TRAMWAY REVENUE

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1920, Page 4

TRAMWAY REVENUE

COMPARATIVE RETURNS.

Returns of tramway revenue and expenditure for the four weeks ended sth January, 1920, show that the revenue increased by £6821 over the figures for the corresponding period of the previous _year. Working expenses increased by £3119, but there was a decrease of £1800 in special expenditure chargeable to revenue. Last year there was a debit balance of £1870, but this year the finances are in credit to the amount of £3574, a gain of £5444. The revenue'per car mile was 6.17 d more and the working expenses ware 2.61 d greater. The percentage of working expenses to revenue fell from 77 to 68. Passengers carried were 396,775 more, and 9318 more ca-r miles were run. A better index to the state of theundertaking, however, is gained from the returns foi the forty weeks from Ist April to sth January. These are as follow: , ■ 1919-20 Increase Revenue £204,810 £40,762 Working expenses £154,651 £31,152 Special exp. chargeable to revenue £4,218 *£3,443 Capital charges ... £35,374 £689 Credit balance ...... £10,567 £12,364 Revenue per car mile 20.77 d 3.14 d Working expenses per car 'mile 15.68 d 2.41 d Percentage of working exps. to rev. . 75p.c. — Passengers carried 28,274,279 3,239,620 Car mDes run 2,365,731 133,355 *Decrease. The power supply and track lighting returns for forty weeks show the following increases:—Revenue, £2760; working expenses, £2285; capiSll charges, £281; credit balance, £194.-