TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 4

TRAMWAYS.

is simply, amazing"-, to.- see. the vast: amount : of. advertising and- 'Tjqom- ■ iiigr" J : that l is, freely,;; given, by the local press;,t6/all/and: taking...that..ij brought: forward by either, the City. Council/the Harbqur'; Board, ,'or : the Gbyernment/.r; But-if any;advertising .is .required' by..-'any.■; individual'.firni: or oompany .they .have; to;i:"pay: through. the nose' for every word,' inch,, or, lino, of.'ifc. For: instance, the' enormous -ainpunt \of free, advertisement' ' given the ' last\few. ..months ,:to . the > City : Council's.'iiew' Lyall'sVßay old horse =.trains -.were converted > into •26 ■ milts' of an electric, service -by-.contaactors #t.\a, cost .of . J320.000, and.;by;agreement the: pontractors.i kept the service running for" six .'months' I ;.before; the City 'Council .took jiossession. ' Since -then, the mileage has increased about i seven .miles,:• or a ■.total; of 33; in thofcity-and suburbs under municipal .controll and. the tramway loan liability / has increased from'.-:; .£220,000 under, the contractors; to about .£BOO,OOO, or-nearly 'a million, runder "-municipal management; As ■. tho'so' 1 trams , are not 1 run" ''for s profit .or'.'dividends,; 'the: public are: not considered {a. the'.slightest 'degree, but 'are' packed- into--the; cars in, th'e. niost disgraceful, l : uncomfortable-'', manner, I vlike , 'a.Vlot of :pig6, 'slieep, or : cattle ■ crowded linto railway, trucks.—l am, i RATEPAYER.