WORKERS' CARS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 50, 22 November 1907, Page 8

WORKERS' CARS.

". .TOO; MUCH, EXCLUSrVENESS. '•„ ". TRAMWAY SUGGESTIONS. The exclusiveness of " workers' cars " may perhaps be compared ~Xv\ -the divinity .-that hedges kings. -There is milch neod of a common, understanding' 1 among , conductors, workers, and -other citizens, both as to who is and who is. not a and the conditions under which less- favoured.mortals may ■> tTospass oii the toilers' special privileges. To pome extent this may be supplied as tho result of, a 'complaint which Councillor J. Godber brought before the City Council at its meeting yesterday. '■■:■■

Councillor Godbor; asked if it was not 'possible, to' have'Vcar at Man&watu station .when the's.lo p.m. train came in from the country. He ,had. been .there .ever,,so.mnny times, and found no .car: It .happened recently that ladies with children in their: arms were waiting; with: others, 'after tlie tniin came in, and for'somq.;time there no car. Then a tramcar arrived with four, people ■ in it, but those waiting were libt allowed to take seats in it because it was a workers' car. They waited seven minutes' longer, and then another car nrrivod, which was quite empty, but again tho guard would ' not permit them to get in,• hpcause it was , reserved for workers. They, had to walk to tho Government station in order to find a car in which they were allowed to ride. He asked if the conductors., had authority to forbid any class. of people getting into workers' cars. There was no the facts as ho had quoted them, ,for they had been witnessed by. two of his own. Ho did not know, the numbers of tho guards. Tho Mayor, said that in such; a case the guard should lie reprimanded or dismissed, nut as no nuinbor had been taken, nothing further could, be done in respect of this complaint. The rule .was that conductors miist notnllow any persons to use n workers' ; car to the detriment of workers; but it was only asinine of them to prevent people travelling.in tho cars when tltercweni no workers '■ using, thtnn. , ■ • Tw,o other suggestions wore made, for improvement of the citj tramway sorvico. Councillor SmitTi asked if .the engineer . , conld put on an extra car on the Botanical 1 Gardons section at 5.6 p.m. At the present 1 time, not half 1 tho people who desired to do so could travel homo at that time. , It was promised that the matter would be ' considered. ■ ■ ■ '— '■'.'... ' Councillor Smith miked if.tjio Aro Street ) section conld not be continned from fcbo ■) Albert Hotel for the rest of the distance iiite, . town without extra charges. All the people J got oiit at the hotel, ,aud the curs went on ' through the town .empty. In the snmo way, ' on the outward run, , people walked to the 5 Alhort Hotel to' catch the car. ' 3 The MaVorsaid that this was a matter which might well receive conaideration. ■