TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 7

TRAMWAYS.

Neglected fioLLiNG-si'ocK. iar iii- tllci ater'igo fiitiieii is ,'doflWrned the tffitei's.iiffi always riinilihg.- Their buzz canstill ,be - lieafd '..Men- ■ most . peoplo b'llujfgfihg (ioiv/iinto"' the: Wsnltets f6r this night's? slefep, and - tflo-fir'St.SdUnd ! thftt greets' 'ttW v <»W' lii' - liiorniilg .lis 'Sgnm the . car. The cars, however, do ot rest, stmewhero .bstwoen midnight a'nd .6 a.m.-, and it .is' theSo houvs of U is proposed to (foal With. . . ■.- '

"Vl'he .iisufnciehOy Of ,tho: addflfiimodation. at .the 1 6Wsllad&' : at Newtown- has, been pointed 6ut oii 'inOi'e thiid ' olie'- occasion,- but ■ it" is difficult .to coiiceiVl! that /erthet the. ratepayers or: the Tramways Committee of the City: Council appreciate to tho full the need for extensions at tlio shed so as to house. tile WhoU of. the, rollmg-SfcOol:. .. It was f Oold bkstcrmj midfiiglit, aiid tht rain, fell ill tor-, rents, wheit ; a riportor-Wits detailed; to'/Ambarkon .pilgriraa^.'to tho cai'sheds to l ascertain the ■truth or- 'otherwiSoi Of ,ft statement that the surplusage, ofjrolling-stdcb, valued .at' some-, thing like Whi&h ctiuld not:.bo. accommodated 'in- the' 1 , carsheds, was being slowly but surely ruined by continuous exposure to the wdather. A dozen or more cars of the box type had ialready been .left for the j night in tho .open yard, thelf-i'eStlng place being a Side track; on. the .Western, side of the shed-yard exposed to,the full force of the. elements.. .Tho cars were shunted' dbWh . this' and left like so - many pehsioiicd heafseS. Those iu ' chiirge" of - tlifi • slices tvei'ft liofc. to . bltiixie,; for th&y had -done their part by '.packing. palace Cars, douu'e-declrtirs, etc., into'the shed ttiitil the doorways wei'A blocked. Tho Tramways Department, has,done - what it- can to, procure rtl.6ro.>.slied n<icdmrii6(!ation, . and has pointed" out the short-sighted policy it, is compelled to .follow; and it is contended .that a remedy should lie -/found beforo! the city lias eocpOlidod more in tlio inaiilfenanco. of /these • homeless cars, than, ifc would cftst td liiak© tli-e necessary ■ additions to . the Cfirshed. • .- It is statfid- that -the extra-..cost' Of maintenance, for the cars which are left out in all weathers .fu'ni into a 6. much, £ta f X2O a week, ' Art expert.- who voiced tho opinion that the City Council was fully aware of the position, added ' t.bht the council had ; not, the money With which to: carry Out extensions• to the shed; . In his opinion, 'it was not. necessary for the ■ city ; to carry out expansive, extensions, imt what irß' i/rgently required->as_ some sort of shelter.'' Inexpensive corrugated-iron sheds would,: ho urged, serVO the purpose in the 'meantime, arid would preserve valuable rollingstock.' The cotinoil could make {Wrmancmt additions when tho mohoy was available for Such a pnrpose. - - ...