Section of Annual Report Covering the Activities of the Various Companies in 1937
In the section of the annual report of the Municipal Council cover Ing. the activities of the various Public Ulility Companies during 1997, chief interest centres in the reports supplied by the various Com~ panies, extracts from which are appended:—The China General Omnibus Ca., Ltd.
The year 1937 was the most critical in the history of the Company, With the "outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostilities In and around Shanghai during August, the Company suffered Avsevere setback og the result of the Closiniz of the Eastern and Northern flistrlets, following a hasty evacua-ion of! residents to other parts of the. Settlement, "The Company's services North of Soochow Creek and East of Garden Bridge had: perforce to be suspended from the middle of August and, apart from the resumption of the service to the North Station in December, conditions did not permit of a return normal operation when the year closed, trio Construction Thirty Trolley Buses were converted from solid to pneumatic tyres during the year, thereby bringing the total number of vehicles so converted up to 73, Sino-Japanese hostilities broke out in August since when it has not been possible to operate any Tram Trolley Bus services in the Eastern and Northern districts, At the close fof the year the service in operation was equivalent to about forty per cent, of normal, Buildings and plant were practically undamaged despite the fact that two of the Company's properties are situated in the Eastern District where good deal of fighting took place. Overhead Wires and equipment, particularly In the Eastern and Northern districts, were extensively damaged and repairs are now being effected. Permanent Way Track was damaged various sectors but not to any serious extent, excepting in Boundary Road where about one hundred yards of double track will require to be renewed: The Company's residential flats in the Eastern district were footed and left in a state of disorder.
While the material loss due to local hostilities will amount to a con siderable sum, it will be fragmentary compared with the Company's. loss The following are some statistics for the year 1937, with corresponding Ngures For the previous year. should be remembered that any com ison of "vehicle. miles run" and messengers carried" for those two years hay been vitiated by reason: Seriously restricted operations due to Tocat hostilities, vonfele hi woraoce2 9.0 Operation Matesngete Curried 112.0200 omasaNT
Shanghat Gay Company, Ltd.
As a consequence of intense aerial bombardment and shell fire in the vicinity of the Yangtszepoo Works, and the. resulting intimidation of Chinese employees, it was imperative fo shul down the plant on August 16, The supply of gas was re-established on September 8, when the gos sold was only 40 per cent, of the corresponding sales during '1936, The Company also suffered a loss of appliances and equipment, the value which ly estimated at $50,000. The damage to the Company's plant was slight, although the gasholders nar= rowly escaped being hit by bombs and shell fre.
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