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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 4 (August 1, 1928)

Meeting the Demand

Meeting the Demand.

Mr. Sterling pointed out that a sum of fifty million pounds was involved in the railways. That was a tremendous load for this country. If the country did not carry the load it would have its reflex on industry generally. He felt that if they were going to do justice to themselves they must all have a personal interest in the problem. It was easy to throw bricks. He did not know that it was much good. It might break a few windows, but it would never build a house. He wanted to build an economic structure that would be perfect in its parts and that would have no broken windows. He would like to see the sum total of happiness in this country increase, and it would give the railway authorities much happiness to talk over difficulties with anybody.

They tried to gauge the demand as well as they could. Sometimes they took their courage in their hands and tried to anticipate it. It was realised that a higher standard of comfort was demanded because of the change that had taken place in transport. People would not put up to-day with the discomforts that had been associated with steam traction in the past.