TRAMWAY BOARD.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13611, 21 December 1909, Page 9

TRAMWAY BOARD.

The Tranr.vay Board mot yesterday. Pre^nt—Messrs 11. J'uarce (chairman), A. W. IJoavon. I). Sykc-s, C. M. day, J. A. Floslu-r. W. Km-! , , (μ-o. i"ISooth, and i>. A. Staples. An a;K)!ogy from Mr W. Hill v.as aocontod. Tho V.'orks :u:d Traffic Committee re-fo;ui:Tnd.--<l ll.::t t!:o rlir.innan >>c au-f.o-is:--l u> aocvni a f r.der tor the cro'.-tion of tin- 01-.-rlua-l matt-rial store. Th—.ii-.n.itt.-t- r<-:rtlt<.l t!:«\v could not l>.■;;,);: the ( :tv Council to use tramway i>oh's on Yii-iona street for cables, as the ca;>:>fity of the ix-lr:; was not more than Milhnent for tl-.i- JtoarU s profit and lutnre iv:|UirL'nu :U>s It v.as n-eonunriuU-d that- po-'S in Ilazeldean road he movfd to tin- tenetlino -1 th.> railway property A inr-thr.-r inr-reasc in th<- Ca-lnm-n- Hills ser-vii-c could i:ut l>o granted; the t<-n----ininiit*.' servire. whil-t not nnsatistact..ry. did n<.: justiiy fnrth'-r esik-ndi-tnr'e at prt -<nt. Earlier trams on all lines to connect with o::rly train.s would not j'l.-tify the expenditure n<<cs-j-.iiry. '1 he Hoard was retoi.niiondfd t r > a~k the City Council to inaiii- :: hy-l.v.v prohibiting" tra!sc on that portion or the roadway immediately in front of the kheiter in Cathi-dr.-.l aqnaro.

The report was adopted. The report of the .Special Committee with regard to the conditions under which the Br,nrd v.onld haul metal from the Harwell ()i!;irri(.s for th<> City Council was adopted. It recommended that the hanla-e raU> should !►>• per cibic yard, that the- Council ihould supply' metal to the Hoard at <ost, "and t!;:it the Jsoard and Council should equally bear tho estimated loss oi. oporati'm et £L'") 0. The (-(.mmittee imdtrstotKl that the Halsv.'-il I'oad Board would stipulate for a limited pa.s.stn;:cr service liein"; provided. Messrs Allen Taylor ami Co., tho contractors lor the poles and sk-eyers for the Board's extensions, -wrote that the despatch of the material would tie delayed till itfier the strike in the coal trade in Australia. It w«s decided to reply that the Board expected the contractors to comply v.itli the conditions of the contract (which his no strike claiM), and that delay in delivery was causing loss to the Board. Two letters—one from Mr G. K. Collins and the other from Mr W. ij. Thomas —complained of the over-crowd-ing of the midday tram from town to Opawa. It was decided to despatch t'ha Cashmere- Hills 12.4 train ahead of the Opawa 12.3 train. Mr H. Fisher wrote, submitting a model of a rail-cleaner invented by him, and pointing out its advantages. The Board's engineer is to report on tho invention.

It was decided to subsidise to the extent of 50 iH-r cent, the £32 raised by the- Board's employees for Conductor Asshton.

The Monck's Bay estate is to be supplied with current at 3Jd per unit, with a minimum charge of £2o per annum. The current is required to pump water into a reservoir.

Matters connected with a new siding OT Oxford Terrace, and the necessity for new trailers, were referred to the Works and Traffic Committee.

The nest meeting of tho Board was fixed for January 10th.