ISLAND BAY SIXPENNY RETURN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 595, 25 August 1909, Page 8

ISLAND BAY SIXPENNY RETURN.

"CONCESSIONS MUST BE PAID FOE." \ ~ / A:':.fews Peeks' ago' the : residents.; of ■ Island Bay,!waited .bit-.the', City : Council-.,tq : ask for. 1 a.rejubtibh.of. existing tramvyay-fare's to that snburß.'-.The'matter, was referred to-the tramiii;course, of .time..he 'ported'that •under' a scheme whereby "residents •wbpld rpurchase' 24 'tickets at .a time he would be able'to/eu'fc:dbwri'|the single fare to 2jd. and. the j return';; to-.vSld*.:tout, to '-. pay. for.' 'this«it would .be necessary;.to csidetrack' the sixpenny, return' tioket;' soi'that casual travellers to, the sbayi -would' have," to 'pay : the sectional -fare to the.'.bay—sd. from Tiriakori Ebad (or lOd. return),-, Id. ifrom-Lambtpn Quay,' Willis and Manners Streets;'(Bd.;;return), v- This propo'siHon; : was referred back' to-the Tramways .Committeejbut aB it ; is deemed to be way ■in' which'./a/xonoession■'., to';residents';.can ~ be' grahfeaV the; committee' have '...decided-; to' heave. the : matter overboard,-allowing.,the fares; to: rtf.presents '■;'; ■_'■[.■'.] -l;./.;/:y ;,- : //;\l/'-' . .The.-report, of.the- traihways,:■■manager^,,(MrV Stuart'.' Richardson) on :''this'\ question: plainly; shqvts'rhowVmuchVa".concession 'costs 'the. cit'y-: The:report,';sa^si-r:;;;- " /.'',( ;-; ".;-■,.-,■";,>•;'■' ,;'."W,ith. : regard ' to.'the, 'further, consideration 'ofV-tho\ : port'*'that; 1,-have'' made •a, 'careful estimate, based ,-pn,:; last; yearfs returns, .of. the -value. 6f ; . this 'proposed ' concession; las . applied', to. .the' ■Island-Bay-line.dnly:,; In 220,976,sixpenny/return:'transfer- -tickets.-,were"-. issued on the/lslandi Bay .line.' WMh 'the-.object of deterlnining!howi>largely, this'-.bias's 'of. ticket was used': : b'y .th».'-Island!,'Bay residents,' , l-'lh'ad ■ a cedsiis- prepared.'.'at; the'-beginning' of this' year showing-'the number; of .'people > who purchased sixpenny re turn'.' :enq,of the line daily,;...These/averaged^262!per' day;; which;: taken,,'over -.-the /whole 'year,'-, excluding Sundays,' would amount to 81,744. : It will,-therefore,' be seen that-139,232-pickets'.(be-ing the difference between the above-mentioned 220.97G •.an'd;,Bli744)'would; have, been.- used -by obsiial ; ; riders', I. who, 'were : not! residents,'of:.the. bay:;-::-'As8nming//th'at'- 'these."casual' -riders travelled ■ o,y'er t 'fohr';'seoft'bris'iwhen;.'usingl'these, ' tickets,'the:';yalue : . at;-: this • concession', •given, to casual riders ■'amounted- to'JUßOlast.yeaW ■'- : -"-I have,;therefoTei' , .agaih,'fovpoinf. : 'ont, that;': when reti&mmeriding concessions. to I- took sfrictly-'intb.aMohnt'-'.thelsaving.that. vrbuldlbe; effected, by/.the abolition of the sixpenny, 'turn";--trahsfer-./ticket, .thereby "enabling"-such saving' to- be "given las' a 'discount to. residential and/ .not '. casual : 'riders.';.. -.. If the. concession tickets by. me are adopted, and :'a "sixpehhy'return/ticket-.'on the;lsland Bay/r6ute..:is,,l:retained,-1-,estimate'the JoFS'bf revenue ■willebe,-,fully .£IOOO per: annum.'.'...-".