OUR RAILWAY OFFICIALS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2578, 19 January 1889, Page 2

OUR RAILWAY OFFICIALS.

TO THK EIUTOK. Snt, —As an instance of the way in which our extremely civil servants attend to the wishes of the public, allow me to mention a circumstance that occurred on Tuesday Jast, when Mr Hudson was inspecting the Cambridge railway station. lam a humble cartel , and had the audacity to address the magnifico and say, •' I beg your pardon sir, I believe you are the General Manager." He turned round abruptly and said, " Yes, I'm Mr Hudson, and if you've any complaint to make speak to the station-master or the porter." 1 said I had no complaint to make that they would be able to settle, but begged to draw his attention to an iron plate used in the goods shed, tolling him that it was a slippery nuisance and would be the means of breaking some man's leg one day, I knowing of one or two narrow escapes. Mr Hudson showed me a way of using the plate which would ensure safety, but at the same time do away with tho utility of it so far as moving heavy cases is concerned, as a crane or tackle, neither of which are in tho goods shed, would bo required. I then pointed out that at the expense of one .shilling, any blacksmith, by boring two holes in tho plate and finding two bolts could make the thing practically useful and perfectly safe, and, moreover, offered to defray the expense myself. Mr Hudson haughtily turned to me saying, "You've got tho same here that they have all over New Zealand, and you'll get nothing else." "Then" said I " I've done." lam a practical man, carting for many years, with experience of hauling goods in sheds u , on wharves, and although comparatively u poor man, cannot help feeling a sensation of pride when I rofleet that .1 am helping to keep Messrs Maxwell, Hudson, and others of our extremely civil servants. —I am, ftc.

Carter. Cambridge, January 13th, ISB9.