TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 229, 22 June 1920, Page 4

TRAMWAY FIGURES

WORKING EXPENSES FOR TWO MONTHS, y ' £43,828 A TWO MONTHS' RETURN. Yesterday at the conclusion of the meetiusj of the Tramways Committee of the Citv Oouncil_Ui£ figures for April and May were made available, the April report having been withheld until Una week. The tramway figures for the four weeks ended April 28 are as follow:-

It will be noticed m the above report that the workins expenses Tor the lour weeks of tlilß year are set down -at £27,040, as compared with £13,617 lor tne corresponding period of last year. Tins enormous jump is accounted for bv the council having under the terms of thy last agreement (the full particulars of which hare- not been made public" conceded the whole staff back pay on the new basts to January 1. Tho track,' lightinsr. and power figures for the same poriod m ■ KCTe „ ue XIBS7 £3695 Working expenses ... £4084 £2226 Capital Wiarges £1199 *«»1 Debit bo&mce »'» • ~ Orcdit balance ~ *1™

1920. 1919. Eevenuc •£ 21 - 120 ■ m - m Working expenses £16,786 £13,133 Special expenditure chargeable- to revenue £278 ~»J Capital charges jw.ok *J-Jjj Credit balance m fM Revenue, per ear mile ... 22.45a. w.ua. W "l""" 17JBd. UJBd. Pcrcentaga of working oxpcnseB to revenue ... 79 p.e. 72 P.O. PaaDengers carried Z.6G8.958 2.725,602 Car miles run 225,709 228.028 The power and 4rack lighting return for the same period »aB : Revenue ' •• £M94 £1868 Working expenses ... £1955 £1002 . Capital charges £614 ±515 Debit balance £75 — Credit balance — *»l The tramway figures for the four week! ended May 26 were:Revenue g«« *»§ Working expenses £27,040 £13,617 Special expediture (chargeable to revenuel &M «j» Capital charges £3.892 £3,508 Debit balance *». M1 ~ Credit balanco - "^ Revenue, per car mile ... 23.95d. 19.144. W Sto"*^—•— r «- 33d - 13 - 8,d - Percentage of working ' expenses to revenue ... 1ItP.c. 72p.°. PasscngerB earned 3,139,226 2,871.6(1 Car mileB run Z«,883 236,039