ECONOMY ON CARS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19202, 19 June 1924, Page 8

ECONOMY ON CARS.

DR IV ER-COLLEOTOIIS. A PUBLIC BENEFIT. ,"Fbom Ooe Own COTwntspoNnmfr.) SYDNEY. June 12. The tramway authorities in Hobart have hit upon a novel way of reducing the running expenses of the street cars on one route, which is beimr used as an experiment, by so arranging matters that the driver also collects the fares. It is considered that one official per car is practicable on all the suburban routes, providing the travelling public will co-operate by always having the exact amount for the fares, which must he handed to the driver immediately upon boarding .(ho car. To do this a substantial inducement is offered the public in the way of reduced fares on the routes on which the system is introduced. The new system has been in operation on the Proctor road line for one week, and so far seems to he working very well. The residents of the district which it serves are to have the benefit of a cheap, and, it is hoped, a fairly speedy service. Fares have been reduced by a penny. The success of the new service rests entirely with the travelling public. They are requester, as far us conveniently possible, to observe the tramway slogan of “exact fare ready,” and thereby expedite the work of the driver, who. collecting the fares as passengers enter, is the sole person in charge of the tram. At busy periods of the day especially are people asked to have the correct fare ready before boarding the car. The service is to be given a trial over a few months to see whether the support which the tramway department feels it is justified in asking is forthcoming. When the public become accustomed to the slicht alteration in the method of collecting fares, it is hoped that the new arrangement will work satisfactorily.