THE TRAMWAYS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 16

THE TRAMWAYS.

Iff tan. EDITOX 07 "TEE KISS." . Sir, —I had "not' intended to write fnrther. on these matters, but your anonymous correspondent "2id'' mates statements concerning the Cashmer& Hills special rating, area, and tho other rating areas, which are inaccurate and misleading." To say that This locality escaped any liability through a technicality is a misstatement., The members of the Cashmere Hills committee (amongst others) who dealt with the matter included Messrs -Arthur Smith, W. H. Winsor, Dan lieese, F. 0. Andrews, G. I. Mulcock, and G. M. Hall. Would 'any one of them stand for avoiding a contract? I think your anonymous correspondent should be a little more eureful before making such •a charge. If your correspondent- will write under his own name I will give a full statement of the whole position.— Yours, etc.,' A. F. WRIGHT. June 12th, 1925. TO THE EDITOR OP "'THE MESS." Sir, —Would it not assist conductors in the collection of fares involving change in halfpennies, as well as the Board, which stands to lose from such fares uncollected at rush hours, if there were notices posted up in all cars: "Please have your exact cash fare ready," or something to that effect? : I append an extract from "The Financial News," which has a certain bearing on the tramway problem; and I would draw the attention of your Ireaders particularly to the 'apt phrase, "The wheeled thunderstorm within their streets." —Yours, etc., : . . ' . " PROGKESS. Enclosure. '' Cannot the Ministry of Transport go further, and lay it down as a basic rule- that tho tramear no longer, represents, the last- or-best thing in passeng-. er transport? Starting from that premise, it would follow, that in cases of congested districts it would he in the public interest to scrap the tramear for something' nioro mobile, and driven by. the cheapest motive power in the world, petrol. One knows that the : only objection to this enlightened rule would come - from those local authori-ties-who have secured for tho wheeled thunderstorm within streetß an exclusive .field of operation. If their .opposition cannot be broken, it is time that , the Minister of Transport introduced a Bill into the House of Commons, •so that the interests of the travelling public shall prevail."