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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4027, 24 November 1881, Page 2

(To the Editor of the Evjsning oiab.)

Sib,—l beg to draw attention to the present state of the road and footpath at the lower end of Burke street. Where the Waiotahi culvert crosses the road the footpath is not filled in, and the ends of the culvert being left open renders it a dangerous trap for unwary pa«sengen who may be returning to their homes during the dark evenings which we have just now. During the time of last night's flood more than one pedestrian came full butt against the flume crossing the foot* path, and in their endeivor to find their way by the highway fell headlong over the calvert end, a few paces from my door. Iv the interest of humanity I felt com* pelled to stand with a lamp till after 10 o'clock to prevent more accidents occurring, some of which might hare been more serious than those alluded" to.—l am, &c,

Geob&e Waite.

in 1830 not a single] locomotive engine had been built in America. The first two ' -■ were brought from England that year. The number of locomotive engines in use January Ist, 1879, was 16,445, valued at 164,450,000. dollars; the number of cars, including palace and freight cars, was about 300,000, which, at a low 'estimate, woWd cost 60,000,000 dollars. About one tenth of thoso now running „ must have been rebuilt probably fire times - since ] 830, at a cost of 382,225^000 dollars, making a total of 1,146,675,000 dollars, or about twic6 as much as England liaa ■ invested in ships. Besides this we have built locomotive engines for extsorfc to all parts of the world, Of all those used in the English colonies, from 85 to 99 per cent, were built in the United States. Since 1870 we have exported 25,000,000 dollars in locomotive engines, and double that amount in cars—Scientific AmerU can. : ■■■ < Superfluous r-" Aud so you learn dancing, Bob ? And how do you like raising?" "Oh, it's not bad; I cm manage very well by myself; but I ihiu!; £ girl'sfather' in t!;« way! "