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Buses Successful at Halifax.

23rd November 1926
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THM tramways department of the Halifax Corporation has been developed considerably during the past year, and this matter was recently referred to by the newly elected Mayor .(Mr. A. H. Gledhill). In a general reference to the narrow streets of the town, the Mayor condemned the " eConomy without vision" policy, which had prevented widening schemes in the past, and he urged that the old policy of the 20 miles per hour speed limit only accentuated congestion and increased the risks of the streets.

Dealing with the tramwa;:s and motor omnibuses, the Mayor said the route distance covered by the tramcars was 39 miles 66 yards, and by the motor omnibuses 25 miles 558 yards, the latter c28 being an increase of 14 miles 1,115 yards in the year ended March 31st last. The passengers carried on. the tramways in the past financial year was 26,532,761, compared wfth 24,928,721 in the previous 12 months, whilst on the motor omnibuses the total passengers carried had increased to 1,996,360 from 630,328 in the previous year. Further efforts were being made to extend the motoromnibus services by the running of inter-town services, under arrangements with neighbouring authorities.

A new motorbus garage has been erected at the Skireoat depot to accommodate the fleet of 18 motorbuses, and further extensions are to be carried out to meet the requirements of an additional fleet of motorbuses now on order. It was mentioned that the first order

had now been completed for the delivery of a six-wheeled bus, which would give added comfort to the travelling public.

The Mayor intimated that the trolleybus service Was being abandoned, and that motor omnibuses were being substituted on the Wainstalls route. Comparisons of the return for capital expended on the tramways and the motor, omnibuses show the motor omnibuses to remarkable advantage, £1,000 of income from the motorbuses being returned for £1,321 invested, whereas in the case of the tramways the income of £1,000 was only returned from £3,036 of expended capital. The amount of capital required to yield £1,000 income on the tramways in previou.s years was :-1921, £2,032; 1924, £2,393; 1925, £2,415; and 1926, £3,036.

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People: A. H. Gledhill
Locations: Halifax

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