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Show -3- gath er and From all the info rmat ion we have been ab e o Haul age appe ars from our own stud y of the pro blem the Woo dford on both from to be by far the best haul a~e s stem for Flin F init ial cost an curr ent an dire ct labo ur or oper atin g cost s. dford rep10rt Lett ers conf irmi ng the data upon whic h the Woo end of this re~ has been go t ten to geth er are atta ched to the a l s yst em The Woo dford syste m is not at all an expe rime nt ~ritte n that ~nd whe r ever it has been used the oper a tors have it and t hat tl1.e it is a good syst e , t hat they are :ple . sed with port . oper atin g cos ts are very lo~. be aske d vhy it is not univ ersa lly used . and qua rrie s It wou.l d undo u bted ly be sed in n ru y othe r :p its ared to ste m were it not for the hi ·her init i a l cost as comp ial co st 1s equi pme nt. In our own ·ar t icul ar cas e the init . Ther e is lo rnr so t.haJG t . is obje ctio n is not impo rtan t er haul in can no doub t but t at with t he Woo dford s ~s tem c eap Woo dford be done tnan by elec tric loco otiv es, and i f the lting Co.L t c' Syst em is ado pted , the Huds on Bay inin & Sme o t equa l to shou ld save over the ife of the oper atio n an a • ludi ng the inc nt, the tota l cost of all the op en p it equi pme It ay elec t r io shov els. DIFFE ~NTIAL. best oper aThe diff eren tial haul age has t11e naxt by thei r engi neer s on ting cos ts , acco rdin g to the data supp lied the -perf orma nce of thei r haul ag e cars . This type of ca r as far as the vrri ter kn tS is |
