TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 290, 3 September 1919, Page 6

TRAMWAY FIGURES

A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT,

The figures submitted to Monday's meeting of the Tramway's Committee of the City Council covered four weeks' working from August 1 to August 13, and it is satisfactory to note that the figures bliow a trend for the better, due no doubt to the fact that tho increased' fares commenced on Monday, August 11. The four weeks' figures, compared with those for tho corresponding four weeks of last year are as follow:—' '.. ' .•'■•■■ 1019. 1918. Revenue .£19,811 Ji17,11l Working expenses 415,750 J13.100 Special' . expenditure chargeable revenue)... £i% 4GOB Capital charges ;.. 43,556 .£3,479 Credit balance 469 — Debit balance — 474 Revenue per car mile 20.20 d. 17.38 d. Working expense per ■ car mile IO.OCd. .13.30(1. Percentage of working expenses to revenue SOp.c. Wp.c. Passengers carried 2,908,510 2,(i29,558 Car miles run .; 235,337 236,247 The figures for the twenty weeks from April 1 to August 18. with the usual oomparison, are as follow': — / . 1919. 1918. Revenue 491,007 486,460 Working expenses 473,454 462,820 Special expenditure (chargeable to rev.) 42,186 ,£3,028 Capital charges 417,673 417,403 Credit balance 4694 43,200 Revenue per car- mile 19.30 d. 17.67 d. Working expenses per car mile 15.08 d. 12.85. Percentage of working expenses .to rev. ... 78p.c. V3p.c. Peseengers carried ... 14,181,961 13,236,118 Car miles run< 1.168,826 1172,843 The power supply and track lighting figures are as follow:— 1919. 1918. 4 4 Revenue 9,276 8,936 Working expenses . 6,240 5,117 Capital charges .... 2,596 2.3T8 Credit balance 440 871