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WELLINGTON TRAMS.

AMEIiIC'AX VISITOU I'OIXTH OL'T UANOKHS. fl'er Press Association. 1 WKLLINOTOX, Feb. 10, An American vhttor, HI Iht l'ost re the Wellington electric *&r.yice, says : "I would direct attention to what appeurs a serious danger with upper-deck care. Jf any exciting street evont should cause , tnote on top to 'project their heads over the rail on the side on which the poles ore, wMlo the car is In rapid motion, Wellington's population , would certainly be decree «>d by tho number of heads wPprojected. There certainly should be an extension to ,a greater height of the guard than that wbich now exists. I hope, however. on my next visit to Wellington, to seo no "top-dockers." Except in the antiquated ugly cars in llobart, ■li do not know any city in Australasia or America where these cars have not long since been done away with. In this connection it would. X think, be satisfactory to the cilizena to know what would hapjiun to passengers on, tho top deck if a /■live" overhead wire broke, and

Cunio writhing like a serpent amongst Uieiu. In uny latere city, where trafllc is heavy, wires da break, and to be so exposed to them as people are on tho top of a car doe# not soein a desii-aWe thing." iteferring to conductors, he wuys : |"On top-deckers, with a double 'set of passongers to deal with, the strain on one man Is too great, and thoy cannot be held morally i-cuton-sij-e for any accident, while thoy are on top taking fares, riving change, etc. I Imvc never Ix'fore seen u service so hard upon conductors—collecting far™, tickets be,ow " und " witchin *

, visltor i 8 practical in his remarks, but he has evidendy not .vet visited Auckland, , where the double-decker is in daily ,use. Ihe danger from a "live" .wiic, which he |*>ints out, is roullr the more serious of tho two, and it js probably only tt question of time. V scrio "" nwident arise* i« WeHington f™"

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 2

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WELLINGTON TRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 2

WELLINGTON TRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 2

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