LUGGAGE RACKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 6

LUGGAGE RACKS.

Tlie council of the Chamber of Commerce has drawn the Transport Board's attention to the practicability of having luggage racks in our trams. Mr. Ford's reply that luggage should be carried in the rear motorinen's compartment is not a practicable one, especially when seven (or more) are standing on the platform. And as for the position of bell cords and lighting equipment,'surely provision could be made for erection of luggage racks.' Luggage does not necessarily mean touring requisites. We appreciate all the improvements in cars like 170, but the new type of lighting and strap-holders introduced, are 110 more useful than those at present in use, and there is plenty of space for luggage—shopping would be a bettor term—racks. With skilled craftsmen the board should be able to find a way to include racks. It is too much to still expect the public to put shopping under a seat, on a wet and unclean floor. And a shopper standing has nowhere to put parcels. Harassed conductors push their way through crowded cars, and passengers have- to bear being pushed this way and then the other with their parcels perilously held. It is not always convenient to get a car before rush hours, and even in pre-rush hours a car can be growded. Before lonp we will have Christmas on; u's,: .with its valuable presents, crowded trams, gift-loaded passengers, conductors working hard under difficult conditions and "pirate" short-trip riders. Is the board going to modernise its trams usefully and relieve the aforementioned conditions, or are we to again shop under existing conditions, because modern lighting and bell cords cannot be otherwise installed? TRAMRACK.