CITY TRAMWAYS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 7, 3 October 1919, Page 7

CITY TRAMWAYS

NEW CAES. BEING BUILT. \ The position of car-building was, reported upon, by the actiiig-geieml manager of the city tramways (Mr. JI. Cable) in ' a special report presented by the Power Stiilions and Tramways Committco at last night's meeting of the City Council, il'r. Cable stutctl that the major portion of tlio steel work for six cars, which wa« v' ordered from England in 1915, had just been delivered, and efforts wero being miulo to procure tho balance from Australia to enable the crectiori of tlio Bix bodies to bo. proceeded with simultaneously. It was liopsd lo bo able to complete and place these cars in seryico by Christmas.

immediately these curs left the building shops the steel work for another six would be laid down, and providing all the materinl arrived in time these curs should bo available for M-affic by the Easter holidays. With a view to enabling the department to overtako the present shortage of rolling-stock and\to obviate as far as possible interruptions in tho car-building programme, due to j delays in the delivery of material, or- j ders had been placed for tho undergear i for another twelve cars. The placing ill j service of these additional cars would j load tho plant at tho power station to i its maximum capacity, and consequently ij the question of nny further increaso in ! rolling-slock would be dependent' upon . j the steps taken to provide a supply of /j alternating current for the proposed sub- j station at tho 60uthem end of the city, j Tho roport ifas adopted. i