Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-26

coaches and the cups and saucers nay
be taken along to the next stop. Each
dish is marked with the name OF the
station from which it came and 1t will
get back all right
Great care is exercised by the engine
crews to run the trains smoothly. They
glide out of the stations and pick up
speed without much jerking and stop
gradually. The average speed is between
twenty five and thirty miles an hour, al
though on the level and downgrade they
viii get up to forty miles without max
ing it inconvenient for the passengers. A
block system Is employed to guard
against collisions and in the forty years
the roads have been in operation there
have been few accidents and only six
passengers lives lost altogether.
The wind caused one accident when it
blew over train on what is said to be
the steepest grade in the world. three
mile strech over the Rimutakas noun.
tains, few miles from Wellington.
! where the track drops one foot in every
fifteen. Special locomotives are used on
the mountain and double headers are
always used on the upgrade There is a
third rail down the center of the tracks
which is gripped by a steel shoe of spe-
shoes do not survive many trips down
grade with a heavy train. The winds
which sweep over the mountains are so
violent that special shelter sheds have
been built to protect the trains.
BUILT BY PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT.
The Dominion public works department
builds all railways and turns them over
to the railways department when they
are completed The lines now In opera
ton have cost $500, 0O0, 600 an average cost
Of little more than 100000 per mile in
GLIDING all equipment and buildings. The
railways have been looked upon by the
government more as adjuncts for the de-
velopment Of the country than as an in
vestment from which great revenues were
to be derived and for many years a
profit of per cent was satisfactory, any
greater profit being returned to the pub
lie in the shape of lower rates At the
present time the revenue gives a profit
Of around Az Ter cent. The passenger
rates are cents a mile.
The government is anxious that the
people of New Zealand shall see their
own country aud also II encourages the
young by giving reduced railroad fares
to those under u learning a trade or
TO their work. Reduced fares are given
students who must travel to and from
their classes and in the case Of children
In the backwoods districts where schools
are not available free tickets are issued
up TO sixty miles.
For the New Zealander who wishes TO
look at the different sections Of hig coun-
try and for tourists the government sells
for $50 a ticket which entities the holder
TO travel anywhere he pleases over the
lines during a period of seven weeks.
Families Of not less than four persons
may travel at two-thirds the regular rate
when they buy season tickets to go TO
and from work There are a score OF
cases in which reduced rates are grant
ed, all of them calculated TO help the
young and those whose finances are
limited.
Those who travel from the North to
the South Island, or vice versa, are
transferred promptly from trains to COM
Portable steamers. which make the IT'S
miles between Wellington, in the North
Island. and Lyttleton, in the South
Island. in overnight runs. There you
again connect with the through rails
The government has established shops
In all Of the large cities for the making
Of railroad coaches and locomotives are
being made in both the North and South
Islands. TO operate the railways be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 persons are en-
ployed and they are regulated under spe-