AUCKLAND TRANSPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 10

AUCKLAND TRANSPORT.

DOMINION ROAD SERVICE.

AT MOUNT P.O SKILL

1- The Auckland Transport Board -met ;this morning, the' chairman, Mr. J. A. jC. Allum, presiding. Mount Albert Tramway.

■ <: Letters -were-' .received. ; from tlie - Mount Albert Borough Council in • '.respect to easements necessitated ?by the tramway extension, one . close to the Haversfcock Eoad intersection and another at the corner of . New North Eoad. and Ennismore Eoad. , The manager (Mr. A. E. Ford) reported that he was of opinion that the ease- • ments would facilitate the movement -of vehicular traffic. He recommended the board to contribute half the cost . ;pf acquiring the necessary land, the of the board not to exceed c£6o for the two pieces. The report was : jadopted. . < ' - i

Dominion Road Service. ;. I The Mount Eoskill Eoad Board wrote / 'stating that numerous complaints had - been received relative .to the inadequacy . of the Dominion Eoad tramway service •. Between the hours of 7 p.m. and mid-

r plight. It was pointed out that at pre- . «ent there was an eight-minute service to Balmoral and a 16-minute service to ' Mount Albert. A request was made for

a. 10-minutes service to Mount Albert jE°ad in lieu of the one at present in {operation.

r f The manager reported that a 10- - minute service was in operation throughout the afternoon and up. to 7.33 p.m. .After that I .time there was a 16-minute ; pervice to between Balmoral, and the : .terminus. A comprehensive check of the loading conducted between March

23 and. 27 • showed, that there were 18 3tound. trips run daily, between 7.33 p.m. and the last car on the Balmoral run, exclusive of ;amu6emgnt extras. These

latter wfr&rtm when traffic warranted it._ The;-average passengers carried per trip werij; on the in trip' aijd 9.9 on the ou£vti-ip. In View of the small patronage sat that-time of the day, he could not recommend an increased service. The report was adopted.