WANGANUI NOTES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 5

WANGANUI NOTES

The operations of the Vvangamii tramways during the past year werfc rc- ,.,. viowed as felloe's on' -Tuesday evoniitg in the annual report to the Borough Council by the chairman of' the Tramway Committee (Councillor L. J, Sigt ley): "This year," ho said, we have „' carried 2J6r,333 passengers, as agninst ™ 1,U©.58/ last year, and, wh-on it is .„. rcaiisi;d that we have only twelve cars ' ' and two trailers, it speaks well for tiw „ SBfvk'n eonorally. Our receipts have -, r i been £2.1103 13s. &1., ami oin- espendi- ',[ turo -SUMi 2s. 10d.; showing a defi- ' c-ien-ov of £98. If an amount of £697 Bs. Bd.. due to the Traiiiway Board for sJiortaei! olf car mileago from November 1.4, 1912, to Jlarch St. Wl4, is lalwii , into consideration, w<> show a profit of £600. Wo have ni» 256,621 cor miles 1,1 in tho boroU-Rh, as against 225,840 last !s yoar, avid 106,102 wiles in the G-on-si villo-Cast-lfldiff tramway district, ss ft* against 86,-574 miles for tli-s previous ;!' year.. The tramways now employ a id; total stiift of 64." Among tho improvoments in the system foreshadowed by the chairman for the eomius year in sin increase m the number of oars to meet the traffic on the "Wartpmu East and Arimoho North ostensions, an increase of power plant to cope with the same, and the institution of an ekctric liKhting supply in conjunction with the tramways. re " Duriisii the year ended. March .31 last j 3 tmildius tjermits were issued in the borough representing a total value of ho £95,628. Tlio Mnneawhel'O I?oac! Board ejection clj resulted in the return of Messrs. Do«iiUl Bossl H. Hamilton, and H. V, Hamtnoiid. Tiw local orclsafct iHspoci«r Ims lak-ly s ' s ' boon active, and, ms a result, sovwal e j. <)i > p))ai'ilists have ljw?n fined by the Mayistralc ill sums from ,Ci to .C 2 (or ■ c | s failiii!: to ■.■■rinlic-iili , diiw:tsi* in [Jicir Irwi?.