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Chester Tramways Company

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168:. The Improvement Act of 1884 gave the company the option of either contributing £1,000 towards freeing the tolls, or paying £85 per annum to Chester Corporation until 1899 The fares were set at 3d (equivalent to £1.53 in 2023) inside or 2d outside irrespective of distance, but the inside fare was reduced to 2d (equivalent to £1.14 in 2023) once the bridge toll was abolished on 1 January 1885. 174:
The operation of the tramway was not initially an overwhelming commercial success. In addition to the tramway it also operated a fleet of 19 horse buses. This required the company to maintain a stable of 76 horses, each with an average life of around 6 years. The average price of a horse was £33
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The Chester Tramways Company was incorporated in 1878 with powers to construct a standard-gauge 2 miles 30 chains (3.8 km) tramway from the General Station to Curzon Street in Saltney. Construction started in 1878 and on 28 May 1879 the route was inspected by Major General
175:(equivalent to £4,500 in 2023). A permanent staff of six men and a boy were employed just to look after the horses. The financial position changed around 1885 when John Gardner was appointed manager and the company managed to pay a dividend to the shareholders. 156:
on 21 June 1879. The initial purchase of 8 Eades Patent Reversible tramcars was soon found unsatisfactory, and these were replaced by eight cars constructed locally by Mr Kerneen. The fleet increased slightly over the years, and eventually numbered eleven tramcars.
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Under the Chester Corporation Act of 1901, the council took up its option to purchase the assets of the company. It did this for a cost of £18,000 (equivalent to £2,468,332 in 2023), and services continued as
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The tramway company sold car number 5 to Hughes & Lancaster who converted it to run on compressed air and tested it on the streets of Chester, but it did not prove satisfactory.
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c. clxxiv), to pay to the Dee Bridge Commissioners an annual sum for the use of
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John Gardner 1885 (formerly employed by Liverpool United Tramways) - 1901
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R.E. of the Board of Trade and declared fit for operation.
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The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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The company was required by the Chester Tramways Act 1878 (
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International Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition
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Gill, Dennis (1952). "Chester Tramways 1879 - 1930".
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and the Castle. This was extended to Curzon Street,
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South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam
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Retail Price Index
"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)"
MeasuringWorth
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Gill 1952
"Presentation to the Chester Tramway Company's Late Manager"
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