TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2219, 4 August 1914, Page 3

TRAMWAY FIGURES

INCREASING TOTALS. Tile following are the tramway figures for the four Weeks ended July 21 which were submitted to and passed by the' Tramways Committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon (the figures for the- corresponding period of last year being also shown):— 1914. 1913. Bevenue ' £12,560 £11,438 Working' expenses £8,447 £7,902 Capital charges .... £3,167 £3,024 Credit'balance £946 £512 Revenue per car • mile 15.70 d. 15.47 d. Working- ■ expenses -•'•■'" ' per car mile... 10.56 d. ' 10.69 d. Percentage of working expenses to revenue 67p.c. 69p.c. Passengers carried 1,911,923 1,794,032 Car miles run >..... 191,976 177,428 The totals for the sixteen weeks ended July 21, were as follow :— 1914. . 1913. Revenue £49,682 £47,137 Working expenses £33,185 £31,390 Special expenditure £1,494 £867 Capital charges ... £12,634 £12,069 Credit balance £2,369 £2,811 Revenue per .car • mile ': 15.79 d. 15,95 d. Working expenses per car mile ... 10.55 d. 10.62 d. Percentage of work- . " : ing expenses to . revenue ......... 66p.0. • 66p.c. Passengers carried 7,706,971 7,367,925 Car miles run 754,975 709,210 1 POWER SUPPLY. The power supply figures for the sixteen' ,weeks'; ended July 21 were as follow (those for 1913 being shown in the second column): — 1914. 1913. £ . £ Revenue 4,008 3,640 Working expenses 1,817 1,665 Capital charges ... 1,651 1,576 Credit balance 540 399