THE PEOPLE’S TRAMS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21973, 23 December 1936, Page 13

THE PEOPLE’S TRAMS

TD THE EDITOR OK THE PRESS Sir—We read in to-day’s issue of your paper of a deficit of £2255 for tramway operations for four weeks, and wages and conditions of the employees are given as the cause. Poor old workers, what a pity that we could not live without such people! Really, they are a nuisance.

While on the question, I should like to ask the chairman of the Tramway Board a few questions. First, would it .be possible for him to let-us .know what amount approximately is paid in interest annually, and, second, how much is paid out in wages annually? I often wonder whether the tramways are naying interest on loans used to purchase buses and trams which are already scrapped. What causes this doubt in my mind is the fact that we read that the British taxpayer is still paying taxes in connexion with the Battle of Waterloo. If these questions can be answered, it will enable us to decide as to whom the tramways do belong, and whether it is fair to blame the worker each time.—Yours, etc., R H December 21, 1936.