TEACKLESS TRAMS FOR SYDNEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 223, 8 February 1913, Page 3

TEACKLESS TRAMS FOR SYDNEY.

The tramway nuthoriti. 'lave decided l" iiiiroilnce the railless i! 'vie traction ■to Syiliify. Arraiiy uts with the gat f,oiiglishoi-ough in aeturing ■'■■ in of Cilberf Lodge and ( . "e virtually completed. . M ;,l soon ,t many month- diMaui the r .reserving, money-smug scheme will 1 'a evidence front New Sontli Head ro ' fo "Dnrlinir Point, hv wav of Da Hi m- "oint road, and from the top of Willi :>i street to Tolls Point, via D:iHiii«liiii>L road and Maclcay -tive(. These routes have been selected as -cc'ii's for the trials, and ~honhl (he preliminary runs prove suc-(•es-Fiil- and there i- no reason why thev should nof—(lie trackless trolley system will be extended. The main city lines will not be superseded, but probably in lease of emergency the railless electric trams will be run in addition. Sydney's street problem grows worse each vear. Tietween 5 and fi o'clock any evening', whin the city workers and merchants and office clerks are ponrinjj out from every building pile, (lie pavemcnls at (he tram sections are packed and jammed with people wailing to ".of, home, while in the narrow streets, besides the string of (rams, there are hissing taxis, cnbs and lorries all jo-(ling each other for every available inch of road space, ft has been calculated that over 40.n0n vehicle?- move about the city streets even day. The result of the innovation will be watched with interest.