TRAFFIC TO BAYS

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 14

TRAFFIC TO BAYS

BUS AND FERRY RETURNS

returns for June were presented to the Eastbourne Borough Council last night ;as: follows,.; the' figures in parentheses being-thoseipjr. June, ,1931^^^ '~- .. .', T.S.SI.v -SJuritai: '■' Passengers .'carried 13,931",(12,896)'; roiiud trips',' 29 *(31); distance .steamed,: 435. niilis (465); oil fuel V]sed, 17,^ tons. (18).' S.S:. Cobar: Passengers/carried. , 11.847 X 11.826);: round trips,' 136,. (132); distance steanied'. ;2040 "miles' ■Cl9Bp),';,Ppal;used/54'ti>ns;(S8%)|" ' L Kep'orting !dn the ( of; thfe borough ferries,'.the: Town '■ Clerk (Mr.1 C. L.' Bishop)'; said' that ' the ■•' feyeriue ■ f or the' month of ''June was £60 lower-than in' .Tune, 1931 i -making' a' tptal'falling-'off- for the; three-'months'to the' end' of June-of £300.:. The; trading'expenditure for the three'months-was. £500 'lower than; for the' same period last year, and therefore the net result to date was slightly better than last-year.' 'Taking .the'bus 'aiidiferry departpent§'. together, thb' position was much, the same' as' for. the 'sanie, three months last year, but < the' council would ba.-very lucky if the-full year's figures did not show a very much less favourable result.1 ■ '■■■,''-■.■ ' ■■.■-'■■ . . .

■In Juhe'the buses ran 434 trips to Wellington, covering 15,308 miles and using 1695 gallons of. benzine. According to the report :of the Town- Clerk, the biiß revenue.for, the nionth declined.by approximately, £220. The falling off in revenue for.the three months to the end of .Tune was !£735, or approximately <25 per cent, on; last year's figures. The trading exponditure for the three months was £6TO lower than for the same period last year. Under the circumstances; the position must'be: considered satisfactory.

Instead of ' neglecting its parks owing to Jack, of money, the American town of Dorina,_ in Texas, sold roses from i 13,000 bushes in the :city park, thereby earning sufficient revenue to .keep up its park system.' .....-■