TRAMWAY DEFICIT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19767, 15 February 1927, Page 6

TRAMWAY DEFICIT

®’ r > —There is a persistent rumour in the city that among the economies projected to lesson the losses made in runnings the trams and bus services, it is proposed to convert some of the ears into one-man cars. This rumour is barely credible. The idea of lessening the number of men engaged ought, if possible, not to be entertained at this time when unemployment is rife and there arc prospects of a pretty hard winter. Apart from that serious aspect, how are efficient services to bc maintained, especially during rush hours, by one-man cars, which aro notoriously slow at emptying and, therefore, compelled to make tedious delays at stopping places! What happens now when a crowded bus is discharging its load! This should bc sufficient warning against the adoption of any such antiquated system. The conversion of existing cars will bc an expensive matter and will add considerably to the already heavy capital burden. If such an ill-considered idea has really been mooted, our city fathers ought to be urged strongly to do a bit of thinking, and think again and devise some other way in which to lessen the appalling deficit now going on in our tramway system. Let lhe “business men’’ on the council find a remedy! ADVANCE WANGANUI.