Physical description

Photocopy - 16 sheets report - "Proposed New Tramway Lines - upon which the Trust has been asked to Report With a View of Constructing and Operating the Same in Connection with its Undertaking" by the Prahran Malvern Tramways Trust - dated August 1915.



Reports on possible tramways:



Toorak Road - Prahran to Burke Road Hawthorn - 1.85miles

Glen Eira Road - Murrumbeena Railway station to Barkly St St Kilda - 5 miles

Brighton and Moorabbin - Glen Huntly Road to Sandringham - 7.4 miles

South Melbourne and St Kilda - Princes Bridge - 4.85 miles

Princess St and Willsmere Road Kew - 1 mile.

Tooronga Road Malvern - 1 mile

Brighton Road St Kilda - .83 miles



Looks at the population required to justify tramways, income per head, cost of construction and operation, each line and how it fits with the necessary criteria for a profitable operation.



Appendix looks at existing tramways, population statistics, and tramways performance in other cities.



Photocopy made from original documents.



.1 - Original copy from donation of Norm Cross added 10-9-2018 - complete with stapled blue cover, and fold out appendix sheet.

Inscriptions & markings

Has the stamp on the rear of the first page "The property of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Ltd."



On the top right hand corner of the second page, has the stamp "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board"