THE WIDENING OF PRINCES STREET.

Evening Star, Issue 3595, 31 August 1874, Page 3

THE WIDENING OF PRINCES STREET.

To the Editor. Sir, —May I solipit the assistance of yoqr sharp pen tp write a nuisance that, is growing apace in opr City ? The cr wds that hang about our corners are bad enough, but. when entire famili-.s walk in a line across pur rather narrow pavements, it i i time this annoyance was removed To .-iugle or double pede trians this practice jg singularly annoying, as they have continually to hop-the-gutter on to the road, looking out for an opportunity to return to the pavem- nt at a less crowded state of affaii s The nuiaunce is more apparent at the conclusion of one of the many miid performances that come off periodically, and which are a-soei-with tea and other miid stimulants. On Saturday evenings the pavements are sp blpcked up tjiat it would b- Wfel] for our police to be instructed on tfie aqbjeck—l app tyc., , Move On. Dunedin, August 27. [ >o doubt our correspondent’s complaint is a continually growing evil with the growth of population, and can only be met h y the custom adopted in. London r-nd other English cities-of keeping the right Land't the Wall, and half the footpath being given to each of the two‘streams of pedestrian*) going in opposite direction*. Monopoly of the toptpath is a sure sign of a bringing-up among boors,—Kp. ‘ E.S.’j 1