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MIDNIGHT GAS. i
j ilnley's Late Cars.
Council Met Tramways -Trust.
People who travel by the Unley, Park
side, and llydfi Park electric tramway
routes will be relieved to learn that the
threatened withdrawal bv the Tramways
Trust of the late caw unless the council
kept the thoroughfares traversed by ihem
lighted untd midnight, has been obviated.
A fortnight ago it wilh stated at a meet
ing of the council thai, the Trust appeared
lo be playing a game of bluff, and had no
right lo 'dictate to municipal authorities
\:\-\v they were to iriiimiuatr thvir streets.
The request was declared to be absolutely
unjustified, and the expeii.-'e of keeping ihe
main road lamps lighted later than at pre
sent was considered to be too heavy. In
fairneHs to the Trust it was pointed out
that that body wxs influenced by a Court
judgment in not wanting to run ran where
tlie roads were too daj-k to minimise the
r^k of accidents. The Trust met the
wishes of the council by postponing its in
tHition to reduce the late service after
February 1 until the couiiril had had an op
portunity to further consider the position.
At a ineetiriK of Unl«-y Council un Mon
day eveninc the Town Clerk reported that
he had consulted other municipal bodies,
and ascertained that the following unic
were observed for extinguishing lamps on
streets traversed by electric ears:~-St.
Peters and Hindinai'sJi, midnight; Tliobur
ton, 11 p.m.; Norwood, 12.30 a.m.; Payne
ham, 11 .HO p.m.; Hurnside, 11.30 p.m. Hy
direction of the Mayor a return w;us sub
mitted showing thai to extend the time
uf hghtiug one hour on the various elec
tric tramway routes with all present ex
empt nights would cost £51, and to ex
tend the. time of lighting until half an hour
before sunrise with present exempt nights
£90.
The works committee then reeoininemled
—?'That the lights on electric tram routes
be kept burniuR until 12 o'clock, and that
any deficiency due to the extended hours
be met by au increase in the lighting rate
next year.'
Aid. Cook, in moving that the recommen
dation of the committee should be adopt itl,
said the feeling of the council was th;if.
?he lighting should be extended. TJie ques
tion had, in fact, becu under consideration
on previous oucarions. It was not desired
that any of the back streets should suffer
by reason of tlie additional expense in
lighting the main thorough faro until mid
night, so (he qnertion of increased (''at
must be taken into consideration.
Or. Fail-brother seconded.
Cr. Gelston moved as nn amendment: —
'That the matter bo referred back lo the
committee, with a recommcmlation that
the lighting should bt prolonged until half
an hour before winrise.' It was bad
finance (o pay £51 fur nn hour's extra
lighting when for £,'i9 more they could pet
nn average of four and three-quarter hours.
(Aid. Lewis— 'When every one is in lied.')
It wto not a question of people being in
bed, but of municipal development. In
other Australian cities with a vnpuktion
as large as Unley the councils would not
do other than light the main roads until
half nn hour before Kunrise. In possibly
30 or 35 niplits during the year special --nrs
would be running on the principal routes
until after midnight.
Aid. Dollman seconded the mnendment,
and entirely agreed with Cr. (ItL-rton. In
a progressive city the mnin-road lamps
should be lit during the whole- of the iii-jlit.
Cr. Shannon said the council had only a
fortnight's extension of time from the
Trust, and the period expLp'd that evening.
They had to come to a decision without
further delay, otherwise the late cars would
be cut off. The reeonimendsition of tlie
committee, instead of being referred back,
should be adopted at one;1, and the con
tention of the amendment— if there was
anything in it—could receive further con
sideration at a later date. He did not.
however, believe in having what they did
not want, pimply because it was cheap.
That was the idea of the female bargain
hunter.
Aid. Lewis said it was quite properly
not intended to extend the lighting on
(Joodwood road, where a ramshackle horse
drawn conveyance under the name of a car
g.ive other traffic plenty of time to tret out
of it-e path. They were nut justified at
the prevent juncture in exteudiiv the time
of lighting apart, from the electric car
routes, and he thought the committee's re
commendation would niei't fill requirements.
The amendment was nepatived. Only I wo
hand? were raised in support of it. The
rer-ommtndation of the committee w.13
adopt ed.
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