EXTENSION OF TRAMWAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19748, 22 September 1927, Page 10

EXTENSION OF TRAMWAYS.

THREE PROPOSALS MOOTED* NO DECISION YET REACHED. Proposals to extend the tramways *yatera to AvoncWe, Point Chevalier and beyond the were briefly discussed at yesterday's meetmg of the Tramways Committee of the City Council, but further consideration was deferred until the next meeting * fortnight hence. The chairman, Mr. .J. A* 0. Atlum, stated that representatives of the Ilerauera East Ratepayers' Association had conferred with the committee, but, in view of the fact thai', the annua! meeting r>i the association will he held this evening, it was deemed advisable to ascertain from that sow ice the feeling# of resident* as to the district's anticipated requirement* In the ca*e of A vcndala a careful inves'igaliott will he necessary, and the cons.elation* will involve the praetc«hib!y of ntillsing trackless trams, pretaibly as extension of the Mount Albert . r«xite, which appear* to hold certain advantage? over an extension to Avondale via ' >'»> Lynn. The Point fhevaher extension i» more * matter of policy as to whether a separate loan acheme for the work should »'« placed before ratepayer*, in view of the recent rejection of the council's £500,000 scheme lor tramway ar.d transport o*v opment.