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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 76

Increase in the number of Railway Employees

Increase in the number of Railway Employees.

In 1888 we had 1,758 miles of railway, and these employed 4,389 men in all. This was equal to two and a-half (2½) men per mile.

In 1894, the last whole year of the Commissioners we had 1,948 miles and 4,920 men, or slightly over 2½ (2.52) men per mile.

Last year we had 2,212 miles and 7,793 men, or a trifle over (3.52) men per mile. Last year 557 men were added page 8 to the railway staff. It appears to me that this excessive increase is altogether unwarranted, and it is no doubt one great cause of the increase in working expenses.

It will be as well to ascertain what we have gained, by the large increase in our Railway Working Expenses and the £1,018,387 charged to Capital by the Commissioners and the Government, and I shall have no difficulty in proving that our lines are