=Advantages of Scheme.= Page 20.
1. =Cheapness= and regularity of transport.
2. =Economy= of service;--by unification of railways;--abolition
of Railway Clearing House, of expenses of varying rates and fares,
of multiplication of receiving offices, stations, &c.,--and by
amalgamation with Post Office;--all railway land and buildings
available for Government purposes--Postal, Civil, Military and Naval.
3. =Progressive increase always follows= adoption of small uniform
fares (_e.g._, in Post Office); hence progressive increase of
revenue available for working expenses, purchase money, extensions,
improvements, and adoption of new safety appliances.