TRAMWAY MATTERS.
Press Association,
DUNEDIN, yesterday,
The traffic returns for the tramways for the fortnight ended April 27 and May 11, 1907, as compared with the corresponding periods for last year, were as follows April, 1907: .Receipts £2llO, mileage 40,656; 1906: Receipts £2114, mileage 43,820. May, 1907: Receipts £2096, mileage 41,789; 1906: Receipts £1927, mileage 43,362. CHRISTCHURCH, yesterday. Mr. F. H- Chamberlain, Tramway Board engineer, at last night’s meeting, submitted tlie estimated cost of extensions. The estimates included the present high market cost.botli of rails and copper : Cashel-street line, 153 chains, £10,502; Dallington bridge, 66 chains, £4483; Colomhostreet North, 98 chains, £6684; duplication of Worcester-street, <9 chains, £5191; Selwyn-street, 146 chains, £9985; St. Albans-Burwood, 55 chains, £3499; Cathedral Square connection, £945. If further extensions are decided on it w-ill be necessary tq purchase additional 921 b rails, iho present stock being necessary for maintenance purposes. The 631 b rads in stock aro useful for short extensions, but tlie engineer c)oes not recommend a light-weight rail for any of tho above-mentioned extensions. He was preparing data m regard o the use of petrol and steam motors on the lines. ■
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2086, 22 May 1907, Page 3
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188TRAMWAY MATTERS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2086, 22 May 1907, Page 3
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