L. AND N.-W. MILK TRAFFIC 13 



the principal stations on the London and North- 

 Western Railway during the years 1904 and 1892 

 respectively : 



The general average distance the milk is conveyed on 

 the London and North-Western may be taken at some- 

 thing like 80 miles ; but occasionally it comes from 

 places one or two hundred miles away. In the autumn 

 of 1905 the company were carrying to London two or 

 three cans daily from Goold's Cross, on the Great 

 Southern and Western Railway of Ireland, a distance 

 of 430 miles. The explanation is that, the general 

 scale of charge being the same for all distances 

 over 150 miles viz., ijd. per gallon distance, given 

 a sufficiently quick delivery, is no obstacle to 

 receivers getting their milk from any part of the 

 United Kingdom they please. Where there is a re- 

 gular supply going forward even lower rates for over 

 150 miles than ijd. per gallon are charged in some 

 cases.* 



The special milk trains provided on the London and 



* The question as to whether or not the milk traffic is really 

 profitable to the railway companies will be dealt with in a subse- 

 quent chapter on 'Transport Questions.' 



