TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 249, 9 July 1918, Page 4

TRAMWAY FIGURES

* FOUR AND TWELVE-WEEKLY RETURNS. From the following returns covering periods of the last four and twelve weeks to June "3 the public can gain a fairly clear idea as to the position of the municipal tramways, their earning power, aud the expense involved. The figures for the four-weekly period (with a comparison with the corresponding period of last year) are as follow:— 1918. 1917. Revenue .£17,291 £15,033 Working expenses ... £12,500 £10,912' Special expenditure chargeable to revenue ' 453 385 Capital charges £3,421 £3,149 Credit balance £SBt £887 Revenue per car mile 17.59 d. 16.52 d. Working expenses per cor mile ' 12.71 d. 11.53 d. Pereenlage of working expenses to revenue 70 p.c. 70 p.c. Passengers carried ... 2,652,873 2,470,237 Car miles run 235,910 227,115 Tho twelve-weekly- period return (to April 23), with the usual comparison, is as follows:— 1918. 1917. Revenue £52,412 £47,968 Working expenses ... £37,172 £33,244 Special expenditure chargeable to revenue £1,354 £1,155 Capital charges £10,291 £10,375 Credit balance. £3,295 £3,194 Rovenuo per car mile 17.SSd. 1G.98d. Working expenses per car mile 12.78 d. 11.77 d. Pereenlage. .0/ working expenses to revenue 71 p.c. 69 p.c. Passengers carried ... 7,939,899 7,431,455 Car miles run 703,194 677,858 POWER SUPPLY 1 AND TRACK LIGHTING. The figures for the twelve weeks. for power supply and track lighting aro as follow:— • * 1918.. 1917. £ £ ■ Revenue 5,019 3,522 Working expenses 3,044 2,049 Capital 'charges 1,420 1,302 Credit balance 555 171