TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 228, 21 June 1921, Page 5

TRAMWAY FIGURES

WORKING EXPENSES FOR MAY DECREASE. For the first time for a few years it is gratifying to record in connection with the municipal tramways undertaking that the working expenses for May showed a decrease of .£3OBB compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. This does not mean that working expenses have ceased to show increases on last year’s figures for the increase under that heading for the eight weeks ended May 26 totalled 4:3765, as against an increase in revenue of 4112.861 for the same comparative period. Tho figures for the four weeks ended May 2G are as follow:—

■Revenue 1921. .£28,677 1920. £24,542 Working expenses .£23.152 £27.040 Specie! expenditure .£283 .£251 Capital charges £4,391 £3,892 Credit balance £851 — .£6,611 Rev. per car mile ... 27.73d. 23.95d. Working exs. per car mile 22.38d. 26.39d. Percentage of working < exs. to revenue ... 80 p.c. 110 p.c. Passenger* carried ... 2,795.438 3,139,226 Car miles run 248,19'4 x 245,883 The figures for the eight weeks ended Mnv 26 (with a comparison with the same period of last year) are as follow: — 1921. 1920. Revenue £58.523 £45,662 Working expenses .£47,593 £43.828 Special expenditure .£565 £529 Capital charges ... £8.761 c£7,753 Credit balance 411.664 — • £6.4 18 Rev. per car mile ... 28,53d. 23.23d. Working exs. per car 23.20d. 22.30J. Percentage of working exs. to revenue .... 81 p.c. 96 p.c. Passengers carried ... 5,659.290 5.828,184 Car miles run 492,264 471,592 The figures for power supply md track lighting are: — 1921. 1920. £ £ 5,598 4,887 Working expanses 4,372 4.084 Capital charges 1,245 1.199 Debit balance 19 396