CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12824, 7 June 1907, Page 9

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

M a FACTS AND FIGURES. '' A very interesting nud comprehensive ' -ktement dealing with the affaire of the Christchurch Tramway Board for ,' Se jear ending March BUt, 1007, has just been printed and published. In the rcvenuo account the recoipte j shown aniouut to £80,718 2s 4d, which 1 £t>-,b16 Is 2d cash fare ticket - ules aitor deducting discount* and re- ' hjiHls, tho balance ucing mado up in [ Ijnau amounts Irom ditiereu. sources. __o expenditure tor the year totalled £5_",0oo 10s 2d, leaving a balance of ' iM,bA2 0s 2d carried lorward to not rerenue account. Toe principal heads of expenditure were.—Power expenses £G(Jltj ll's od, tratti- expenees JuU.lld 0s Id, general eipo_i_.e JtdoiO 2« od, end maintenunco tttd repairs £1U,40U ios 3d. Tbo iialaiicu-Ueet shows tho Board to he in po_t>e«iion of atsots valued at £120,8-0 6s 7d, the principal of which tro .__i_rman«nfc way £lHti,'J67 2s lid, Slectncal equipmont £68,673 0s 7d, flushed and o__e.es -.14,730 4a. od, power stition £-76. lis od, power station olant £28,473 8s bd, electrio cars £35,715 18s Bd, electrio oar equipment m 440 6s 6d, trailers £12,321 '/a _d. extension of linos £44,805 is lid, and. £__. m hand and bank £0063 12s lOd. The receipts for the year work out st an overage of 13.714 d por car milo, tho expenditure averaging 10.468 d per car mile. \ •«_._. Full particulars are given of the irtl&o _©tu«ia for the year. The tota* • number of persons carried was 10,002,867, a* against 4,810,200 during IJ/06. The number carried on the dufeient lines are as follows, the totals lot 1006 being placed in brackets:— ftunnor, 918,704 (1,041,358, which imSta-ed alao the Woolston traffic;, Lln-wod and Woolston, 1,575,903; Fspaiiui. 2,365,350 (1,609,586); Oash- • mare Hills and Edgoware Road, 14W.800 (680,151 Cashmero Hills only); fifeooln Road and Boaley Avenue, (548,91i5). New Brighton., !-TW,BBB (331,122); Riocarton, 691,88b '. mm)', Railway, 101,790 (62,015); v jsahibition, 637,839; Fitsgorald Avenue .JTsßaaloy'Avenuea 163,650 (237.840); Richmond and Burwood, 128,441; ■■'<&**. 10,694. _ . T The following are the troffio receipt*. \att the different lines for 1906 and 1907. those to the former year being placed , {(bracket*:~Sumner, £14,475 15s lid '•Wiuding Woolston (£12_374 12s 7d 'SwMing Woolston); Linwood and wJo_. £10,456 12s lOd; Papanui, T*lo7ol *» Od («13,436 8a Od)j Cash'im Hilks-Edgware IvOad, £10,335 4_ /> Id (£6.134 6« Id); Lincoln Road, flHOafcTO 1W (£4782 19s 3d); New 11a Id (£3686 Os 5d., #Esrto ?J mW 14a 9d Wk 3d), Avenues, *736 «» IMWiI «• fidjj Squara-fieilway, £428 ■.mM UMI Wa 0d?; Exhibition. £B|2. f oLt!a. em r^S " ifa- im > %n nmmrs o/Werwaition *«»*rd*J« Wim mra working* oontaine the fol<§'V*iM borrowing power ffitAmmlxß. >orjfowin« power e*«rci#w. |Hri^4r?_i»« I trai. $8 Mlea, ainfile indlea of traok WM oturta of oon-rtruotion 9| miles, iMwolation mnpi- by tramwarys 88.9wi, {rs«. revenue ¥86.Q0_ 13s fid, total •ft-rs-jtM £86,718 S2« 4d, working exjba, aiadii haluum i{19,309 6s, oar pules *tv» during the oarried 10,002,367,, total Jrumber ef units used for traction and j.v|ljAtl(Mjwrposoj 1.830,704, number of §n&» pat ear mile 1.850, cost of power T t $m IBW'&tit}&t .-average revenue per i pat B»ia;W.3s7d, average rovenua per ,t Wmkr4-'*>*g)* tmok £2223 10a nd, Im-»r4|»|»,l6fvemH_i per head of population mitt** M t ,v average working - «xpe_Boa 'MMfl'Par t(iiia 9-92 id, average working Imrittt"par :pmtmwt average r* *"■_•■.■.''-*«:' mi » fl *▼<**!_« |v« \mxt\ttjA} *>*fmmmv 2.13 d, ayemge punjlswr pf M«s-t?gers par car mil© J.o . ■■. jo-tneyf per head pf popui*. aen per Unnidn U#, wwnber ol ears m fWft, pjectrlo 30, WaUftra 03, numuer f*_JeoaipotiTw 8, percentage of *«:- fttmm to total raoaipto-H-workiras o»----mm 61, Intareet m capital 15, >jnkM fttWl 1, depreciation 14, reaervfl |nd 1, net batoned 8.