SHOPKEEPERS & THE CARS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 4

SHOPKEEPERS & THE CARS

■ COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CUBA | ; STREET SEfIVICE. ; About thirty Cuba and Vivien Streets shopkeepers, representing soft goods, I inorcery, meat, drugs, furniture, j;roc- , cry, crockery, ~ icere cajled toj Rctlicr yesterday to consider ivliat should best be done to improve tlio electric car service by way ot Cubn Street. ■ Mr. Wm. Allan, of Vcitdh and Allan, 1 who was appointed to-the chair, said that thev had been called together in ' connection with the tramway service as J far as it concerned Cuba Street. There i was no doubt that Cuba Street was badly served, and then- customers liftd , complained bitterly about tile poor ser- _ vice there was through the town by : way of Cuba Street. The gh.! ; t through service that went by. way of Cuba J Street were the liionidon-'Newtown j cars, which only provided-a ten mill-: j ntes' service. The Walinee Street ser- . vice was all very well as far as it t went, but as it came from -the General i Post Office, it'was no use to bring ; people from the Thorn'dem end to . Cuba Street. Tho i meeting united < and unanimous in the opinion that- the busy thoroughfare was badly screed by the ' cars. ; Oise shopkeeper said that the Karori- , Newtoin cars used to run through Cuba Street, but these had been cut I out. ! Mr. Allan mentioned that tlie Island > Bay cars used also to run by way of ■ Cuba Street.- ,r..,.,. j Finally, after a general discussion, it ■was decided that a deputation sltoald I wait- upon the Mayor respectinß the , biiha. Street trumwa.y service at tlw _■ eui-liest opportunity. It was left in 3 the hands of Mr. Alljtyi to make the . necessary arrangements. ; Complaints Answered. : Soon with reference, to these complamts, tho Mayor-(Mr. J. P. Luk's^ 3 stated that there was bo intention et , uoiiiK the Cuba Street pcorie ao.T' 3 injustice and he did not know that - any had been done. 'Oiert were special 1 r? 1 ' 5 ,i rou S ll1; ""to town for use on the , brook yu line during rush hours which ;, travelled via Courtenny Place, but otherwise he did not know of any weakness in that section. Mr. M. Cable, tramways traffic hi- ! specter, stated that tlie sjiopkee-pprs of 2 Cuba Street were mistaken. > Tlio ser--3 -vico was as good to-day nk it over had i been. It was, as stated, a ten 'laiiiutirs' i service in tho forenoon, but from wxtfi - to 8 p.m. daily there, was a five min- • "t es son-ice by way of Cuba Street, > J. he Ivarori cars could Hot travel j through Cuba Street, as they had to go through the Mount Victoria tuii--5 nel, but in the alteration of the itineraries Cuba Street had not suffered/ Is--3 land Bay cars had never ran via Cuba Street as long as he (Mr. Cable) had 1 been connected with tho tramway ser--2 vice. There had never been ajiy' more J cars running by way β-f Cuba "Street • than thero were at present. Tlio trou- . bio with Cuba Street was tho altera-j ' tion of the sections. At our time j swarms of people used t-o take the cars at Veitcb and Allan's corner, becanao 1) the long penny section \to % toj> of Newtown commenced tlioro, but after 1 the alteration was made in the-sectimis 2 which made the journey from Veitc-h j j| and Allan's to John Street, one sc.ctiuu, " and boyond that to the end of the Newtown lino another, tlie traffic had been ; moro equitably adjusted, and Bvrhain- ' pore, and Island Bay tars got- their '; own people, wliercas before many of :,' them used to take the Xowtown ears, - to get the advantage of the ioiig section. ")\'e notired the change atj • once," said Mr. Cable, "unci doubtless the Cuba Street people do'jint-see tlie crowds they used to at the corner where tho section commoners." ]

To-morrow (Saturday) n Ereat ■rinrofurvod ■) sale of furniture will bn held al Mfssrs, Fielder and Co.'s pppmifps, 'l.')-t7 Manners - Street, by Jlessrs. Uriflitiis.aml Co., Ltd.' ; The contract lias been accepted for k\w e predion of new prcmipc> for tho ric'Mircs, ; Ltd.,' so it is imperative that everything ; I must be sold without reserve. TKp sate . ! commences at 11 a.m., and tho catalogue :. includes Ibe balance of the stack of ear- -, pets, linoleums curtains, sviilcs of fn.rrij- ;. turc, sideboards, cnbinet.s, couches, chairs , innumerable, wooden single and double >, bedsteads, iron bedsteads, sinyle and double card tables, dining tables in ereot :1 variety, etc; Included in tlw sale of i furniture will bo the premises for iiiutia- ;. diuto removal. Details appear in our :. auction advertisement columns. , Tho first issue of "John Bull, Jr.," ', is elsewhere announced as being en siilu.:i* - all booksellers and newsagents, Tii» paper e contains thirty-two pages uf !>rii;iit and ; entertaining news matter, cnrteans, and ; specially contributed articles, 'i'h<> pricb 1 per copy is one pouny.