ALL ABOARD!

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 7 February 1912, Page 5

ALL ABOARD!

WELLINGTON CARS RUNNING. STATEMENT OF LOSSES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The familiar sound of the ears greeted the early risers to-day, the usual service commencing at the schedule time. The permanent way car-shed and power house staffs were kept busy throughout Monday night. There was a lot to do after a cessation of five and a half days. The lines were choked witk dust and dirt, and the special scoop" was employed all night clearing out the grooves. All the curves had to be greased before they could be negotiated by the cars, bo dry had they become with their enforced idleness.

-All the men turned up to work,, with th« exception of six, but it is considered that in all probability these six men are upon the sick list.

Singularly enough, the weather, which' was perfect during the period of the strike, changed to-day, drizzling rain-set-ting in. Suburban residents were therefore peculiarly fortunate in having the service restored to-day. The -approximate loss of revenue during the strike period amounted to £2190 lis lOd. The figures are arrived at by a Comparison with the corresponding 1 days of 1911. 6

The cars stopped running at 2 p.m. on Wednesday last, and resumed this morning, five and half days' revenue being lost. The fares collected on Wednesday up to the time the strike commenced totalled £215 Os 9d, while there was £471 9s collected on the corresponding day pf last year. Although the foregoing represents approximately the loss of revenue, it does not mean that that amount of money is actually lost to the city, and although it is impossible to say at the present time what the actual loSs is, a rough idea may be gained by subtracting from the revenue the wages of the men for the strike period. This loss is estimated at between £l7O and ££oo a day,, or a total of a little more than £IOOO. On this | reckoning the loss to the city would { work out at about £ll9O.

{ The electrical engineer and tramway manager, Mr. S. Richardson, is busv at the present time working out the exact figures, and he will submit a report to the council question on Thursday night. There is every probability that the men who participated in the strike, their leaders and prominent supporters will all be prosecuted under the provisions of the Arbitration Act. The Labor Department • has not vet taken any definite steps in the matter beyond making the necessary inquiries ana collecting data. This, it is uniderstood, will be submitted to the Minister of Labor in due course.