Tramears in America.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 156, 5 July 1887, Page 7

Tramears in America.

WtoßO In the,"Queen" of thetramcar intern in -America, a lady says:-" The tUine, jamming, Cramming of American tons is their liiost revolting feature ; no Wt is "put 'upon, iheii- carrying capacity Hie the absolute impossibility of forcing another entrance therein. After the seats we crowded ffie centre fills np. Often tins centre is So tightly wedged with passengers that a clozeii different breaths fan ones cheek, and if an incautious foot is lifted it becomes almost impossible to find space to pot it. down again..- I "say this advisedly, for I have:«j)crte%ced it a hundred times, and mine is an American foot. J3reat loops otleatk hang from the roof of an American horSe-eaitpendant there for the express convemeßce.ofpMsengers who cannot have Eeaia; and who find it impossible to maintain theiteqnilibrium amid the joltings and sudden and frequent stoppings of the car. Enfcfor thenetfer-failing good-humour and perfect politeheS of the Americans, cKsagreeafale indidehfe and remarks .would be msed by this wretched state of things, jterinmylife in America, however, and lire my life, did I ever jp a hfcfr.ftord. or see an ill-bred act occasioned by. .the miseries of horse-car ttaT«l.'i>"i^aghter,-;jpk'es, arid apologies meet every bound ahct'lunge of the tram. Ad everybody is ttpon the sdine denldcratic leveL , ': v,-~^ -vi ~_ „....,..,;,„,