THE TRAMWAY BOARD.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11487, 21 January 1903, Page 6

THE TRAMWAY BOARD.

If it is important to get a large vote oa ti». Greater Christchureh proposal, it is eqmlhj important that the electors sliould Ufa) especial pains u> select good imd, optbl* ltpresi.ntatives for the Tramway- Board. That body is constituted for the purpote tf ; constructing and working tramways worth from £259.000 to £350.000. If "any. mi,.' U»kes are it is the ratepayers who will have to bear the cost of those mi*. takes. hi their own interests, we hro» that t-hr-y will nuke ;l j H >int of voting, nod of voting for men who can be trusted to carry out a busitfss woik of this nxigiu". tude. Obviously what is wanted is not the ordinary vote-snatching candidate for office, ready to make any promisee or pander to any organisation, to secure his eW tion. We wart on Mich a Board oapabU busines-s men, who have made a. BucceW of other commercial undertakings with which they have been connected, and who, for their credit's sake, will spare fio etort to make the fhriUohuicli tramways an object lesson in tho shape of successful municipal enterprise. It fortunately hap. pens that candidates of this class bay» been induced to come forward, albeit in many cases at some sacrifice to thtir own interests. We hope thut they will ba elected by substantial majorities. U through the apathy of those who profew to desire that our municipal affairs should be better looked after they should be r«- ? jected, it would be a decided set-back to the cause of municipal reform, from which vet should not soon recover. It will probably be impossible to get such men to ofito themselves for municipal office of any krnd ia tlie future.