PALMEESTON'S TRAM SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1887, 23 October 1913, Page 5

PALMEESTON'S TRAM SERVICE

— , (By Telegraph.—Special OorresDondcnt.) Palmorston North, is again consider- i ing the tramway question, which went j ; into quicsccuco for a while after the ad- { , verso vote last year. The bor.ough en- , . gineer, Mr. Jickell, who recently visited Australia, and also inspected the stor- ' i age battery cars at Gisborno, presented ; a report to his council on Tuesday even- i i ing. He described the Tilling-Stcycns I petrol electric self-contained system and J i estimated that its adoption in Palmers- - . ton would cost, for track equipment , ; (eight miles) £45,G00. The revenue he . , estimated at £920G and the expenditure ; (including interest, depreciation, etc.) , i at £9086, showing a profit of £160. , i The Mayor said he believed a selfI contained system wolud bo best. Local ■, . opinion was averse to a subway under i the Square Gardens, so that lovel cross- ] . ing with crossing-keepers employed . ; would bs necessary. Motor-buses wero 1 . less desirable because special roading j • with westrumit-o would cost £5808 per . . mile, with wood-blocking £132 per > chain, and with tarred maeadan £3168 '■ [ per mile. The engineer said tile Tilinig- j Stevens car., which generated its own ! . electricity with petrol would run 12 I ■ miles per gallon on rails, as against 7 J > miles per gallon on buses. He considi ered the system better than the Edison , > storage battery system, as it was not J , loaded with tho weight of the accumu- : « lator. Tho engineer said lie believed . four cars would be sufficient at. the be--7 ginning, giving a half-hourl yservice. ! After discussion it was resolved to ] i cable to tho London County Council for : 1 their opinion of tlie system. j F Warner's Rust-proof Corsets for Com- • fort and Rood style. Ask at our counter j to see the latest spring fashion, but insist on Warner's. Kirkcaldio and Stains, Ltd.—Advt. s The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile f Agency Co., Ltd., advertise entries rer reived for their Levin stock sale, which s is to bo hold on October 24. Sir. C. 13. Morison, K.C., will lecture on "Jtembevship of Companies" at the 1 New Zealand .Society of Accountants' '' Lecture Hull, Johnston Street", this evening at 8 o'clock. The llnrlborough nominations, closing • fss they- do on October 27, the second Hay s of the Wellington meeting, give owners r an opportunity of seeing their horses run before nominating. . Applications are called in this issue by r the Victorian Public_ _ Pcrvice Com- . i] inifsioner for the position of marine r surveyor. For particulars sco adver;s tisement elsewhere in this issue. ■g iVs ye sow, so sliall ye reap, applies to ■ [. Whisky as to every other thing in this , r. world. It is cheaper to buy a good 0 Whisky now, such as "WHITE HORSE" (] Whisky snipped by Mackie and Co., Bis- : t tillers. Ltd., than run risks after. To d save Gd. a bottle on Whisky is false v economy—better buy "WHITE HORSE < Whisky and insist on Betting it than pay ' gi in ill-health in after lifo.—Advt. J. J