THE TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 192, 8 May 1908, Page 5

THE TRAMWAYS.

-■ . ■,'»— MONTHLY RETURNS. ;The report of tho.'City Elcctrical (Mr. Stuart Richardson;, on tho working of the' tramways, for .- the .thirty days from •March 2 to March .31, was submitted, to . the ■ Tramways, Committee of the; City': Council ' this week., ;v INCREASED- RUNNING EXPENSES. • , .(•' Tho revenue per car/ mile ; worked' out; it: 14.78d';/against 14:98 d., for; the. corresponding quarter of 1907, a decrea-sb.'pf-'.22d':-: The. , ,total;. working bxpense's -per car"? mile : shbwM an;increase.for March of -this year amounting to .67d. (10.04 d., Against ;As a result;. the - excess', of revenue over working expenses.pe'r.car mile was only 4.74, d:, in the .March;last _closed, compared: wltii..'s;s9d; : in-' March, 1907—a decreaso of .70d.--, Power, ,! exponses per car mile 'decreased-' frbin • 1.48 d." to 1.181. . v - , , ; NEARLY TWO MILLION PASSENGERS;. ; ■ The ; total car miles run on all .lines-amoun-' I t0d...t0 -180,784- i -an {increase 'of: 33,152 over : for March, 1907. Thbro '.ivais an increaseof-. 228,111: in the , passengers car- 1 . ricd; in; "March.'last ,-by comparison, 'with the ; corresponding'quarter; the figures be-' ] ing 1 * 1 ; ti00,221.' , The' greatest number of pa's- j sengers carried on any one day .in the J thirty was .on March'2B, wh0i182)859 were i carried,..; Penny fares largjly pre'doniinated, ! thb. total; number-for! tho thirty days'work- j 'irig ; .ou't::at -1,213,329, against', 377,687.- i ponriy• fares and 50,963 threepenny -fares; : Other fares were:. Fourpbnny, 2128';'. thre&-.' i halfpence, 05,049 ;,, workmen's .'thrce4halfponce. 6a63: workmen's twopenny,.- 389; six-; "> penny'.rotuni,; 22,774; sixpenny, single, 917.' ' THE REVENUE. ' . • The total rpvbnue amounted to £9918 10s. | 6d.; exclusive of £81 15s. 9d. oil.-account of i sbhoolnchildren's tickets.. Decreases of revonuo''were'.recorded on the following see- ,i tioris:—lsland' Bay, 10s. lid. ; Newtown,' i £74 .'l6s.''6d. ; Constable Street,'. "£lls 13a. < 4(1.; Oriental Bay, £79 :Bs. 2d! '"Increasec were shown by Wallaco Street, £48 ss. 2d! ; i Aro Street, £1-5 12s; lOd.; Brooklyn, £59 ,19s. 4d. From Kilbirnio sectipri,- which was , not -open in March, 1907, the revenue 'in the '[ thirty days;under review was £1162 ,'l2s. 4d. j