"The office of general manager should be abolished, as its existence cads to delay and duplication of work, confusion and friction, and the concurrent holding of the office fof engineer-in-chief and general buy manager deprives the railway of system of checking so desirable in efficient management, "The powers as delegated to the managing director by the Board of Commissioners should be clearly Aefined, so that no question of sub-Jecting' his actions to the review of the Board could possibly arise. ease of disagreement between Chi here and British members, the matter should be refered to the proper governmental agencies, where de-Cision should be final.
"The appointment and dismissal of all officials and or omplosees of In conclusion we wish to auld that while waking. the various welfare of the railways as well that
nent and bond-holders can security. of foal econo the interests
ite The Purchase of Coat Is inepeetion of the Shanghi Nanking Railway chief store Woosung, the Commission found, the report say: that the present stores godowns ar inadequate meet the needs of the way', tha two goods godowns which might be advantageously employed for the storage of stores have been long Tying idle, that there is leakage 2 the system of taking coal deliveries by means of baskets instead of the available weigh-bridge, and that there is no suitable coalyard at Woosung.
In view of the big amount of coal red annually by the Shanghai-Namking Tine, about 100,000 tons, [and the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Hine, about 80,000 tons, to the val of over $2,000,000, the Commission recommends that some _arrrangement be made whereby the coal may be purchased direct from the ming, stead of through the coal dealers From analyses made, to consideration the! location of the various mines, the Commission think, the Chung Tsin coal seems to be the most suitable. "However, to remove the sale mon0- poly, now belonging to the Ta-1 Coal Ca., it is necessary to make agreement with the Yanks [whereby the loan made to the mines by this company may be repaid 20 that the raihvay will be free to direct from the mining company."
This will mean, according to the commission, cheaper prices, uniformity of quality, and steady supply of coal, In connection with the suggestion made by the sub-committee for the rebuilding of the present Nanking Station, the commission is of the opinion:
n'that any work done in this respect should be of a temporary nature and the question of removing it to a more suffable location, preferably inside the city of Nanking, The commission found that the 52 locomotives of the Shanghai-Nan-
Mr. Wayne the jo manager of ign Ral
hath the Govern: Government at the end of fuly when servi ith the chine th ce plating res low of his contract, managing director.
Choy, has notified hin minent dock not pri pore te renew his engagement after the of July When interviewed! on thie asser-ion Mr. Wayne said that it was ccerreet that his contract would pire at the time mentioned but Was at present not prepared—to make a statement,
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