TRAVELLERS ON TRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1926, Page 11

TRAVELLERS ON TRAMS.

NEW YEAR HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. WEATHER CAUSES DECLINE. Over twenty-one thousand passengers were carried on the New Plymouth tramways during New Year’s Eve and yesterday (New Year’s Day), and the revenue produced was £203 5s 9d. Owing to the unfavourable weather yesterday t e traffic on this occasion was below that of New Year's Day last year but the traffic on New Year's Eve v*.as practically identical in both cases. Considering, the weather experienced, the tramways engineer and manager (Mr. G. J. Wyatt) expressed satisfaction in conversation with a Daily News reporter last night at the amount of traffic. With rain, thunder and lightning New Year*.? Eve was a particularly uninviting night, but the tram traffic was heavy and the services were extended till midnight. New Year’s Day is generally one of the busiest for the tram way men, and although there were many travellers yesterday, the total was considerably smaller than last year and the revenue fell by over £25. Visitors to the seaside picnics were less and the ordinary time-tables services were sufficient to cope with the traffic. A comparative table of the New Year traffic in 1924 25 and 1925 26 is as follows : 1924-25. Passengers. Revenue. New Year’s Eve 12,126 £ll2 7 5 Yeare Day . 10,93? £ll6 1 5 Totals 23,057 £228 18 10 1925 26. New Year's Eve . 12,9U6 £ll2 8 5 Jiew Year’s Day . 8,462 £9O 17 4 . Totals .... 21,368 £203 5 9 Throughout the holiday period the services were maintained without accident or interruption.