LIGHTING THE KAIPARA TRAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8, 10 January 1902, Page 2

LIGHTING THE KAIPARA TRAIN.

(To the Editor.) Sir --Admitting we are not perfect, there are nevertheless such obvious little "things" that certainly m a new century, as we have recently entered into, should be attended to by the man in position, say, our Hon Mr Ward, Minister for Railways, and no doubt that gentleman must have travelled, and also on far better railways than we have here, and if so he must no doubt have remarked that it does not matter, whether day or night, but that in all other countries the carriages are lighted when passing under a tunnel. That they should be lighted, and why, is unnecessary here to point out for all cases, but I will single out only one, and which has came under my observation a lev. times. That I have seen many children, especially, and also grown-up females, not only to be frightened at entering that black hole, but I have seen children go into a fit for being all at once shut up into pitch darkness, and will point out that it has on some a very nasty and lasting effect on the sensitive nerves, which may be the outset of other nervous troubles in after years. As I have said above, I will not enlarge on examples, but it may prove fatal in other ways—say a drunken brute or villain may play some of his nasty tricks in the dark. I hone that in future trains will be lierhtcd when passing a tunnel either day or night, Por instance, the midday train from Helensville to Auckland, and vice versa, should be lighted at Swanson. and lights put out at Waitakerei or Tnupaki, and so vice versa also. T don't see if 'the night train is lighted why the midday, while nnssiu"- the tunnel, should not be also ..S.MWI.—T am. etc.. PATER ET PA_,nLIA.