Railway Traffic Still Cheaper Than Freight By Truck, Says Prof.
FEBRUARY 21,1913.
C. C. Williams of Engineering School Writes for Technical Journal
Highways Augment Steam
Analysis Shows That Junking of Light Traffic Line Is Not Economical
An article by C. C. Williams, professor of railway engineering, entitled "Light-Traffic Railway vs. Highway and Motor Truck," appeared in a recent number of the Engineering News-Record. Discussing the economic status of light-traffic railways and their relative advantages as compared with highways, Professor Williams writes:
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"In general, truck hauling is feasible and economical only for the short hauls, and trucks should be operated to supplement the railways rather than to compete with them.
"The advent and rapid development of motor trucks have rendered obsolete the data and conclusions which have governed the relationship between railways and highways. The question as to the relative economy of a railway or a highway as an instrumentality of transportation is at once raised in the proposal to build a roadway for such a record with a recent order, and to build a highway on the existing roadbed.
"A railway is a highly specialized type of highway, requiring special equipment, terminal facilities and so forth, and the fixed charges are relatively high, with a corresponding expenses over the ordinary highway.
"The highway with its lower fixed charge will be the cheaper mode of transporting the relatively small amount of freight."
LIGHT TRAFFIC. HEAVY COST
LIGHT TRAFFIC. THEY use the Comparative figures to see the Colorado trunk line railway 261.1 miles long, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, a 7,155.5 mile trunk line railway, are given. The figures show that the average operating expenses per ton for the light-traffic line, is twice that of the trunk line railroad. This, of course, is because the trunk line has a longer average operating time than it would erase tonnage per mile, and other economics of large scale operation.
The total traffic of the Colorado Midland was 89,000,000 ton miles, according to the Interstate Commerce Commission report of 1915, which is
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quoted in the article. Estimating the probable cost of transporting this traffic over the highway in trucks, both with and without trailers, the following comparison is made:
Colorado Midland . . . . . . . . . $1,961,450
Highway, with trailers, 7,351,700
Highway, with trailers, 3,729,600
"As the figures stand," says Professor Williams, "the railroad appears to be more economical, and the question of junking it resolves itself into the general economic situation—whether the transportation of this traffic by any means at the necessary cost is justified."
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For the snappiest snapshot, or collection of snapshots a Jayhawker will be given as a reward, according to Otto Hopfer, snapshot editor of the Jaya hw kwer. The contest was open unofficially now but a waterproof box wristband on land on the canvas, through the slit of which all camera artists are asked to drop their offerings.
The contest will last until March 3, but the sooner the better. O. Hopper avows wants all those pictures of pretty persons, pictures, however, are not barred if the subjects are not brightly colored. The precious flashlights, army and many stuff, oversales preferred, and anything reflecting K. U, life, are wanted.
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M. Andre Fribourg Predicts Little Change by Peace Conference
"All the readjustment of national boundary lines that is following the European War is not going to make any more definite the boundary between Europe and Asia than it was before the war," said M. Andre Friflourm, who is at the University of Montreal, or Marie Curie Francais. M. Friflourm, before the war, was a professor of economics and geography.
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“Europe, geographically,” he continued, “is but a promontory on the continent of Asia, however different may be the psychological differences between the peoples of the two continents. The line of division between them, however, is not clear. The Ural Mountains, sometimes taken as part of the Balkans, do not have ones to cross, and hence do not form a real division between the continents. The boundaries of the new nations of the Balkans will have no bearing on
M. Fribourg is sent to the United by the Alliance Franceise in the interest of the French people. His address at the University will pertain to the intellectual youth of France and their relation to the Great War.
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