MIRAMAR BOROUGH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 2

MIRAMAR BOROUGH.

TRAMWAYS.AND RAILWAY EXTEND

SION.i . The : Miramar-. Borough « Council "vmet:■ last'-'eveningrJtherei'being'r'presentVs-Thl Mayor .(Mr; C:;- J t' and CoUfli '■ cillors M'Leod; Brodie,'' Mmr,vand .Accounts amounting",to '-'iSl4O'- 19s. - Id. ,-wwe'._"P(ißßßd-' • for'Vpj^ent^®» ! v balance' at thebank was reported-to ;bf - ;8400.15.,.10d. ....... v.;. .- ;. ..!. The ' Mayor; preferring vto the finances •' of the 'b'cjrpugh;tramways,vsiiid: thatyai>.'V\ cording,to':a;retum-'.>bich .hadibeen^prfr,' • pared, the loss had ,'been i kept -well \rcfhinv the estimate April?,l; to September 30, -the total run-'. - - ningjloss -on.; tho.-borough". lines '.'ifas'vis2a ,! i.; s North'-line ;and '2100'-ss.;ld: on. 1 the-.Sea-'• -. toun . line.. From "October. -1, 1909,-'.-(a •. January -19, 1910, ■ the .loss on • tho Miramar North. l*ne was <£3 14s. 10d:,-'wUl^ia'V-' for'-Hhe-j'tratao';on the;:Seatoun i -line,~a,'t total.'running..gain'of..;jsi.VOdi:.for,.. period,, or,: taking. the;'figure67 over '- period Aprir. l;; 1909,;t0'' January 19, 1910, .a'vtetal; running lossof,>£s2o' 4s;.'sd.'- ; Th(,V- A extrajfate bf .one pehhy'chfirged on-special cars'" onthe i'Miramar, Iforth . line ...had;,-, • • increased' the' revenuo .for • the above': per-. : '• iod by £265'6?; iod/ . ~-:\r . On the subject of thc proposed-rail-way' extensiou to Miramar, the following ' ;/ letter. received 'from ithe ;Wellington . City .Council:— • • '. . '-1 "Referring^ 'tto^'?the?■^'deJflQitidii^ '-'.Vhicjv .waited; .btt -sthß' ;Fihance-? : C6mtojttee.;rfi. : f. '■ cently ; ''- I 'nrith'-VTespsct«to 'tlie' :gucstiQn'.;D£''i : . the; ipVbpbsed- : estension vof. the,'' railway l W r V ; Miramax,".l;have''to 'itform'viroa''th&t council'! have ; . decided that -will '.beS--. : prepared to join 'in' a deputation; to iyrait ?: on the Government to urge the matter." ! The Mayor:\itfenti6ned: that ihe '- woiild ; cenfer-V.with ; the ; Mayor 1; of ;;WeUihgtbp i'; with l referehce ■; to '/ the.: arrangements ip' w; ■ connection 'with': the: deputation. :,U\j-T-'