WELLINGTON TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 279, 18 August 1908, Page 5

WELLINGTON TRAMWAYS.

FOUR-WEEKLY RETURNS. ——' ■ i .1,593,011 PASSENGERS CARRIED. Tho', following are the principal items of the report of the City Electrical Engineer (Mrl Stuart Richardson) on. the • tramways" for the four weeks ended July 21, presented to the meeting of the Tramway Committee'yesterday:—'- ... The total revenue for the foui; weeks ended July 21 amounted to £10,100, an increase of £1364 as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The working expenses amounted/to £6857, an increase of £512. The excess of revenue over working expenses amounted .to £3242, or £851 more than last year. ' Comparing the returns for sixteen weeks from April 1 to July 21 with last year, the total revenjie amounted to £41,098, or £5713 more than last year. The working expenses for the saiie period /amounted to £27,907, an increase of £4099; After providing for estimated proportion of interest, sinking fund, and depreciation, the net, surplus for the. sixteen : weekp amounted >to £1167,' or £851 better, than.last'year.'; Passengers..,: . > . During the four weeks,, 1,593,0il passengers were carried,-an increase of 195,659 on last year's figures. The busiest' day on the , cars .was Saturday, June 27; the date of the second test match, when 81,943 passengers "were carried, representing a revenue of. £514 19s. 7d. Sunday.traffic varied from 24,459. on July 19 to 32,720 on June 28. Traffic en the Different Routes. Tho following is a summary of tho revenue earned on the various routes, and the increase for the corresponding period of last .year,:— . , Revenue. , • Increaso. . £. s. dj , £ s. d. Island Bay .... 1738 0; 0 ' 236 8 9| Newtown ... 2643 00J 116 -6 0| Cbnstablo Street ' 805 3 4i 126 .14 Oriental Bay ... 788 8 2 •49 12 9j Wallace: Street 449 5 7 214 9 Aro Street 399' 1 0 12 '11 3 Brooklyn ... 585 17 11* 121 9 101 Kilbirnie 1379 1 8} 409 14 -4 Route Totals ... 8788 8 2i 1075 11 11£ .Revenue and' Expenditure. •V The revenue for the four weeks as com pared With last year was as follows:— Increase. £ ,s. d. £ s. d. Traffic revenue ... 5852 0 0 10S1 0 0 ICarori milage due 283 11 0 *3 8 0 Miramar mileago duo 253 10 0 103 1 0 Carriage! of mails ' ■ ' .' and messengors 28 17 0. 0 15 6 Rents ... ' ... .9 18 4, ' -9 18 4 Sale of current ... 650 17 2 191 2 7 Sunday rovenuo ... 20 11 10 *3 9 4 Total .... ... 10',1.00. 0,3 1364 410 •Decrease. Tho expenditure is given as. follows:— Increase. £ s. d. . £ s. d. Traffic expenses ... 3811 15 11 46 5 9 Goneral expenses ... SGS 16 1 146 18 9 Repairs and maintouanco ... 1320 9 1 166 14 Power oxpenses 1151 J 1 "• IO SLr k !" S 0357 10 2 mu '» G = nr P 1 ».b,.»E1,t 2j4210 j .- ssl 9 , Total ...10,100' 0 " 3 1364 4 10'