TRAM SERVICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21759, 26 March 1934, Page 13

TRAM SERVICE

Sir, —On all sides one hears the complaint that high fares prevent people living outside the two-section radius. Hip;h fares promote unhealthy physical and moral congestion by compelling wage-earners (whp form the multitude) to live within that radius. I hey depreciate house and land values outside the radius.and appreciate them within, t lie abolition of slumdom is being; preached by philosophers and philanthropists everywhere. During the present bankruptcy of confidence, which in turn kills enterprise, it is of more consequence that fares be lowered than during a time of freer circulation of money. It will bo said the trams must pay interest upon cost of construction. That is not denied. Yet the welfare and happiness of Auckland's citizens is of infinitely greater importance. Those entrusted with the management, having assessed which is the more vital, should discover ways and means oi doing so. it is their function: they are appointed to do it and invested with the power. The beauty and healthfulness of Auckland is in its garden homes. Many suburbanites are finding the pinch of high fares too groat to be borne. This is evidenced in the low rentals for dwellings in far flung areas C. E. Major.