BOROUGH TRAMWAYS.
SMALL REVENUE: BIG EXPEND! TUIjE. “This tramway report is getting exceedingly bad,” ,said Cr. F. Bull at las. night’s mpetiiig of thp Borough Coun eil. “Could put the engineer gave ui an estimate of tho laying down of thi rails we l)avp ip stock, along Ormond, road, when tho new contract js let?” The Mayor said that hp intended, before anything was done in this direction to get the approval of the whole Council.
Continuing, Cr. Ball stated that tin loss for the tramways on the first foui months of the present year was £2300 Could not anything bo done, to remedy the position, for some way was urgently needed j.o increase the revenue and redpep jfip pxpcndifnrp. perhaps somi moans eould bo arrived at whereby the expenditure for the next few month; could be kept down a little. The Mayor stated that this year nev batteries were purchased, and that in creased the expenditure.
“What is the reason for this loss? inquired a councillor.
The Town Clerk: Well, fine weathe; and cold, and everybody is walking these days. Or. Co) email: 1 ihipk t|iat this Conn ci[ mndp a mistake whep it did away with the ppnpy section. (Jr. PeCpstp: Evgry peppy lpas to he Iqqkfid afjpr tl)esp days.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15594, 10 August 1921, Page 7
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