CITY TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 4

CITY TRAMWAYS.

I.- ' . ' \'> .' > ■ FOET. IGHTLY R:POKT. ,' ' BsporKng to.lke fortnighly mo.ting'of . the Ciiy .j.ram\vnys yesterday .._ afternoon, the city electrical, engineer. ," (Air. Stuart ltichardson), reviewing ; the ' tramway power aud supply revenue and expenditure lor the four weeks, ended : .' July 21, stated that the. tramways re- \. ' ; venue amounted to .£9741, an increase of: ',;-. £&i 2 as compared with the correspond.in'g period of last year. The working expenses amounted, to XGSCi, or. £170 more thau last year. The net result lor the , tour weeks, alter allowing for a proportion of capital charges, was a surplus of ,£l6O as compared with a debit . balance ' last year of JMO-1. / ■'-■ ... The■reveuuo , irom the sale,, of current •. amounted to .X'B23, an iucrease of jilOUas compared with last year, and.the. work- ■ ing expenses amounted to i3ib, or A'lo.. ~ more than.last year.. The net result'for.; ■. the four weeks, alter'allowing for a'pro- , portion of capital charges, was a surplus . of £112, as compared with £51 last year; The total revenue from the tramways aud from the sale of current, to data . amounted to £42,159, an increase of £1401 .. as ■ compared with lasi year, while the total , working expenses to date amount to •£23,291), or .£173 more than last year.. Alter providing for interest, sinking iund, and - depreciation .charges, the'net result . of the working of the, undertaking, to date shows a credit balance of .CiMJ—JC923 better than last year. ' ... Though .the total number of passengers ' carried_shows an increase of 99,611. orevthe corresponding period of last year, tho ' sale of tickets/js 114,312 less. Vonny section tickets decreased by 74,502, lj-d.,tick-ets by 58,5(i(i, 2d. tickets ,by 11,309, and 6d. tickets by 14,349. The" sale ot 3d. tickets Jumped up from 39,313 in 1009 to 51,256 in the period under ireview—an increase of , 11,!I13. ."-Fourpennies" increased ■ by GQIO, shilling tickets by Iβ, while thesale of sjiilling cards, a new feature as compared with last year's ticket system, totalled 22.705. Of the concession tickets, also a new feature, . the. most popular of. the "oiie-aud-sixpennios" were those for tlie llrcoklyn section, of which 1657 were sold. The total sales of concession tickets; reached . ■ 4021-, while 510 school, tickets were disposed of. . , ' .