips per week
Una from washington to DanVille, eX-
tSpt tnIee' mere are scores of routes
I'd nave more Trips with less pay
'l%'l IN oIS'
Inc Southern from here to
DanVille gets according to the reg
ular ate, $1,497.10 per mile for trans
p%Ortation and 1925 per mile for rent
of cars. a total of ST S2210 nar mile
for parryiDU tho ,,ol Dv,I, - a.