KARORI'S TRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1566, 9 October 1912, Page 4

KARORI'S TRAMS.

■ AND NORTHLAND'S VIEW-POINT! y For some time past hardly a meeting :,, of the Kiirori Borough Council has taken ■q plnce without discussion on some phnso \ a of tramway imUciv-. It is understood j. that, tliu council is moving in tho dire'e- ]. tion of having a power station erected . for the purpose of running its own cars, j. but, some time ago, it was decided to ]~ hear a deputation from the Northland jl Ratepayers' Association, and this depulaj. lion met the council last evening. u Mr. h. (ienrge, ' who introduced the 0 deputation (15 ratepayers) staled that iS though (hey came as shareholders in a ,f largo business, they wore at prc.-ent disi_ I'raucliised. The impression had got t . nbroiul that the Northland ratepayers j. were hostile to the Ivarori Council, and, v in resyect to this rumour, Hie speaker ;. wished to nink-e it clear that Northland ,! lwre no antagonistic feeling towards (. K'arori. nc was pleased that tlie council .. recognised rho association's right to ask 0 certain questions'affecting the interests 0 of Northland. Ho euggestod that the rl council should join with tho association j in getting tho .city to delete tho double 0 mileage charge on the last car. He ,f thought thut, possibly, the new time's table wo'ilrt effect this, as the last car , now leaves tho Government Buildings at j' ll.lt) p.m. i! jMr. Gapes asked about tho rates on (1 tramway loans, which he said had ine creased from j<l. in I'JO'J to the large sum I. of ljd. in March, 1912. The speaker ako h wished to know what was the amount of t the accumulated tramway profits up till . the end of March last. [1 Mr. Duncan asked if there was a sep- ... arato account of the two original secs tions, and if those accounts were avnilt able for inspection. He also wished to know if it was true Hint tho Sunday Y fares iyere to be extended to week-days f if possible. Further, he was desirous of t ascertaining what rate of interest was r bring obtained' the tramway sinking 1 Mr'. J. W. Callaghan asked that, the t tramway account should be printed in the 0 balance-sheet. It was not sufficient for . tho Northland ratepayers to have tho nc--8 count just kept in the borough books. He had called nt tho council's office to seo the tramway account, but could not find it on the sheet. Tlie speaker weut on to say that only yesterday morning ho had been > called an, "unmitigated liar" by a KaroTi I, borough official. Ho would really liko to >' ascertain the position as to tramway mut- , ter.». 1 Mr. Stubbs thought that it was a great u hardship that tbo association had no rer presentation on tho Tramway Committee, and ho read a letter from a Northland -. ratepayer, who objected to the raising of the fares on. tho Northland cars on Sun- , days. Tho writer of the letter suggested 1 that it was time that a tramway board, composed of Karori and Northland ratepayers should be set up, to run the cars f instead of the Karori Borough Council ; solely. In concluding, the speaker said j that he was not prepared to give the name . of tho ratepayer whose letter he had read, j Tho Mayor thereupon ri-markcd that he , did not consider it right to read an auony- ; mous letter. J Whon the deputation had concluded, i the Mayor sttitod that the remarks made , by the various speakers implied suspicion. ■ A Northland man: "No! No!" i Continuing, the Mayor stated that there i were ten members sitting on the Kavori t Council, aud they were not prepared to i accept these insinuations. In regard to i the statement made by Mr. George, as to i being disfranchised, he (tho Mayor) could • only say that ho thought that Northland ' should have stayed in Karoi Borough. ! "It would be absurd for you to apk us to ; take you back," continued the Mayor. 1 The Mayor then made a lengthy state- ■ ment dealing with tho inception of tho • trams until the present day. The deputa- > tion- thanked tho Mayor for his statement, > and withdrew.