Study of the Elements of Cost of Canal Transport Being No 3 of the Series of Q
Study of the Elements of Cost of Canal Transport Being No 3 of the Series of Q
G Renaud
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80 metres (5 ft. 10 in. ); but we have thought it adviseable, after going fully into the matter, to only allow of a reduction of 30 %, as the profits to be expected from the expenses of traction, with regard to the extra freight charge, are less on a canal than on the Seine, taking into consideration the general conditions of navigation in each case. On the other hand, the power necessary to haul a barge, whose ends are suitable shaped, along a canal, is but little more than half what is requir...ed for a peniche of the same tonnage, so that the labour is approximately the same to haul one peniche or two barges, each of the latter being of the same tonnage as the peniche. Taking into account the presence of a constant in the formula, to express the work entailed in traction, we come to the conclu- sion, after careful consideration, that the reduction in price for barges should be in t'he proportion of 30 %, as shown in para- graph 2. The charges shown in paragraph B, as regards the haulage of empty barges, etc.
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