COUNTING THE COST.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 5

COUNTING THE COST.

A strike is so far-rcaehinß In itn effects that to estimatfl its nfrßrcgato cost ia cash, to individuals and to the eommnniiy, is neoossarily a matter of difficulty. The tramway etxiko just concluded m Wellijigloi) is no exotpb'on to Hie rule It had an ajrprcciftblo effort upon trado' and tended, 111 a dogrw, (jo JisJocatf? <lif' ferent industrial imrruits. The exi)v>ns« thus involved ounnot weU b<s cetinniUxl

with any degree of abonraoy. Firmer ground is reached in oonsiderinfr the cost oi the strike from the point of view of the City Tramn-aye Department. The rovomie for last week (from Monday to Sunday inclusivo) was loss by JEISOO than for tho corresponding week of last year. The loss of revenne yesterday may bo sot down at about .&100. Of this amount of approximately ,£2200 something liko -COOO would havo been paid, had the cars beea running, to the men who were out on strike. On the other hand, tho salaries of engineers and officials, temporarily transformed, by the strike, into unproductive workers, must be added to its cost. Another item lo bo considered is the aggregate amount of any penalties inflicted on the trumwnymen nnd their leaders when they are prosecuted for Btriking. ": : INSPECTOR FULLER. No. deh'into official informaliion ooiiM bo obtained last evening as to the position to which Inspector Fuller is to be appointed, in tonus' of the strike settlement agreement, but it is. anticipated that he will' be appointed to a clerical post in tho Tramway Head Office. CITIZENS' PROTECTION LEAGUE. The Executive Committee, of the Wellington Citizens' League met yesterday to consider the wgreoinent arrived at between the Wellington City' Council and tho Tramways Union. As the agreement was then subject to ratification it. was decided to' postpone consideration until another meeting convened to meet at 11 a.m. to-day.