TROLLEY ROUTE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 20

TROLLEY ROUTE.

♦ , V STATE OF THE ROifl. jc' s , LOCAL BODIES APPEAL FOR AID. ' ■"* |f J i* DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. [Fbom Oca Parliamjcntabt WELLINGTON, March:4 Since trolley buses have been riaw I' ning on the North New Brighton 1 difficulty has been experienced by the? local bodies concerned in the roads at sufficient strength to ei heavy traffic, particularly on the pof. I tion which runs through Wainuun', < County and the New Brighton These roads, about milea in all,*lnn# which the tram-tracks were lifted the bus service was instituted, were thrj:' subject of a deputation from tlie local bodies concerned to the Minister fotf'i Public Works (the Rt. Hon. J. J Coates) to-day, requesting that tJwfl Highways Board should declare thenf< secondary highways so that a allowance for maintenance could ljfjf secured for them. . ■ • • --S; The deputation, which was introflueiif 8 ' fry Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., and Mr }s£ W. Hawke, comprised Messrs J. ligpa®i (Waimairi County Council), E. A. ICS Leaver (Mayor of New Brighton), Andrews (chairman of the Tramways Board), and Frank ThompimM; (General Manager of the TisuwigKg; Mr Sullivan said the loCal were not in a position to maintaikJfei|| roads at the degree of. quired by the traffic passing over,t!«j|j|l and something would have to'bV<loM|S by someone to rectify the podtinK New Brighton borough, for would find it impossible to finfrfoflfe money to deal with the sectionits boundaries. The Highways 'Bqto§ had declined to make this. secondary highway. • Tramway Board ContribattMtv\'.S Mr Coates: What does the Traaw»s§| Board contribute'? 'jsBWI Mr Andrews: W$ pay £7O. ea&^f3|f ; seven buses. 1 Mr Coates: Nothing more tha&ttftfjK Mr Andrews: When we tram lines we did a great deal of not required by the spent £1149 in bringing the proper condition. Mr Coates: Does the service jamW Mr Andrews? Well, we> great deal less than when the taau|nffi! Mr Liggins, speaking of the sire||| riding of the Waimairi was impossible for this ridu^to'Mwpj up the maintenance of the road j<»£jspii heavy weight of the trolley the buses were not running Isi6ra lr tttip§| ever, it would be possible .to ary metal on, and carry, the"We do not blame the Board," he said. "We .want to dogfllg best to bring the road! into, a statg§>§|||| carry the traffic." Tjfaj Board hadjgßfti quite a lot of jnoney assisting county to pot tKe wad in order time beinfc^fltjfM now, and hewasat a loM.to would be' 3J>ne if the BoaxM| did not accede to the request .for JH secondary highway, a for maintenance. This road the whole of the rates from Nature' of the Boad. ' Mr Leaver said iis CooneU victim of circumstanceßj 1927 the Tramways terming at North Beach. This road pie-crust variety, puilt on quite unable to stand up to fic such as was plated omt the trams were running all right, because only . one ffiSjtjagM road was being used, and took the weight of the caw,. MWJWgp both sides, and the whole or "gflßßl surface, were being used. . • ■ The amount of money that WgjF|Hpß put on to this road in thp ton area was very smauJHgßH mainder of the district wWejTgßffiMHW treated fairly. The Couaca<£|WßM ceiving repeated requests of and he • was ifiw end the financial' year wito -aff£|«ffl^B debit balance. • •; WamßH Mr Andrews said the reason xoraraH stituting the trolley buses on waß the fact that great be involved in re-laying |'W|H buses had. been' installed. great consideration. The willing to pay heavy traffl<? also paid £7O a bus on Mr Coates: Who gets.thatTJgtfapa Mr Andrews; The whol# Mr Coates: How much Mr Andrews: It is difficult to is divided tip. iMr Coates: What drffes Mr Andrews: There's no about roads. rr^^B A Losing Service. Mr Coates: But you are; the service, so it falls. baWjKjHH Board. The change-over . Mr Andrews: That's would not patronise the the buses. They say - they' MwjSHBM But the-Board is still losses there in spite of the economies. ' Mr Thompson said that had had its way it would not there. It did not want to ruMfflga Mr Coates: All Tramwayß the same. They want to stretch that doesn't pay, wanted to get in in the We. all would like to cut out service, but it is the that counts. , ■ Mr Coates finally fer with the Chairman of theJeSMBBH Board upon the question of the roads secondary highwayMHHß^B