SMALL DETAILS

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 225, 21 September 1915, Page 8

SMALL DETAILS

THAT COUNT FOR MUCH. J SffJCECTIOX UK A TRAVELLER. An uWrrant tr»io])rr through tli Ha.-.I Mate* and ( nn.i.i.i cn:il,l h,ird!\ n I in noti.-c (Mini:* ~f intercut trhi." ■ U'lit profitably I-γ turned in account Ui ■>.inßrr cimntnc. (in hi» ri-iurn by th" j 'akura. Mr. Th. I* S,i,rv»cr" ra r..uih hi. notebook for the informe lion of a rrjiorfcr. The gnatr-t ,-ontra.t to condition at p, ov ail in Auckland, -.i.d the rr j irnH trncller. nu ln tlio matter v ! •trrot lighting. Any Canadian rily, anil m.mr of the to«nv c-a.ily outd'nl our r;tv ir thi« rnnnrrtiun. ' Up in • titnrcif tiir .a-c of a to«n with a pnpii lation of 3.000, which ran mi dfctric »ri<-inr at »n annual profit of n.fXXI dol \ah prr annum, bmidci ppttinß it* strict light thrown in. Durintf the iUvt mr- thr power nai fold to factories and t!ip revrnue no derivrd wag, in conjunction »it!i reenpt-i from hou»eholdi>m. moro tlian enough to fin«n.o flip whole of the street lighting. If Quppn Street were in Canada, it would be a Maze of lifst from d;nk till nearly d n «n. Then- la a rule throughout the Anieri can Continent th.it when a tram car Mops at one of the specified places all tralfic on « heels at that particular point niu<t atop. Mr. De Schryvcr «tate« that this appeam to ln> an excellent rule for preserving the safety of the road. Again at stopping places a white line is drawn parallel with the mil«, and intending passenger* "ho wait within tliat f>pac<knotv they are perfectly safe from vehicular traftlc. The Amorii nn» lime adopted the practice of erecting siznpo.st< marked, "safety first," as reminders to the travelling 'public. These are to be ecru in all d-.rectione. On hie return to Auckland, Mr. T)>- \ Schryver observed that small drinking fountains had been erected in various parts of the city. Thin reminded him that in Portland, t'.S.A , the drinkirijj fountains (which were the gift of a Mr. Benson) were humoroiblv called "Benson's cocktails." Portland is in the dry State of Maine.

The up-to-date method of marking tho names of streets also uppoaled to the traveller. At each intersection of streets in tho larger centres were posts with ornamental bronze cross-pieces containing tho name of each street leading away from the corner. Thc«e wore plainly soon in tho daytime, while at ni;_;ht they were illuminated. ,