TRAMS IN THE SUBURBS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 128, 30 May 1918, Page 4

TRAMS IN THE SUBURBS.

THE SERVICES CRITICISED. RESOLUTIONS CARRIED. The One-Tree Hill Road Board discussed at its meeting last evening the tramway services to the Epsom. Mount Roskill, and One Tree Hill districts. The Mt. Roskill Rood Board had representatives present, and the general tone of the discussion was not at all complimentary to the services in question.

The chairman of the Board, Mr. R. B. McDuff. said many deputations had waited on the manager of the company asking for an adequate service, but though slight improvements had been made occasionally, the oTder of things had drifted back again gradually to what it had been before. The holders of weekly concession tickets on these lines, he he declared, had frequently to pay extra fares to get into the city, because the cars on which these tickets were available were so often overcrowded.

As regarded the service from the city to these districts between four and six o'clock in the evenings, the chairman said that the service was so poor that residents had to board cans sometimes as far up Queen Streot as the Weilesiey Street corner, to ibe sure of getting home at a reasonable hour. Better treatment was wanted ursrently, but, it seemed that the only chance residents of these distrivls had of fretting it, was to go to law and obtain their rights under the deed of delegation.

This view was supported by Mr H Luke, of the Mt Roskill Board." who was of opinion that local bodies had only this one course left them—to determine their rights under the deed of delegation, and then to demand them. '" Concerted action,'' was the keynote of tbe remarks of Mr. C. 1,. Slyfield. This speaker suggested that the" City Council should do more than it had done to assist the outlying suburbs concerning tram services, and Mr. H. Dobbie held the view that the present system was wasteful economically and bad from the business standpoint. He averred that no resident of these out!yin<; districts could be certain of reaching his office on time or of keeping an appointment, unless he allowed about thirty minutes for tram delays.

After the discussion, two resolutions were carried. It was decided to write to the Tramways malinger and call his attention to the scenes at the lower end of Queen Sf-.-eet each evening, and to call upon the company to provide a service that would meet tbe need-, of the combined districts. The other motion concerned the deeds of delegation, and requested the Onehunsn Rorough Council to join with the bodies represented at the meeting in sc?cling the deeds to a solicitor to determine ex-ietlv what power* the bodies concerned have to compel the Tramway's Company to run a better service.