LYALL BAY'S WANTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 19, 17 October 1919, Page 7

LYALL BAY'S WANTS

IMPROVEMENTS TN 'ITiAMWiY . SERVICE.

In connect'on with a series of I'cqtipst? recently preferred bv the Lyall B->v Municipal Electors' Association to the City-Council for imnrovements in the tramway service to the l!av, the nctinijmanawr (Mr. M. Cable) reported to the council Inst evening that "as minimum fare pom rpdneed the accommodation QVAilahlp for fihort dis-tancc pfisspiifjers, it would, not be nossiWe to further increa u P the number of minimum fare curs until the rolling stock was inorpnepu, T] )e traffic north of Itilbirnie Post Oflice was now to load up all the cars running through the tunnel at rush hours, and the diverting of. a portion of the heavy Tjy-il 1 Boy traffic to this routo would severely curtail tb& accommodation nece«nry for the North' Tvilbirnie and Hataitai r" ; dp n ls. When the traffic the Kilbirnie Post Office and City Boundary inoren'ed the pars ooßrofing this section would require to be diverted from the tunnel to the Constable Street mute. The runninit of Lyall Boy ear* v'n the tunnel lo (V>tistpble •Street would, on account of the difference in the two routes, make the denurture t mes irmeular and the eonidistant riinnin" of car? throm'h LambtonQuay and "Rnad woiVd be interfered with. Alternate rn'min? woulc' P'-ov(> confusine to a ppnsid»rnble section of. the travpllinr, xmblj c , uni]" n5 [| )( > ehanpr'nnr of the route numbers would frequentlv be overlooked bv th» car employees. this system nf rnnnimr would be likely caive a jrood deal of diccatipfnctio.n. The plnein" of streps in thp open portions of doub'p sa'oon type of cars came up some time ago. but as the qu»»tionV providing the strap hen?e"s with fwitnrv handles was then under consideration no action was taken in the matter as it was realised that the fitHnsr of handles would i"torfpre. viHi Hie hats nf passengers boarding or a.t tho open portions nf the ears. Metnl linndl"s were at present on order fo" attaching to t 1 'e. ends nf the ««ats of Hi" cars, and 11'pcp would be' fitted as early as nossible. It it were found that these hnndl-s «-ere insufficient for the requirements of sfnmlinsr passengers the queotie". of fitl'n'.' hangers to th° cars new Tinder con c trn"t o | i would receive consideration. 'A° the introduction of a trensfp; - was liable to lead fo abuse and less o-f rev-P'"ie. ]y> wa.s unaHe to rpeoiweTvl their n-Wion in th» wo of nj\csono-p]«<s ' trail-frrrinsr "t the Tf'lbivn'n T>n S t Qffsee or at aw otVr similar iuMion. Arrangements would ho nm-'e. I'wpvp". fc throiiTh ears to run via '.a Ly-H "Rav and vi"e ver»a on fi'ie Smiflnya find Snfurdav ifternoons md o". M : d"v«. e^ ( | Ibis nbviltn Hio f n . IT n . laitai end Vo»th TCilhimie r-wjdrnts nayin<? Iwn TTvninii'i'n f-'ps. On acnue 1 of the inemnspil running time via Cub" Ft,met awl V : vi«i Slreet as coimwml with Conrlenev Pbice, he was unrblo to reeonimend alternate or occasional cars to be run via Cuba Street."