"Subsidize B.T.C. 95 says Mr. Deakin
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A SUGGESTION that a ,short-term I—'k subsidy be paid to the British Transport Commission as an alternative to the interim London charges scheme was made last week by Mr. Arthur Deakin, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union.
He was giving evidence before the Transport Tribunal, which heard the objectors' cases against the scheme, and added that fares increases would promote a demand for higher pay.
Mr. W. A. H. Parker. a consulting electrical engineer, said that London's trams should be retained and not be replaced by buses, because trams had lower running costs. He said that at an average speed of 10 m.p.h. an 84-seater tram cost 2.2d. per car mile. A 56-seater oil-engined bus cost 2.95d. per car mile.
The assistant secretary of Holborn Trades Council, Mr. L. I.. Harris, suggested that if the scheme came into force, passengers might refuse to pay higher fares.