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ALL-ROUND RISE IN WAGES LIKELY
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QOME 60,000 workers are affected by 1.-7 the provisional agreement reached at last week's meeting of the Joint Industrial Council, on the claim of the Transport and General Workers Union for an increase of 4s. per week in wages and improved working conditions for operatives of municipal tram, motorbus and troileybus undertakings. The agreement will be recommended to the branches of the Union and the municipalities concerned for acceptance.
It is suggested that the wages of adult workers should be raised by 2s. a week, and of juniors by is. Holidays with pay are also advocated.
PROTECTION FOR COMPANY.
GREAT YARMOUTH Town Council has suffered a setback by the refusal of the Eastern Traffic Commissioners to allow the corporation to extend a bus service from Wellington Pier to the cemetery at Caistor. The refusal affords protection to the Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd.
The Commissioners state that a service of the frequency which was suggested over 'Ilse extended route is unnecessary, wauld incur a loss to the ratepayers and Wssuld abstract revenue from the Eastern Counties concern. The company has developed the territory in question from a bare countryside to a remunerative area. When a more intensive service is justified, the Commissioners will look to the Eastern Counties company to fill the need.
STOCKPORT TRAM AND BUS RESULTS.
STOCKPORT Corporation's transport accounts for the year ended March 31 last have just been issued. Expenditure on the tramways amounted to £102,011, and income to £126.222. The surplus transferred to the net-revenue appropriation account was £22,044. The motorbuses cost £01,291 to run and brought in £111,565. The amount transferred to the net-revenue appropriation account, under the heading of buses, was £12,519.
The 83 trains covered 2,075,898 miles and carried 25,147,445 passengers. The 77 buses, comprising 59 single-deckers. and 18 double deckers, carried 15,072,248 passengers over 2,165,763 miles.
NEW ROUND IN COMPANYCORPORATION DISPUTE.
A N appeal is being lodged by Bir mingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., against the condition imposed by the -PA st Midland Traffic Commissioners, that the company's buses shag not set down passengers on the outward journey from Leicester to illston-on-the-Hill, until Mayflower Road has been passed. This arises out of the protracted dispute between Leicester Corporation and the company over the Evington service.
MANCHESTER TO REDUCE FARES?
DOSSIBLE reductions in fares on I Manchester Corporation's transport system were foreshadowed by resolutions tabled for the city council meeting op Wednesday.
One requested that the transport committee should report, through the finance committee, regarding the likely financial result of reducing return fares to distant suburbs by id., 2d. and 3d. respectively. Should any or all of the suggested reductions show an actual loss, the finance committee should be asked to comment upon the advisability of subsidizing the deficit from the general rate.
A further resolution asked for reports from the finance committee regarding the possibility of subsidizing return fares to corporation housing estates and like districts, consideration to be given to a maximum return fare of 6d. to the most distant estate, others to run pro rata.
LEICESTER TO ADOPT "STAGGERING "?
T EICESTER Transport Committee is La to make a move towards securing the staggering of hours in Leicester factories, schools and offices, to avoid overcrowding trams and buses.
Mr. Ben England, general manager of the department, suggested that he should approach the executives of factories, schools, etc.. to arrange the hours of assembling and leaving. The committee wholeheartedly accepted the suggestion.
BOARD'S REVENUE UP BY £585,000
VESTERDAY London Transport I presented its fourth annual report and accounts, for the year ended June SO last, to the Minister of Transport.
The Board's system carried 3,636,393,610 passengers, added to which were 594,769,934 passengers originating on the main-line railways within the London Transport Area. The Board's vehicles covered 544,630,459 miles. The gross revenue increased by 085,191 to £31,901,760. compared with the figure for the year ended June 30, 1936. Of the working expenses of £23,917,085, £16,146,347 went in salaries and wages.
The Board's report will be analysed in next week's issue.