Bilag Til Betænkning Afgiven Af Statsbaneudvalget Af 1911

201 Underbilag K. Ulf Hansen, Højesteretssagfører. Til Generaldirektionen for De Danske Statsbaner. En af mine Klienter i England, et stort Kulfirma, liar oftere ønsket at gøre Tilbud paa Levering af Kul til De Danske Statsbaner i Henhold til Licitations- betingelserne, men har hver Gang stødt paa Bestemmelser i disse, som efter mine Klienters Formening gjorde det aldeles umuligt for dem at gøre Tilbud, da de derved navnlig paa to Punkter vilde løbe for stor — og efter deres Mening en ganske ubil- lig — Risiko. Det drejer sig herved om Bestemmelserne i § 6, 2. Stk. og i § 8 i vedlagte Betingelser. Herom har mine Klienter sendt mig følgende Citat fra deres Cardiff Afdeling: »We have your letter and have been trying to consider this matter from the point of view of a State Railway Department wanting to buy its coals from this district as cheaply as possible, and at the same time obtaining the maximum protec- tion with regard to quality. In order to get their coals as cheaply as possible they must make the conditions as simple as possible, so as to get the greatest number of well known middlemen in the trade competing for the business, in the same way as the Egyptian and other railways do. The present conditions are so unreasonable that no firm of reputation will consider them, with the result that the business gets taken by firms of no substance, like Owen Brothers, who if the market goes in their favour, all well and good, if it goes the other way the Danisli Railway do not get their coals, which is not what they want. What we suggest is, that the Danisli Railways name on the list the coals which suit them, in the same way as the Egyptian Railways do, and then have the shipments inspected here on shipment, in the same way as the Egyptian, the Italian and the Cape Government Railways, etc. do, if the quantity is not sufficient to pay them tø have their own inspector there are several first class men here who would be only too pleased to undertake the work for them, such as Mr. Wheeler, inspector for’ the P. & 0. Co., or Mr. Batchelor, inspector for the Cape Government, or even Mr. Garwood, the inspector for the Egyptian Railways, whose experience is exceptional seeing that they take 300,000 tons every year from here. We could arrange certainly with one of these gentlemen to inspect these cargoes for % d per ton, and feel confident that the result would be that the Danish Railways would get their coals in the end cheaper than at present. As you know the Egyptian Railways list is as follows: LLANBRADACH WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL ELDERS TREDEGAR and any English Admiralty Coal. The coals used mostly by the Railways here are ordinary Newports, such as EBBW VALE, NANTYGLO, TILLERY, RUSSELLS, and it is questionable whether anything more suitable can be found, but our point more is, that the coals 26