TRAMS AND THE BANK CORNER.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18405, 11 June 1925, Page 9

TRAMS AND THE BANK CORNER.

to tm anemia «» "tarn jsm*." Sir,—l have wad for some days p*st letters regarding Tramway matte**, and my sonso of dismay has grown -apnea. Finally, the decision of th* astnoritans to grant ike tram s*•&*ouoe oror the motor in the matter of passing "the Bulk corner "between «*rtain so obviously ibe tram » the cause of congestion--has stirred me to write*. Can Cbristcharch never see bevond its own shadow-? Look at the -Mums ■of the -world—is so lesson to b» drawn from vthorn? Sorely this—that tW doom of thetwan is inevitable; and tko postponement of its doom by artificial measures most entail a greater fJnan* cial crash when the end comes. Let those in authority be bold, and expbro i»ew fields. When a track is «tn «ot, instead of expending money in renew at, with the attendant inconveniences, surap it —and put motor-buses on the route. Instead of pouring out mooe? in building new trams, form a fleet ot -mobile, cojnfortablo, oa<vxßaa-ap«rated--type motor-buses. These Board Abases, properly managed, without tram eoaapetmon, and "with their own intrinsic advantages, will <lraw a larger travelling public than the trams «ver did; and they will pay. The numerical strength of these buses, with consequent lover coats, combined with economic maaatfiimmt and rednetion of the personnel of the Board, should beep private boar* in check—Tonrs, etc., HEXAXE.