SOME CONFUSION

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12617, 30 November 1926, Page 6

SOME CONFUSION

TRAMWAY ROUTE SIGNS CLEAR INDICATION ASKED “SUGGESTIONS POSSESS SOUNDNESS** Confusion rules among the route signs carried by street cars in the city, according to a deputation which waited upon the tramways committee of the City Council yesterday. In this deputation Mr Roy Sinel, representing Island Bay ratepayers, was the chief spokesman, though representatives of the Civic League also lent their support. While they thought that Wellington had the finest tramway servioe in New Zealand there was now some confusion caused to those who sought street cars, said Mr Sinel. A system of car route numbers had been suggested to tho tramway department to remedy this, hut it had not been satisfied with the proposals. The route numbers in use should indicate clearly where the car was travelling and by what route. If they did so they would help not only Wellington citizens, but also the large floating population -which here was practically the largest in New Zealand. At present it was practically impossible to know where some cars were going from their route signs. He lived at Island Bay, and did not know that cars which bore his sign were not going to Oriental Bay or to Karori. More than once he had been turned off at Courtenay place after hurrying into a car after the theatre. INACCURATE SIGNS Further, the enamel signs which the tramways department had erected in tho streets gave the No. 1 car as going through Courtenay place and Lambton quay, whereas the oar ran to Wadestown and went nowhere near Courtenay place. Coming bads the car bore the No. 6 sign, which meant “via Jervois quay and Cuba street,” though it went nowhere near Jervois quay. There should he one sign for one route, and if there were four separate routes to any place there should be four separate signs for those cars. Other districts besides Island Bay were interested in the matter, said Mr I>. McLaren, secretary to the Civic League. He mentioned several small matters which his body would like to seo attended to, sucli as the halting of the Brooklyn car a little higher up the line at the Ohiro road stop, so that motor-cars could get up on to the flat, and the alteration of the stopping place at the end of the Oriental Bay run by a few feet, in order that the ’buses running up Carlton Gore road might not have to swing round in order to make the road and also not have their visibility blocked. The matters would receive careful consideration, stated the Mayor (Mr C. J. B. Norwood). There was no doubt that the suggestions about route numbers possessed soundness. The question of transfer tickets presented certain difficulties. They had a universal concession ticket now, and would have a tremendous range of fares.