. Electric railway journal . d. With the great increase in cost of tramwayoperation, Leeds could no longer afford to give a generalfare of id. It was therefore necessary to go to the as a starting point. In making the change, themanagement generally consolidated two of the old id. fare stages so as to give about 1 mile for Id. The2 miles formerly given for Id. now cost lid. Thehighest regular fare is now lOid. for the milesbetween Guiseley (White Cross) and Roundhay. Ingeneral, fares above Id. have been increased about 50per cent. In one sense, the substitution of a Id. for aid.
. Electric railway journal . d. With the great increase in cost of tramwayoperation, Leeds could no longer afford to give a generalfare of id. It was therefore necessary to go to the as a starting point. In making the change, themanagement generally consolidated two of the old id. fare stages so as to give about 1 mile for Id. The2 miles formerly given for Id. now cost lid. Thehighest regular fare is now lOid. for the milesbetween Guiseley (White Cross) and Roundhay. Ingeneral, fares above Id. have been increased about 50per cent. In one sense, the substitution of a Id. for aid. fare meant an increase of 100 per cent; but whenaveraged out the increase was less inasmuch as it didnot effect at all those passengers who rode between iand 1 mile. The only id. fare that remains now is a ticket goodbefore for workmen and at any time forchildren between five and twelve years of age. Theid. ride for a penny privilege is also granted to childrenup to fifteen years of age in going to and from A LIVELY day on A LEADING THOROUGHFARE IN THECITY OF LEEDS The lid. ride is available to children for Id., the for 14d. and so on, but no special tickets are usedin such cases as the conductor simply punches theticket forward for the appropriate additional numberof stages. Special rates for workmen also include afternoon re-turn or round-trip tickets up to lOJd. The last repre-sents the Guiseley-Roundhay ride previously is a case where a workman pays only lOid. miles, whereas the ordinary passenger has to pay21d. Although the workmens return half must be usedthe same day, as hereinafter explained, it is obviousthat the concession, is more than generous. Here,again, it may be emphasized to those who associatecongestion with zone fares and the laborer, that itis precisely the workman who has had less-than-costtransportation for years. Even though the proportionof workmens fare travel in Leeds is only 10 per cent ofthe total r
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