TRAMWAY RETURNS

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 58, 6 September 1916, Page 2

TRAMWAY RETURNS

EFFECT OF CONCESSIONS. The tramway revenue and expenditure returns for the four weeks ended 18th August are as follow :— 1916. 1915. £ £ Revenue 14,558 13,063 Working expenses 11,392 8.601 Capital charges ... 3,483 3,217 Debit balance 317 — Credit balance ... — 1,245 Revenue per car mile 15.07 d 14.81 d Working expenses per car'mile 11.79 d 9.75 d Percent, of working exp. to revenue 78 p.c. -66 p.c. Passengers carried 2,329,715 2,075,419 Oar miles run 231,791 211,573 The return for thfe twenty weeks of the current financial year (as compared with the corresponding period of last year) is as follows :— 1916. lSfls. £ £ Total revenue (inc. . Wadestown rates) 76,041 57,339 Total working expenses 53,996 43,943 Special expenditure 2.142 2,539 Capita! charges ... 17!417 16,120 Credit balance ... 2,486 4,737 Total revenue per car mile 15.85 d 15.32 d Working expenses per car mile 11.26 d IO.OOd Percentage of total i working expenses to total revenue, 71 pc. 65 p.c. Total passengers carried 11.815.614 10,391,293 Total car miles run 1,150,976 1,054,395 The effect of the recent concessions is shown very clearly. Whilst the revenue has been increased by £8602, the working expenses have jumped Over £10,000 (in twenty weeks) —an increase at the rate of over £25,000 per «muni. ELECTRIC LIGHT EIGURES. The figures for tramway power supply and track lighting for the twenty weeks from Ist April to 18th August are as follow :— 7 '1916. 1915.- Inc. £ £ -f Total revenue ... 5,803 ' 4,803 1,000 Total working expenses ' 2,794 2,206 528 Capital charges 2.288 - 2,066 222 Credit balance ... 721 471 250 Total units sold for power and track lighting 657.041 530,553 126,488