MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS FROM MANY CENTRES
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GOOD PROFIT ON WOLVERHAMPTON'S BUSES.
DURING the year ended March 31 last, Wolverhampton Corporation's trolleybuses worked at a gross profit of £83,822, and the motorbuses at £6,833, the total net profit on the two systems amounting to the sum of £15,581.
On the trolleybus side the total working expenses were £151,372, or 9.74d. per vehicle-mile. This sum is comprised chiefly of traffic expenses at £80,666, maintenance and repair costs £32,665, general expenses £20,364 and power costs £17,670. The total income amounted to £235,194 (15.134d. per bus-mile), made up principally of traffic receipts at £230,703 and the revenue derived from inter-operated services at £2,646.
The Motorbus account shows the aggregate working expenses to have been £54,124, to which £183 has to be
added in respect of through and inter-connected services, making a total of £54,307 (11.433d. per busmile). Traffic expenses accounted for £23,037, power costs £11,743, maintenance and repairs £10,977, general expenses £4,004 and licences £3,727. On the other hand, the income amounted to £61,140 (12.872d. per 'bus-mile), £59,887 being derived from traffic receipts.
During the past year the 105 trolleybuses, of Guy, Tilling-Stevens and Sunbeam makes, carried 34,215,694 passengers, as compared with 29,127,59 a year earlier, the comparable figures in respect of the motorbuses, which are mostly of the same makes, being 5,287,226 and 7,666,380 respectively.
The manager of the transport undertaking is, of course, that wellknown protagonist of the trolleybus, • Mr. C. Owen Silvers, M.I.E.E., M.Inst.T.
COLCHESTER'S DEFICIT LOWER: RECEIPTS INCREASED.
CLIGHTLY more favourable results were obtained from the working of Colchester Corporation's transport department in the year ended March 21 last The gross profit amounted to £3,989, as compared with £3,459 a year earlier, and the net deficit decreased by £692, to £1,694. The receipts increased by £2,566 to £34,603 whilst the total expenses amounted to £36,972, of which £31,289 represented working costs.
The buses covered 781,193 miles, or 63,318 more than in the previous year, and the number of passengers advanced from 5,033,405 to 5,440,808. Although the total receipts increased the revenue per bus-mile was 10.63d. as compared with 10.71d. the year earlier. In March, the corporation ran 26 buses, the fleet consisting of Dennis and A.E.C. makes. MANCHESTER'S TRANSPORT EARNS £123,648 PROFIT.
THE excellent net profit of £123,648 is recorded in respect of last year's working of Manchester Corporation's transport undertaking, as compared with 229,982 in 1932-33.
The revenue from the buses amounted to £791,265, as compared with £698,216 a year earlier, whilst the expenses totalled 2740,824, as against 4686,381. Thus, the buses showed a net profit of £50,441, against £11.834.
The tramway traffic receipts totalled 41,421,545, as against 41,427,251, the expenses aggregating £222,814 (£224,772 in 1932-33). The net profit on the tramways was £99,171 (£48,665 a year earlier).
In March last, the corporation ran 3c27 buses of Crossley, Leyland, Bristol, A.E.C., Dennis and Daimler makes, and 74 Crossley oilers were onorder. There were 142 oilers in service, and the cost of fuel and oil consumed was £10,424. Had petrol-engined buses been used in their place, it is estimated that the fuel and oil costs would have been £48,409.
BURTON'S BUSES DO WELL.
ANET balance of £1,212 was earned in the year ended March 31 last on the bus operations of Burton Corporation. The total revenue amounted to 411,955, or 10.16d. per bus-mile, as compared with 440,708 and 9.91d. respectively a year earlier. The balance of income over working expenses totalled £7,701, which, by the addition of interest and rents, was increased to £7,788. With the balance of £1,162 from 1932-33, the surplus was £2,374.
The number of passengers carried by the 41 Guy vehicles increased from 5,397,030 in 1932-33 to 5,565,260 this year.
SMALL PROFIT AT PLYMOUTH.
DLYMOITTH'S trams and buses last year carried 49,500,000 passengers, and the receipts increased by £4,371. There was, however, an increase in expenditure, and the year's profit was only £292.
IPSWICH BUSES SUCCESSFUL.
IPSWICH Corporation's transport committee reports a surplus of £5,649 for the past year in respect of the working of the buses, and a deficit of £3,180 for the tramways.'
LIVERPOOL BUS LOSSES LOWER.
THE operationof Liverpool Corporation's bus services for the year ended March 31 last resulted in a loss of approximately £74,000, as compared with a loss of £85,000 for the previous period. Profits on the trams increased from £35,000 to £84,000.
LEICESTER'S HIGHER PROFIT.
DURING the year ended March 31 last, Leicester Corporation's transport department ,worked at a surplus of £9,985, being an increase of £2,423 over the previous year's result. Of the surplus, the buses were responsible for £3,464, the receipts amounting to £115,785. The trains showed a profit of £6,521, the receipts being £290,534.
The buses carried 17,649,759 passengers and the trams 48,616,802, a total increase of 559,717. RECORD SURPLUS AT LEIGH: WIPING OUT DEBT.
L EIGH Corporation's transport man ager, Mr. J. Atherton, A.M.Inst.T., and staff have been congratulated by the council on the record profit of 44,277 on last year's working of the bus undertaking. In addition, £5,218 have been set aside for the depreciation and renewals account over and above repayment of loan charges. Every effort is being made to free the department from debt so soon as possible.
The cost of operating the 30 municipal buses, 27 of which are Levlands and three Crossleys, was £35,847 (8.51d. per bus-mile) as compared with £35,280 and 8.77d. respectively in 1932-33. The gross expenditure in 1933-34 amounted to 137,816 (8.98d.), as against £39,690 (9.864.)• The revenue from the local services totalled £32,081 (11.46d. per busmile) and from the co-ordinated services £14,803 (10.55d.), the comparable figures for the previous year being £32,330 (11.48d.) and £13,202 (10.95d.). .
Of the total of 26 routes covered, 12 were local and 14 co-ordinated with those of other undertakings, the total licensed route mileage being 193. Altogether the buses covered 1,010,916 miles, carrying 6,165,605 passengers. The fuel consumption of the petrol-engined buses worked out at the rate of 5.84 m.p.g., whilst in the case of the oil-engined vehicles, the figure was 11.54 m.p.g. Six of the single-deckers are to be replaced by !double-deckers.