TAKAPUNA TRAMWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 71, 24 March 1915, Page 7

TAKAPUNA TRAMWAYS.

- - _ (To the Editor.) --.Sir,—Mr. George George wrote yon a Tetter which* was higldy appreciated "by the unfortunate travellers on the Takapuna trams, but on the pachydermatous hide o» the directors and manager it has produced no effect whatever, for the other night at least one hundred and twenty persons left Auckland by the lp.lo boat, and th c accommodation provided for these at Bayswater was one car. You can imagine the crushing and. crowding, and as for not riding on the platforms, which a notice informs you ie forbidden, passengers actually had to sit or stand on the steps. The conductors absolutely refused to attach another car, although one stood ready lighted on the rails, and no doubt they carried out their orders. Now, sir, there must be some remedy for of thmge. The company was fined for overcrowding their little steamer; cannot they be similarly dealt with in regard to the trams? This state of things has become a public scandal, and must be abated. Mr. George refers to the difficulty of getting a seat at tn e Clifton Koad stopping place. What must it be i then at the penny section? Why, sir it is an absolute fact that I have "not had a seat from this stopping place to Bayswater three times since December 20th by the 8,15 a.m. tram, and have had , mostly to stand on the platform, and vet your full fare is taken with fte utmost 'complacency By the company.—l am | etc "- S. '