Business at the Cambridge Station

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIV, Issue 6102, 15 September 1947, Page 4

Business at the Cambridge Station

REMAINS SURPRISINGLY GOOD

DESPITE COMPLETION OF KARAPIRO "WORKS

Now that the railways statement for the year ended March 31, 1947, has been issued, one is able to note the trend of business in and out of the Cambridge station, and it is satisfactory to observe that, despite the fact, that with the Karapiro Works practically completed and much cartage of cement and other materials ended, the volume of .general traffic continues to be quity encouraging.

It is true that the amount of outward revenue ove/ all heads, fell a little—from £24/06 for the previous financial yeaiAto £23,599 for the year to March 31, 1947. The reason for

the decrease is, as already stated, the completion of the Karapiro works. The following are the outward figures for 1947, with those of the previous year in parenthesees:— Passenger journeys 2498 (4179); cattle and calves 23,717 (22,614); sheep and pigs 97,870 (112,000); timber in superficial hundreds of feet, 8,612 (4115). The reason for the big increase in outward timber was on account of timber being brought by lorry to Cambridge from the mills at Puaruru and railed from here, trucks being available, that were not at Putaruru, or thereabouts. Other goods, 4,444 tons (4097 tons).

In the matter of outward revenue: Ordinary passergers, £2,121 (£2483); parcels, luggage and mails, £602 (£612); goods, £15,418 (£15,252); miscellaneous, £5Ol (£612).

It is of interest to note that the road services business handled by the local station, through its depot in Victoria Street, attracted 7,866 jouineys, compared with 4,438 journeys of the previous year, an increase of no less than 3,428. journeys. This is a great illustration of the increasing popularity of the road services. Of course the Cambridge-Auckland service would account for the greater portion of the increase. The revenue was £4,841, compared with £3,132. ! _*f * 1 Inward Traffic Concerning inward traffic, the goods' revenue for the year ended March 31, 1947, was £61,373, compared with £79,764 the previous year, the reason for the decrease being as previously stated. Cattle and calves, 5666 (3171); sheep and pigs, 31,190 (16,787); timber, 2,159 hundreds of feet (4991); goods tonnage, 53,753 (78,000). Othher goods and parcel revenue, £llls (£1104).