石炭輸送の地域的考察

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This article treats the relation between objects transportated and the routes by which they are transported. As an example we have taken coal and the railroads in Kyushu, and have considered the case on both sides-the places of despatch and the places of destination. If we consider the case from the places of despatch, we can see two types of transportation of kyushu coal, each characterizing itself according to the geographical situations of the coalfields and to the places of demand. If we consider the matter from the viewpoint of the places where coal is demanded and compare the state of coal transpartation in 1926 with that in 1948, we can see, among near-by routes of transportation, the changes of devides and the phenomena of piracy of "transportation streem, " similar to the changes of rivers and streams, which results from the appearance of new routes and of new coal-fields.This is because transportation is subject to the law of "the nearest distance transportation". Thus the customers of every coal-field change from time, to time, for the development of railroads changes the relation between the places of supply and demand, diminishes the distance of transportation of goods, and brings about the alternation of mutual dependence among districts as well as the chan-ge and mixture of the ranges of commerce.
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