TAKAPUNA TRAMS.
Sir,—Mr. Mowbray again asks a series of questions which have been answered scores of times. (1) It has been proved that tram services cannot be economically maintained with bus competition. (2) Buses alone cannot satisfactorily deal with the traffic of Takapuna. (3) The only possible solution is electric trains or trams with trailers. (4) The onlyway to secure electric trams is to ensure the full traffic offering. (5) Private companies cannot be given this security of tenure. (6) No private company can carry its passengers at cost price. (7) By municipally-owned trams ratepayers at least obtain their transport at cost price and hold control from private monopoly. (8) From a national point of view it is economically unsound to use petrol and oil imported from other countries when we are already paying for electric current whether we use it or not. (9) Then again, it is not only the population of Takapuna which has to bo catered for, but the population of Auckland, and in fact, the tourist traffic from ail other parts, as well, who would visit Takapuna and Mi'ford beaches if up-to-date elsptric transport were worided, Chafj.es P.* Lock.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19496, 27 November 1926, Page 9
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193TAKAPUNA TRAMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19496, 27 November 1926, Page 9
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