TOLL OP THE TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 3

TOLL OP THE TRAFFIC.

HUTT ROAD TALLY. 1 COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Summaries of the tally of traffio taken by the Railway Department for > three weeks in October last have now been supplied by the Commissioner, Mr. W. S. Short, .to the representatives of the .various .parties concerned in this matter. "These summaries," states tho , Commissioner, "disclose that during that time the road wag used, wholly or partly, 26,505 times, by - vehicles, motors, cycles, and other traffio, not including pedestrians. This use of the road is found, Upon careful analysis, to be equal to a use of the whole road ,by 12,361. vehicles, motors, etc., and: the result thus obtained shows that tho proportionate use of the whole road by or for the purpose of the inhabitants of tho dfstriots, which, in terms of the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Amendment Act, 1911, must contribute to its cost, is tvs follows;— Percentage ■ of ... Items, total traffic Wellington 5,279.83 42.70 p.c. Potono Borough .......1,8-19.87 ' 14.96 p.o. Lower Hutt Borough 1,560.09 12.62 p.o. Hutt County ! 900.27 7.28 p.c. Onslow Borongh i...... 542,i0 A4.38p.0. Makara County ..... 1,420.11 . 11.48p.c. Johnsonville Toirn 34-1.38 2.79 p.c. Miramar Borough .... 13.87 0.13 p.c. Upper Hutt Town Board .„. 178.50 1.45 p.c. Eastbourne Borough ~ ■•' 33.88 . ' 0.28p.0. Outside districts ....... 238.82 1-93 p.c. Total 12,364.17 100 ».o. "If outside, traffic be eliminated, the proportionate use of tho road its between the,parties .was' (percentage of total traffic):— .' ..;V i . Wellington : ......... 43.55 per cent. ; ; Petone i.'.........;...... 15.25 percent. Lower Hutt 12.87 percent. • -.Hutt County ........... 7.42 per .cent.-. -Onslow Borough .... 4.47 percent. Makara County .... 11.71 percent. Johnsonvillo 2.84 percent. Miramar ;.... 0.13 per cent., , Upper Hutt 1.48 percent. Eastbourne 0.28 per cent. ( r/ - • 100 percent. • "This result will prima facie be taken as.the basis of apportionment, and the parties will-be required to show cause, at the adjourned inquiry, why it should not be. adopted. In addition to the vehicular, motor, and'other traffic, the road.-was .used to . a greater or lesser extent by 17,031. pedestrians,- but this' does /not, include ; people who - merely crossed the road, .or who .used it ,to. an inappreciable extent. Most of the people ;who used the road, used ,only. part of the length of the (road, ' and . careful .investigation shows' that their use of' the road is ' equivalent to the use of the whole, length' of 'the road by 2075;39 persons, as follow:— ■ ' '' .'ltems. .Wellington City 985:61 . Petono Borough .....;. 90.93 ' lover Hutt Borough ...;. 13.07 Hutt County .....)■ 2.73 Onslow Borough. 823.86 Makara County 146.18 , Johnsonvillo Town ....'. 10.55. ' Miramar Borough 0.13 ; Upper Hutt Town . Nil i- Eastbourno Ml ' Outside districts : 2.33 Total 2,n7519 r''ln pursuanco of a Tequest made by 'some of the parties.an effort , was made, irt taking the tally of traffic, to ascertain the -places of residence-of -the Owners, of vehicles, motors, and bicycles; but the result:is unsatisfactory, 'as very great dif•ficulty was sustained by tho tally clerks in, obtaining this information, and this part of .tip return is not: complete. So far as it is complete, it shows that in tho caso of 18,005 vehicles, motors, and bicycles,-the owners of sama resided in the .districts as follow:— . . oii l etc.,; Wellington City t 7,bio . ;• Petone Borough ............ 2,259 • v Lower Hutt Borough 1,368 - Hutt County 565 * Onslow Borough-............ 2,228 . j • : Makara County .> 2,425 •Johnsonvillo ................. 860 . . , Miramar Borough ...1..... 30 - .. . Upper Hutt ...'i 58 ."/ Eastbourno '34 Outside 200 . '- '.'.Unknown., . 338 \-y ' Total :. 18,005 "Tho formal inquiry )vill take place about the end of- March, next, and .' the locdl: bodies have been informed; that if they, are not satisfied with the summaries as indicated above, it will bo.open in the meantime for thenf .to arrange among themselves to have an independent summary made.", ! " •