'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1860-61' [‎33r] (61/164)

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PUBLIC WORKS—RAILWAY.
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On the North-Eastern Line, a great quantity of Cotton and Seeds has
been brought on to the line lately, in consequence of the high prices ruling in,
Bombay; more, in fact, came to the stations than the amount of available
stock could remove.
In passengers, an experiment was made by the introduction of the 4th
Class at a very low fare, EJ pie {~d.) per mile, for six months, to suit the poorer
classes, who still travelled along the road.
The following were the results : —
384,091 3rd Class, earning Rs. 1,87,037,1 , *
and 618,059 4th Class, earning Rs. 2,39,935, j ltXVc A " C ’
1,002,150
Rs. 4,26,972,
while in the corresponding time of the previous year, only 584,301 J 3rd Class
travelled, earning Rs. 3,31,825.
It is satisfactory to have induced 418,000 persons to use the Railway nvore
than in the six months of the former year, and though the receipts increased
only 28 per cent., against 71 per cent, increase of numbers, and the additional
expenditure caused by the greater number has not been accurately estimated, it is
certain the Company will always find in the 4th Class traffic a profitable source
of revenue, and that 3rd Class fares are too high for the large masses ol Indian
population.
As there is a tendency, when 4th Class passengers are carried as often and
as fast as other classes, for those who would otherwise contribute ord Class faies
to travel 4th Class, the Directors have determined to limit in future the 4iii
Class to one train at slower speed, and not to put any 4th Class carriage on
the ordinary Passenger Trains.
The total traffic receipts for the year, on a mean length of 28b miles open,
were, for Passengers Rs. 10,40,148, Goods Rs. 11,03,421, and the guosb
expenditure was Rs. 12,96,900.
The Bombay Goods’Terminus question has again been discussed. The
Railway Company have always required Government to reclaim apiece oi uw
Harbour for them, and hand it over free of cost for a Goods Station, Oi to g* v -
them a strip of ground on the Esplanade, extending from the Native sown m
the Fort.
This Government has refused to listen to either demand : to the fii -t, th ( ,/
reply that the obligation to supply land does not include one for conveitiug a
piece of water into land; to the second, that the obligation does not extenu
any particular piece of land the Company may select; that a fenced-in Gow..^
Station on the Esplanade would be a general inconvenience, woiud cut on a.