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the HAULIER and CARRIER Concluding the Discussion on the Difficult Problem of Tendering for a Contract Involving Deliveries Over a Variety of Distances
WAS dealing in the previous article with the
difficult problem of tendering for a contract to deliver goods from a given centre to several destinations, the distances to which differed within fairly wide limits. I had taken as an example a case, which had actually been put up to me by a reader, involving the use of 3-ton and 5-ton lorries, delivering from a
approximately fi 11s, per load, and for the longest 15, whilst I concluded by pointing out that the only practicable basis would be a flat rate.
Now, the flat rate, to be of any use, would have to be calculated in reference to a given weekly mileage. In the case of a man who is experienced in the particular job for which he was tendering, it might be