CITY TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 5

CITY TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

■' 7- ; " v" -'■ ' ■ SOME HOLIDAY RECORDS.' . A PILE OF COPPERS! On New Year's I .Ere 93,140. persons v/ero tarried'.- on the Wellington city trams. Thisatimber yielded a revenue in fares of £514. Qn New\Y ear ' s Day the takings amounted to £576; ~ fho authorities last evening had not totalled tlie nnmber of passengers carried on that day, but it will probably be slightly ' loss, than on New Year's Evo. This may seem strange in view of the heavier takings on Nov." Year's Day, but on holidays pnople travel -longer, distances,. and, consequently, pay greater fares. For on Christy. I V mas'. Evo 70,000 penny section tickets wero ' sold, Avhile on Boxing; Day the number, wasi only' 47,000,-' though oh "tho latter occasion' "' nearly £70 more'was-'collected'ill the aggregate. • Tiie suggestion, is that, such days as Christinas Evo" and ..Now Year's Eve are "pity days," people are busy shopping, and 1 :• use'the trams for, speed'and convenience. On "j' • • 'the holidays they 'use : thenT for cn joymorit. On Christmas Eye, 'or, rather, early on Christmas morning, after tho tirod clerks had ;qqunted up the conductors' returns, the 'coppers handed in had accumulated in a pile itha. value of which was £23. This is evidence: that plenty of pennies are in circulation- in the city, and. the tramway authorities and 'banks have reason to be pleased rather than otherwise, notwithstanding • the extra trouble of- counting. ■ "When the trams first started running in Wolfing- 1 . ton pennies ivoro scarce, and the local banks ■lad'to augment their supply from abroad. : llow there is apparently a healthy circulation. A conductor every morning sets out vrtth ten shillings'- worth of small change. ■■ The total tram receipts for tho week ending New' Year's Day were £3298. This is .. considered very satisfactory. One result of >• - the recent-improvements in the service and ~/ recent additions to tho, supply of cars is that 'io-day the wages-sheet' will be the heaviest <in rooord.