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MUNICIPAL BUS RESULTS FROM MANY CENTRES
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OLDHAM'S HIGHER BUS PROFIT.
1N the year ended March 31, 1934, the 53 buses in the service of Oldham Corporation were operated at a gross profit of £32,682, income having totalled £108,763 and expenditure
£76,081. On a per-mile basis; the profit amounts to 4.44d., income to 14.8d. and expenditure to 10.35d. In the previous year the gross profit totalled £24,999, this being at the rate of 3.6d. per bus-mile..
The balance is carried to the net revenue account, where it is reduced to 212,455 by interest (23,810), contribution to sinking funds (£14,255), income tax (23,693), etc., the surplus being transferred to the appropriation account and, when added to the net profit from the operation of the tram D60 ways, gives a thtal surplus of £20,492, this being placed to the credit of the reserve fund (renewals account).
During the year the buses covered an aggregate mileage of 1,763,647 and carried 13,865,524 passengers, the average number of passengers per busmile being 7.9. At the end of March last the corporation fleet consisted of34 Leylands, 17 Guys and two A.E.C.s, including a number of oil-engined vehicles.
WARRINGTON'S GOOD PROFIT,
WARRINGTON Corporation reports that the net profit for the year ended March 31 last on the tramways undertaking was £3,512, and the net profit on the motorbus department was £13,071.
COVENTRY BUSES CARRY TRAMS.
COVENTRY Corporation's buses were responsible for the whole of the profit on the municipal transport undertaking in the year ended March 31 last. The surplus from this section of the system was 216,855, an increase of £10,229 over the figure for the previous year. The receipts in the past 12 months amounted to £127,820, 29,342 more than in 1932-33.
On the other hand, the trams made a loss of 29,821, this sum being 29,205 lower than in the previous year. There is thus a net surplus on the combined bus and tram systems of £7,034 against a deficit of £13,310 in 1932-33. In March last the corporation ran 62 buses, 40 being Maudslays, 17 Daimlers and five of Dennis make LEEDS BUSES HAVE A GOOD YEAR.
THE gross profit on the operation of the buses of Leeds Corporation in the year ended March 31, 1934, was well in excess of double that for the previous year, the total of £35,234 comparing with £15,531. In the past year income 'totalled £175,075 and working expenses £139,841, the receipts being 16.93 percent. higher. The increases are due to the general improvement in trade in the city and to increased bus mileage, a greater proportion of the bus services having been made more profitable by reorganization and the employment of double-deck vehicles.
The gross profit is transferred to the net-revenue account and, after payment of interest on loans, the balance carried to the appropriation account amounts to £32,807. The consolidated loans fund accounts for £12,206, leaving a balance of £20,601, which compares with £4,936 for 1932-33. Out of the total, £10,169 has been transferred to the renewals fund and £6,112 expended on capital account, so that the net surplus on the year's working amounts to 44,320.
At the end of the period covered by the report, the corporation had in operation 109 buses, made up of those of Dennis, A.E.C., Crossley, Leyland, Karrier and Guy makes.
LUTON'S SMALL DEFICIT.
I N the year ended March 31 last, Luton Corporation's bus undertaking worked at a net loss of £40, as compared with a net profit of £3,128 a year earlier. The income is shown in the net-revenue account to be £52,355 (£29,250 in 1932-33), whereas working expenses totalled £41,392 (£20,051 a year earlier). The gross profit is £10,964, as against £9,199.
When the undertaking started about two years ago, it comprised only nine buses, but in March last it consisted of 35 vehicles, 26 being Daimlers and nine of Dennis make. They carried 7,781,933 passengers over a distance of 952,000 miles. The fuel consumption of the buses works out at approximately 5 m.p.g.
LOSS TURNS TO PROFIT AT BRADFORD.
DURING the year ended March 31 last, Bradford Corporation's tramways department, which runs tramcars, trolleyhuses and motorbuses, made a trading profit of £4,957, against a loss of £41,221 during the previous 12 months.
The trams made a profit of £19,287, against a loss of £21,528 in the previous year ; the motorbuses earned a profit of £937, against a loss of £7,997, but the trolleybuses incurred a loss of £15,463, an increase of £3,513 on the previous year's deficit.
£61,000 SURPLUS AT GLASGOW.
GLASGOW Corporation's three transport systems, motorbuses, tramcars and subway, brought in a net profit of £61,324 in the year ended May 31, as compared with £24,689 in 1932-33. The bus section, however, showed a deficit of £42,178 (£87,842 a year ago). The subway deficit was £31,751 (£40,276 in the previous year). On the other hand, the surplus on the tramways was £135,253, as compared with £152,809 in 1932-33. The tramways revenue amounted to £2,122,026, the previous year's result being £2,115,581.
SOUTHPORT'S PROFITABLE BUSES.
TN the annual report of Mr. T. J.
Kendrew, engineer and manager of Southport Corporation's transport undertaking, it is shown that the total revenue from the buses during the year ended March 31 last amounted to £57,533, representing 11.599d. per busmile, which was .296d. higher than last year. Working expenses amounted to £42,297, or 8.654d. per bus-mile, leaving a gross profit of £14,606, an increase of £2,800 as compared with the previous year's figure.
The total miles run were 1,190,458, an increase of 90,431 over the previous year's result. There was also an increase of 876,418 in the total number of passengers carried, the total having advanced from 7,351,889 to 8,228,307. The cost of repairs to the buses increased from 1.026d. to 1.184d. per bus-mile.
£44,000 PROFIT AT NEWCASTLE.
THE excellent profit of £43,799 was earned in the year ended March 31 last by Newcastle Corporation's transport undertaking. The figure for 193233 was £36,782.
The 112 buses of A.E.C., Daimler, Guy, Leyland and Dennis makes brought in an income of £213,264, an increase of some £8,000 on the result for the year earlier, and the net profit was £20,824 (£15,582 in 1932-33). On the other hand, the trams earned a net profit of £16,105 (£16,028 a year earlier). The total revenue for the year was £665,541, as compared with £649,967, and the working expenses were £511,201. (£504,364 in the previous 12 months). The transport mans., ger is Mr. T. P. Easton.