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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 5 (November 2, 1931)
Jobs Offered to 10,000 American Railroad Men
Jobs Offered to 10,000 American Railroad Men.
According to John Austin, in the September Railroad Man's Magazine, jobs for 10,000 American railroad men are offered by the Russian Government, which is modernizing its 50,000-mile system—the world's largest rail system under unified control.
“Applications are being received at the rate of 200 a day,” says G. D. Ulanov-Zinoviev head of the People's Commissariat for Transportation, U.S.S.R., with offices at 245 Fifth Avenue, New York City. More than 250 Americans have already gone over. Wages offered are said to be the standard American scale, but living conditions are inferior and Russian railroading is scarcely out of the pioneer stage. Mr. Austin also warns of difficulty in exchanging roubles for dollars.
The U.S.S.R. railroad system has about 1,400,000 employees. Its budget allots £3,500,000,000 (3 ½ billion dollars) for modernization under the Five-year Plan, based on recommendations made by Ralph Budd, President, Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minn., who inspected the Soviet lines a year ago.
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Wellington's New Goods Terminal.
This fine modern railway freight terminal was opened on 17th August last, and is already attracting fresh traffic on account of the case and expedition with which business can be handled there. The offices are on two floors, at the south end of the main shed. There are thrack capable of holding seventy-seven wagons. The building has both roof and wall lighting, and all freight, both outward and inward, is now handled under cover. The main driveway for road traffic within the shed is very spacious, being 165 yards long and 16 yards wide. There are three platforms (including one temporary loading platform outside the shed), having a total space of 2,288 square yards. (Inset, transport methods in the old days.)
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Members of the party who inspected the new goods shed on 5th October, 1931.