TRAMWAY FIGURES
WORKING EXPENSES STILL . ' JUMPING. ; Figures submitted to tha Tramways andEtetec Lighting Committee of tlio yesterday (ire expected to --J occasion membere of the City Ckmncil i somo concern. There have been two in- ' creases in. the_ fares already during tho present financial yeas, and though such i increases have brought in a considerablo i sum, the outgoings oontinue to swallow it up. For. example, the "working ex- i pensos for the four weeks ended Sepfcem- I « were £22,127, or £6776 in excesn i of those lor the corresponding period of . ; last year, whereas the revenue for those ' four weeks only increased by £1343. i Similarly, the working expenses for the "! expired 21 weeks of the financial year .?.?■> i? September 15) amounted to j <£129,051, e.n increase of lio Jess thnu < £40,246 over the corresponding 24 weeks ' of last year, whilst the revenue only ' increased by _ £28,612. In a nutshell, ■] the increase in. working* expenses ie aldouble the increase in revenue ! rni. £ V 0 r ' ses ares thrown in). The figures for tho four weeks ended ' Septembor 15 (with the usual compari- I son), are as follow:— I 1920. 1919. ! £22,777 £21,4®1 ' Working' expenses . .*22,127 .£15,351 ' special expenditure — ' Capital charges £3,999 £3,548 j Credit balance _ £2,115 ! Debit balance £3,349 — Revenue per car : J"?® MM. 21.64 d. working expenses per enr mile 24.13 d. 15.6 M. Percentage of working expenses to revenue 97 p.o. 71 p.o. Passengers carried 2,474,319 2,753 279 ' Car miles run 220,045 2&7*542 i The figures for the 21 weeks ended Septembor 15 (with the usual compari- ' , eon) are:— n 1020. 1919. £144,044 £115,432 Working expenses . £129,051 £88 805 special expenditure £1,112 ■ wipital charges £23,509 £21,221 Credit balance — 310 Debit, balance £9,688 ~— Eevenuo per car m mi ] 6 24.22 d. 19.63 d. Working expenses ■ ' < per car mile 21.7(M. 15.15 d. Percentage of work- . ing expenses to •»ww» 89 p.c. 77 p.c. Passengers carried 18,568,455 16.93S 240 Car miles run 1,427,051 1,406,368
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 3, 29 September 1920, Page 7
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324TRAMWAY FIGURES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 3, 29 September 1920, Page 7
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