THE PENNY RIDE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1798, 22 August 1906, Page 67

THE PENNY RIDE

READJUSTMENT (VP THE TRAMWAY SECTIONS. A scheme for the readjustment of tho sections of Wellington’s tramway system lias been thought out by Mr G. Frost, a member of the City Council, who intends to submit it without delay to the Tramways Committee. —a body that has threatened on several occasions to go into the question of' sections. Sufficient evidence has been brought to light to, it is said, prove that the present arrangement of sections is not fair to the city or citizens. Mr Frost lias considered the question from the distance standpoint, and has simplified the “ends of section.” The following is Mr Frost’s scheme of penny sections : A Route. Island Bay to Luxford street. Luxford street to Caledonian Hotel. Caledonian Hotel to Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. Duke of Edinburgh Hotel to Government station. In this arrangement the length of the sections has at any. rate been greatly improved; visitors to tho Athletic Park will be taken up the hill to the Park gates instead of having to leave the car at the foot of Rintoul street (when it is desired to save the extra penny that can at present be charged for the eight or ten chains between the foot of the hill and the Park or vice versa). Fr.om Luxford street to the Caledonian Hotel is good value for a penny. The next section brings the general scheme into line with the Aro street and Brooklyn sections which end or begin (as the case may be) at tho Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. B Route. Mansfield street to Caledonian Hotel. Caledonian Hotel to Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. Duke of Edinburgh Hotel fio Government station. Government station to Botanical Gardens.

Hero again the anomaly of the long Newtown section has been obliterated. From Courtenay Place or Veitch and Allan’s to the car-sheds is the longest section in the colony. This has been removed by making the Caledonian Hotel corner a section end, and shifting the other two ends to the Duke of Edinburgh. This dispenses altogether with two section ends, and brings them into lino with the general scheme by substituting one that is as near the centre of the city as it is possible to got. C Route. Constable street to Caledonian Hotel. Caledonian Hotel to Town Hall. Town Hall to Government station. This arrangement outs the last section —between the Town Hall and the Government station—a little short, but Mr Frost holds that there are obvious advantages in making the Town Hall a section-end on the “express route.” D Route. Oriental Bay to Royal Oak Hotel. Royal Oak to Government station. Government station to Thorndon Esplanade. This lengthens the Oriental Bay section. There are still two sections between the Bay and the Station, but residents will be cairied into the city for a penny. The E (Wallace street-Manawatu station), F (Aro street-Manawatu station), and G ('Brooklyn-Government station) routes, Mr Frost leaves as they are at present. CONCESSIONS IN FARES. Mr Frost goes further in his scheme for inproving the tram system by suggesting concessions to people in the habit of using more than one section. He would sell--12 one-section tickets for Is. 8 two-section tickets for Is. 6 three-section tickets for Is. 4 four-section tickets for Is. This, he believes, would popularise the service with many who at present do not bother their heads whether they ride or walk. Incidentally he would cancel the Island Bay return ticket. Mi* Frost has submitted his scheme to several members of the City Council, and it has gained their hearty approval.