TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 131, 20 February 1918, Page 5

TRAMWAY FIGURES

A DULL FOUR WEEKS. The four-weekly return cf tramway revenue and expenditure to February 2 last, compared with the corresponding period of last year, is as under:— ■ „ • ' 1918. . 1917. •Revenue £18,555 £18,039 Working expenses £12,007 £10 794 Special expenditure £485 £495 Capital charges... £3,409 £3,354 Credit balance ... £2,654 £3,396 Revenue per car mile 19.03 d. 18.38 d. (Working expenses per car mile ... 12.31 d. ll.OOd. Percentage . of working expenses to revenue 65 p.c. 59 p.c. Passengers carried 2,746,133 2,712,248 Car miles run.... 233,919 235,486 The return from April 1 to February 2 last is:— 1917-18. 1916-17. £ £ Revenue , £181,770 £173,658 Working expenses £130,366 £119,570 Special expendi- ' ■-. ■ £4,836 : £5,445 Capital charges... £37,742 £36,894 Credit balance ... £8,826 £11,744 Revenue per car n" 1 ? 17.36 d. 16.15 d. it Vorking expenses per car mile ... 12.45 d. 11.12 d. Percentage if working expenses to revenue 72 p.c. 69 p.c. Passengers carried 27,588,210 26,904,338 Car miles run ... 2,512,404 2,579,886 The above figures show that whilst tho working expenditure has increased by £J0,796 on what tho amount was last year, the increase in revenue is only, shown at £8122. In other words, tho working expenses have increased to the extent of about £1000 a month, but the increase in revenue has not kept pace with that everswelling total. The figures for January were hardly at good as they might have been owing to broken weather. TRACK LIGHTING AND POWER. The track lighting and power return •from April 1 to February 2 is as under:— 1917-18. 1916-17. £ £ Eovenue 15,612 13,064 •Working expenses... 9,953 6,916 Capital charges \5,070 4.686 Credit balance 589 1,462