Royal Railways with Uniform Rates A proposal for amalgamation of Railways with the General Post Office and adoption of uniform fares and rates for any distance

CHAPTER II.

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=Advantages of Scheme.= Page 20.

1. =Cheapness= and regularity of transport.

2. =Economy= of service;--by unification of railways;--abolition of Railway Clearing House, of expenses of varying rates and fares, of multiplication of receiving offices, stations, &c.,--and by amalgamation with Post Office;--all railway land and buildings available for Government purposes--Postal, Civil, Military and Naval.

3. =Progressive increase always follows= adoption of small uniform fares (_e.g._, in Post Office); hence progressive increase of revenue available for working expenses, purchase money, extensions, improvements, and adoption of new safety appliances.