OUR TRAMWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 17

OUR TRAMWAYS.

pit,—lt is gratifying to learn that tho ne.rf batch of cars to bo constructed aria to bo,of the favourite combination type, /and it'is'sincerely tovbo hoped that wo. ■ havo ■ seen .tho ■.construction of. tho' v last of tho so-called ''palace'" type.' In'jthis'.cpiincctipn can you say why standing/orders,'arc- not given to con-' ddc/tors that, during the hot weather, the'doors of theso "palaces'..''-, on the, "blind" side are-to kept open and tho wooden barrier let down instead, so as to/ensure a current of /sweet' air, as at present, it is hn' abbm.ina.tiou'.. to bo stuck -in ; these" contraptions, breathing tho fetid atmosphere engendered by the. overcrowding. Tho. system of letting- down tho barrier aforesaid at' present, seems to rest at the discretions orr'capric.e of-tho conductor, who more often than not is.-too tired or too busy. Also, thero is at tho top of Park Street a'pretty ,little plantation, with nicelycut grassland well-kept footpaths, but, strange to say, there is no means of ingress except by diving under, or climbing over, tho fence. Tho latter is palpably out of the question for elderly, people, and if a turn : stilo were erected mjuiy peoplo who cannot- climb to ; tho Queen's.Park .farther. on .could avail themselves of the shady spots afforded by./this nice little reserve. I beg -to cdmrnend'theso ; suggestions' to tho, respective committees of ; tho City' Council, arid hope they will bo .carried out.—l am/ etc.,;; .\y ..: "•■■■•...'. ■■ "■, ■■■•' A.J.