Tram Abandonment is Urgent
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IN his annual report for the year ended
March 31 last, Mr. H. W. Snowball. general manager of Sunderland transport department, stresses the need for an early start to be made with the substitution of buses for trams in Sunderland.
The policy was approved by the council in January,1947.
As a result of increased adult fares which were introduced on trams and buses in Septeinber of last year. the department made a net profit of £8,407 during the year ende .1 March 31,1949, compared with a net loss of £7,704 in the previous year.
This improvement in the department's finances Would have been greater had it not been for a big increase in working
expenses which rose from £446,142, in 1947,48, to £493,744 in the past financial year. Total income 'amounted to £506,554, compared with £446,142 in the previous year. The reserve fund balance stood at £13,516 on March 31; compared with £22,889 last year.
NO CHEAP TRAVEL FOR PENSIONERS
A NOTHER unsuccessful plea for free 1-1 travel, or reduced fares, as concessions to aged people on vehicles operated by Huddersfield Corporation, was made at the July meeting of the council.
Ald. Hi A. Bennie Gray, chairman of the passenger transport committee, stated that of the 94 municipal passenger transport undertakings in the country, 75 gave no concessions, eight gave limited concessions, such as half fares at specified times, and 11 allowed free travel limited to specified times. In one case, the only free travel allowed was once a week for the collection of old-age pensions.
The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., has reintroduced its publication "Transportation."