The Car-Mile Charge.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1778, 17 June 1913, Page 5

The Car-Mile Charge.

"Wo Bay, too, that the city's charge to us of o shilling per oar milo for our ser- j vice is too high. As a matter of fact, wej aro advised that thcv are maKinp 18 P er : cent, on the transaction. Tlwy say they; are making 110 profit on our currcnt, butyet, til though current costs 2Ja. per car-, milo to produce, they will allow us a reduction of only 2d. if wo supply our own current.- In tho matter of warns to con-, ductors and motormen, wo arc being very much overcharged. Onwtho- oar-mileiigo j basis, wo aro charged for the waros oj ! motormen and conductors at tlio rate or, about 3s. an hour, whereas they tomivo| about Is. ljd." Koughly spcakmgj tho total' working expenses per car mile is alwut 10d., of whioil -wages make up M. . run about .15 miles an hour iji M'™""*' on tho flat tracks without many stop?, which moans that in ono hour wo aro charged (is. for wages, or 3s per man. Tho oxplanationt of oourso, is that in c'ty■ ninny of tho oars run only about _ swell miles a!n hour, winch means that tha wages increase the car nnlo expenses v«T ( much'."But-tho oity makes no ollowanco-l to us oiii account of our faster running. What Miramar Wants. "If wo had through faro cars to tako, our people into tho city, in tho i and homo in tho evening, wo won dl o satisfied. Now our own people are ciowd-, odlit of our cars in tho openings. Itj must bo remembered that we liavo P°wer, under fho Order-in-Council to ran our. own cars through to Thorndon on tho c ty. linos. Or wo oould run our ears down to tlio citv boundary and junction with; cars there: Wo think wo °9«W at a payable cost, and mn-seHegj with a much bottor scrvice. Wltoj way you loolc at th-o businoss, it «PPoaj;| that tho City Cojinc.il should trj th«r best to put us on a good footing in order to keep our service.' ■ , .

In the article which appeared in y«ter< dnv's ssuo of Tun Dominion, it was in-1 rfS a "muesli. WS? fcltaroS (Mr. C. pH./nf states that his oouncil's request w<w to havo the caMuiloa™ , SUftSCMIiaMBS ono shilling. _