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mony now existing- between the representatives of 

 capital and labour in this extensive business, under 

 the present successful management. Besides the 

 bunkers mentioned there are spacious platforms from 

 which filling into waggons is done, and, during the 

 lull in the arriving of vessels, coal is piled on these 

 platforms in heaps of thousands of tons, called "bins'* 

 so that when the bunkers, bins and the 250 railway 

 waggons are full, there is a stock of coal of about 

 7,000 tons available for immediate shipment at No. 

 i shaft shipping wharves. To provide waggons to 

 hold that quantity would involve an outlay of $350,- 

 ooo at least for 12,000 waggons, and as such an out- 

 lay would be out of the question the bunkers and 

 bins and the labour of re-loading, costly as this sys- 

 tem is yet, proves to be the more economical means 

 of dealing with this branch of the industry. The 

 company have in contemplation the erection of other 

 bunkers of like storage capacity with these now in 

 use, and also intend to build additional railway tracks 

 and loading staiths further to seaward, involving an 

 extension of their wharves by some hundreds 

 of feet in length, and these projected works will give 

 employment to many workmen. The steam driver 

 is already driving piles and preparing for action. 



The company owns five locomotives; among them 

 are modern engines weighing up to forty tons, and 

 these fine engines, with the hopper railway waggons, 

 many flat cars, and ballasting cars, form a good array 

 of rolling stock. The locomotive round-house is a 

 pretentious building with all adjuncts for repairing, 

 cleaning and keeping the engines in thoroughly go- 

 ing order the style of its arched windows and their 

 length are suggestive of the old-fashioned chapels or 

 places of worship to be found in remote Old Country 

 towns and villages. 



Entering the machine and smithing department 

 both branches provided with commodious "shops" 

 we find a busy staff of mechanics, fitting, turning, fil- 

 ing, cutting and punching all sorts of iron, steel and 

 brass work. The shops are completely fitted up with 



