AN EXPRESS TRAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 350, 10 May 1928, Page 8

AN EXPRESS TRAM

Sir, — I would like to draw attention to the “gallop” I had on a tramcar the other night. It was bound for Edendale terminus, and apparently was late. I boarded the tram in question at the Wyndham Street stop, and from there to Symonds Street section it j took its course in an exemplary manner. It goes without saying that an i Edendale tram at this time of night

is packed to suffocation, and from the time the tram left St. Paul’s Church, Symonds Street, it took only 11 minutes to reach the terminus —a journey which should I believe occupy 25 minutes from Customs Street. Round the curves we went with all the straphangers spinning like a lot of tops. When a woman with a tiny child in arms wished to alight certain members of the giddy throng were considerate enough to shout to the driver to “hang on a bit” while she got out. One man held her until she was practically off the tram in case she should be thrown out by the tram careering off again before she was safe. Ringing the bell had very little effect unless one pressed it about thre© normal stops before one wanted to alight. 1 am not a nervous person, for I like to travel at a good rate, but I do not (and I don’t think many people do) like tearing round dangerous curves in a tram at a breakneck speed. BUSINESS WORKER.