THE TRAMWAY SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12175, 22 January 1903, Page 5

THE TRAMWAY SERVICE.

The crowding bf the tralnoars between five and six o'clock in the evening continues to be as pronounced as ever, and it is apparent from the scramble passengers have to piss through to get into a. car, and the number who prefer walking to the scramble, that the company have greatly under-estimated the traffic of the city. In all probability they were misled at the outset by basing their calculations on the traffic available in cities of similar population in the Old Country, but the warmth of the climate, the comparatively comfortable circumstances of tho people, the spread of the population over a wide area, and the many lulls that have to be negotiated, are influences Which make the Auckland traffic much heavier than in cities of similar size in regard to population. At the outset a good deal of the traffic- was no doubt exceptional, owing to , the novelty of the ; electrio tractibn, immediately followed by the inrush of country visitors; but it can be taken for granted that, the traffic offering during the past fortnight is a permanent traffic, . and it is to be hoped that the Trainways Company will endeavour to cope with it at as early a date as possible. We arc informed that during next week some eight or 10 additional cars will be brought into use, Which should do something . towards relieving the pressure. By that time it is expected that \Parnell cars will Be running through, to Newmarket, , arid some of the additional cars will be placed on that route, and. the others spread over the other routes. It has been suggested that the Parhell and Newmarket cars should run in a circuit, but, it is not intended to adopt this course, Mr. Hadsert pointing out that in his opinion it would really be at inconvenient system, aS the inward passengers from Parnell or Newmarket; as the ca°e might be, Would probably keep their seats till they Were carried along Queen-street, irt Which case they would block out intending passengers from Queen-street, who, going to Parnell, would have to join the car as at present at Custom-street, and going Symondsfitrbet way would probably have to get on at the foot of Woiiesley-street.