NOMINA QUID FACIUNT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 4

NOMINA QUID FACIUNT.

"OUR TRAMWAYS." . Sir,—Following upon' my letter of , tho 24th instant,-'ana tho renvirAs- attributed to Mr. Townsend > .;:w issuo of. s,;uno date, 1 should like, to asl< Mr.' Tteirasend what lie means by tl." ft'Jawj.ng: sentence:—"Of course, tho Glasgc- -ffilectric Tram system was tho best in thi : world, but in many of tho cities tho old-fashioned methods wero still pursued—they moved so slowly at Homo." Does Mr. Townsend mean to convey that electric tramways aro not general in tho towns and cities in Great Britain and Ireland, and that Glasgow is an exception ? If so, it is a misreprentation'of tho facts, as such tramways are to bo found in all flio principal cities and towns (many of which belong to tho municipalities), and they aro equal in every respect to the tramway systems of other countries, and superior 'to some. 1 have lately travelled upon electric tramways in Australia, India, Egypt, Italv France, England, Scotland, Ireland, tho United States, and Canada, and I saw none better than those to bo found in tho Old Country; in fact, I would give tho first place to the municipal tramways of Bournemouth, extending for about ten miles from Christchurch to I'oolo, as being the most comfortable, and best worked of any I became acquainted with. Tho London County Council has a long lino from Aldwych to Highgatc, and thero aro many other lines running from tho fringe of tho Metropolis to distant suburbs! besides which. Mr. Townsend has apparently overlooked tho oxtensivo system of underground electric railways in London.— I am, etc., A. S. ALDIIICH. J/araparauimi, January 27. P.S.—Notwithstanding tho imputation of moving slowly, the Old Country manages to get everything worth having, as soon as, or sooner than other people; although it is truo that she has not yet got compulsory arbitration, and I nin not quito suro that New Zealand has. A. S. A.