. Electric railway journal . Moffet, general manager, presentedto the city a series of reports coveringa graded-fare plan. Eventually aschedule was accepted whereby about4 mile was cut off the original pennystages and 14d., 2d. and 24d. stageswere introduced. The first series ofchanges, on May 21, 1917, proved agreat success, particularly the , as the accounts for the fiscalyear ended March 31, 1918, heavy burdens, however, inthe shape of increased war bonusesand greatly inflated prices of mate-rials made it necessary in May, 1918,to consider a second revision of fa
. Electric railway journal . Moffet, general manager, presentedto the city a series of reports coveringa graded-fare plan. Eventually aschedule was accepted whereby about4 mile was cut off the original pennystages and 14d., 2d. and 24d. stageswere introduced. The first series ofchanges, on May 21, 1917, proved agreat success, particularly the , as the accounts for the fiscalyear ended March 31, 1918, heavy burdens, however, inthe shape of increased war bonusesand greatly inflated prices of mate-rials made it necessary in May, 1918,to consider a second revision of fares in which it wasimperative to aim at the general principle of giving notmore than a 1-mile ride for Id. Additional reports,therefore, were presented about the end of that reports furnished fuel for heated discussion andeventually (July 1, 1918) resulted in the adoption of anend-on Id. per mile (actually 14-mile on the average)scheme, with one 14d. stage from Castle Junction (thecentral point) on each BELFAST CITY HALL This revision also has been remarkably successful,as the following comparative figures for the nine monthsended Dec. 31, 1917 and 1918, show: Revenue. . . surplus. Dec. 31, 1918£324,000203,00032,000 Dec. 31, 1917£260,000 The table on page 1010 shows the division of passen-gers, according to fares paid, for the weeks ended , 1916, Nov. 16, 1917 and Nov. 15, 1918. The figuresgiven certainly indicate that the fares were increasedwithout decreasing the riding. It will be observed, Old Id and 2d FaresProposed Id and lid Fares
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