The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-11-04

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indirectly Serve 70 Lower Railway
Carrying Nstes.
The claim has been made In previ-
qua articles facts and ngares
given To support the claim--that wa
tcrways carry freight more cheaply
than the railways do or can. and that
they compel the railways to carry
freight more cheaply than they other
wise would. making . saving OF hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars year, even
under present conditions. and indicat.
ing vast Increase In that saving II all
waterways should be improved. And
then the surprising assertion was
made that the surest way TO enlarge
the business and Increase the profits
OF the railroads OF the United States
Ia to improve the waterways OF the
United States. The best guide to tho
future Is the experience Of the past,
SO let us see what has actually hap
pened to railways when waterways
have been improved.
That the improvements In the chan
ne!s and harbors OF the lakes have
been Of great benefit. both to the rail.
ways which parallel their shores and
to those which run from lake cities to
the interior. is q fact SO plain that
Il needs no argument to support II.
There are no more prosperous and
profitable roads In the country than
those that serve the region tributary
to the lakes. But no one questions
the wisdom OF continuing the improve
ment OF the lakes. or OF our ocean
harbors. The real question ID as to
the Improvement OF our rivers, and II
we wish to study the effect Of river
Improvement. either on railway reve-
nnes or national development. We
must 20 to Europe.
Results In Bohemia.
During the fifteen years that I'm.
provements were under way on the
Elbe river. In Bohemia, the river traf.
&c. AZ a natural result OF the better
channel. increased Avefold. But traf.
&c on the competing railways In
creased still more largely and the div.
idends on the main line. from Teplitx
to Aussig. rose to i6 per cent. per
annum.
Similar results followed the canal.
zation OF the River Main. from May.
ence. on the Rhine. to Frankfort.
which was finished In the latter part
Of 1856. The river trafic. which
amounted to only $4,000 tons In that
year. began to grow and has kept on
growing. being i.273.000 tons In 1902
There are two railroads between
Frankfort and Mayence. one on each
side OF the river. What happened to
them! Did their business show sc
rious falling OF? Or were they forced
into the hands OF receiver? On the
contrary their trasYic. which was 9li..
900 tons In 1856. also began to grow,
and by 1909 had reached 100000
tons. or more than double what II was
when the railroads had practical
monopoly Of the business Of Frank.
fort
The mere statement OF the In.
creased tonnage does not tell the
whole truth OF the matter. for the
tonnage was not only more than
doubled In quantity. but greatly
raised In grade, so that u could pay.
and did pay. much higher rate per
ton per mile.
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