AGAINST TRAMS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 43, 21 February 1925, Page 7

AGAINST TRAMS

WELLINGTON NORTH R VTE PAYEES.

, The. executive of the Wellington North Ratepayers' Association at its last meeting pa^ed the followi,^ resolution oiiv.the motion of Dr. Herbert:—"Thnt' this association expresses the view that any extension of fixed tramway construction (such as the recent* Wakeficld street aueo S tim,nL f IS t ? Ot d'Eil'ab, le ' and that lll« S « A L ° 'Temoval of ■ tho present lines and the ..construction of streets of pemanently paved surface in lieu thereot be taken into consideration at once:" t\£?T S tha, dlscP^«on it was stated that heavy electric trams rutninjr on obstuef are t] °U + t °f ft*'" »*pS and obstructive; that public streets are for ordinary vehicular and pedestrian trafI'e3eVVe. d- for Profit-making light in itl f wltl> A tylaws discriminating tW ™ favov"'- .AU busipe ßS communfties understood the necessity for cutting ' losses, 'and-it was. admitted as sound ftSS^H Cl-P "n?chl°™™- To patch lo« E v°- "f s™?'" only to add loss to loss, it was stated. . In further support of the motion- it was arguedL that when electric :Trani^ were introduced and rail traction, conand S / 7 el'e\")<nown, lubber tires and internal'combustion'motors un«wa- + °fl to"aay cumbrous, heavy irielasUo tramway systems, With theirfieavy capital cost and tremendous' overhead charges for upkeep and maintenance were as much j0U fc M "date as omnibuse nineties. Motors, or trackless troll v; cars, were the only solution for rapiS cars fn^ con^* »*«ete. Thro^gS WWould c t ut. through side streets, the fl, rT^-l 01' Ktra car« to deal with stivri? wdistance' crowds .in maiii Snf tf thf kerb ' having the ceri tie of the streets free for ordinary traf. f.c to continue on its . way, instead of holding-, up all traffic every did J | S -F .Ule Present trams 5 did for the handing of pasßeneers greets could be bnce° and for Tlafd wV n, S°Und moder» Hne 3 elilninar tli! d, ai >Serou S imls, and reducing the annual expense for upkeep and rt pans—saving at the same time an imnc"o S sum to the whole communitvLow wst in unnecessary wear and tear of fe-Ts'^ 3 ' und vchit:lcs' •« w«U '*• Sr-t ,nY 'i 1 delH >8 taused by ob-