TRAM V. BUS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2159, 27 May 1914, Page 5

TRAM V. BUS

KARORI SEB?ICE AFfBCTED a mm wanted liOMugh Duwieil, Comieiuor It G- Hum HMfflii :'Tkt Urn-fr amvw , y CoSnS wait oa tlie City Council with the object ff % best means eH combatiurt 110 Kelbtrriio Motor Bug Company,' its the CQwjsaMy was affecting tho council's tfamwuy i-et-emiQ." Cowiaikr Burn said Stat ho »-as oftly hri.ngi.ng up a matter which lad previously 'beta, before «io 'Miuml A depatatieii iwd iveiteti upon the Crty Council, but at that, tiftio they uatl mi data to support thoir rho Lrty C'onneil roqnestod tlieai to airow tiio joattor to stand ovw for fire or sis weeks, HBtil tliey 3i9!;l ftainefl «oa» Wi a.nd then to present tho matter to tjjo <joHncii ti By waitiag oft tlio City L-omioU again tljoy «er<j practically its-: myjiig to ft reijueetof tJwt boij}'. " Bo' tbwighfc.thnt H wjs time they dfd sometJjuig k the matter. 3'lwa was. no doulrt, feiMfc ■tlie had wearier, fhat tho: moiw buses w'cre affocting iltb t-rnhnvay njveaue. _ CeanciHor Burn .quoted fjgxtfeß cosreN ing a period in ilia yoaf 191243, wliuii the average weekly takings aiiromited. to £&3 2s. 11*1. Fop the s»me period in 181344 the average, wedily tailings Weft £8(5 la's. 6d",., jstujwiiig a,u aycrago weekly dccrciise of £6 4s, sd.

OonnciHor B. Boyes sejSqaW the m. tioh. n<, thoiigl-rt thai th.e least they <ioukl 4c> was to jw.it the %«ros .*n-d ck*a. they had collected ht?foi'o tho City Cotrnca, . • ■

,Cetmcillor A'. Hainiteaii moved as mi ■ii-nwmlniesit, "That tiie matter 4m\M h> referred to the TciJiiwa-ys Cominitteo for a rtn&rt-."

Tim Mayo* olj>. W. J. HiMwth}' that the Ittisos ,w«*o eoiii-petiiig' lvit-lj the trams, minilj* on account tiiE the qviiefcr, tim<j in rflisVli tliej? ijouWJ convey passengers tfr town. The. question cain'o hack to , t3;»5 old ,, matter ef getting ashorter- rovifccj to ta\«i for tj'ie trams.. ITo did not thnil? they would gain an.y----t-lriag by refetrini* tlw resolwtioa to th.o TrafflWiij' Co.flsw.ittco, for. tilisy jiad de* bided oil teivinss tJwiepitatioi}-. . Coiwdllof llnniilten asfced leave- to lvjthdrar -tlifr atneiitiuieii-t.

Cotmcffior Ptivies, tlie seconder of tlie naicntTmcat, saiil th»t lw did not think Hist tifieve wrsa iituoli Vise ra going en with it tiicn, b.wt he wonftl liit»e Kkefl eif! matter f-oferrecl fe tj-io Trannvitya Cotn initk>e. Tho iaflicvttlawjwfc was wriiirlriiwn, and γ-k tfc inotifirt heiiig put % was fesit, CoiinciMnr-g Kuril an 4 Bojes vatiivß )i.i its favour. 'fhe ; feHoiviivj; tftsokUo-a-s'. mt>w& ijr OoarneiHor Peru, wcro referred. & fto Traimvays -ConoisHtee t — /"Tliirt tho eoiHiß-i! iss-uo a eoneessfen tieket bot-wwn Joteton Sir-pet, and tl'i.o' Ooivneil C!rt!«b.ijir.s -of 21 ri<3e(y fwr one shilling, ajid the OTiicftssjan tielrots ho avriWile r,n -Suinlays." "Tiitvt %> vpsototi&ns passed on fcoroW 12. .1912.. nlii Sferct .28, 1:918, be resciiiildcf, nitct ilvat :tlie fel&wjftij be Stttettiwteflf 'Tfiat tho |d-; special tickot tetween t%a Gardeivs and Borousti. (ThaßAers or Parit h© tttivilttble sfi every rfay :diirfiig the w-fl©k, TJie fifii!*ii:arv is', 6<3. cofices-sw-ii tSclrei; to io siva-i-laWe ae Ijefore." On tl» niotion of the Jlffvor/n tion- wo* pa-ssed to t,ho effftftt ftat fto TraTHwn.ts -Oorh.-fliittee. sboijlct trtlio into fleasJtfcrfttioA fto atfvisnbijHy o.f CaHinq: fof tenders for fidv'eriismK oil the bisel? of £\ie liojroiigh train tickets, .