INSPECTORS ON TRAMS.
NINE MORE APPOINTMENTS.
SUPERVISION AN ESSENTIAL. Nine more inspectors are to be added to the staff of the Auckland tramways. This course was recommended to th« City Council by the tramway* manager, Mr. A. E. Ford, last evening -and was approved. No appointments had been made to tha inspectoral staff since 1924, st&tod Mr. Ford, although since that year the miles run per annum had increased by 1,'300,933, traffic receipts by £46,895, passengers carried by b,035,697, and tramcare from 179 to 206. In addition, there was now a fleet of 77 buses, daily operating over miles of route. Constant and closa supervision of revenue collection was necessary, and, with the introduction of penny fares and the increased r*t# for concession cards, there would be a greater percentage of cash riders, making closer inspection imperative. The appointment of dim more inspectors, Mr. Ford explained, would mean an increase of t»ve compfcrsd with the 1924 figures. Since then three inspector* had died and one had resigned, but the vacancies had not been filled. There were at present 12 inspectors engaged, but the number on the road at any one time was six, there being two shift*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19743, 16 September 1927, Page 12
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