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Identifier: lechemindeferduc00goff (find matches)
Title: Le chemin de fer du Congo (Matadi-Stanley-Pool)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Goffin, Louis
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: Bruxelles, M. Weissenbruch
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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s etles expédie vers lintérieur; elle reçoit sur wagon les produitsafricains, les décharge à Matadi, les entrepose et les met à bord îles navires. Elle se charge, tant pour limportation que pourlexportation, des formalités de douane et, enfin, elle effectue encompte-courant le paiement des droits dentrée et de sortie. Envue de faciliter davantage encore le transit, la Compagnie prendles produits africains en charge au Pool et les rend à quai àAnvers, à Bordeaux, au Havre ou à Hambourg, contre paiementde ses débours et des frais de transport. Bref, elle se substitueaux clients pour toutes les opérations à faire à Matadi, elle épouseleurs intérêts et leur rend ainsi des services, qui semblent êtredémontrés par le nombre de plus en plus grand des commerçantsqui se font représenter par elle. Enfin, lon commence à établir des connaissements directspour lexpédition des marchandises dAnvers, Hambourg, leHavre ou Bordeaux vers un point quelconque du bassin duCongo.
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Entretien de la voie. (Traverses du type employé sur les premiers kilomètres. XXIV Dépenses dexploitation. Le total annuel des dépenses dexploitation est denviron2,900,000 francs. Ce chiffre ne paraît pas trop élevé si lon tientcompte des considérations suivantes : i° La ligne présente des rampes fortes, longues et fréquentes,des courbes de petit rayon, très nombreuses; par suite, les loco-motives de 27 tonnes adhérentes ne peuvent remorquer quunecharge brute de 52 à 60 tonnes. Les dépenses en charbon, huile, personnel des trains sont doncconsidérables. 2° A cause de la nature accidentée du profil et du tracé, lentre-tien du matériel roulant est très onéreux. Il en est de même delentretien de la voie, surtout pendant la saison des pluies. 3° Les traitements, les frais de voyage, les frais de logement etles soins médicaux pour le personnel blanc représentent le quin-tuple des traitements moyens dEurope. 40 Le prix de revient dune tonne de charbon rendue à ter

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  • bookpublisher:Bruxelles__M__Weissenbruch
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