MOORE STEPS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 502, 8 May 1909, Page 10

MOORE STEPS.

, Sir, that tlio Mayoral election, is Over may I• ask, you to lay/boforo tho now Mayor niul . councillors tio version of .a death-trap' ■situated oif Thonidon Quay. If it jg ; not remedied soon "it will oOst-the council and 1 city thousands of pounds m damages.- What 1 allude to are tho stfips leading in to Mcturoa gfcroot, called -Moofo Steps—l r think it was misspelt/and ineftnb "tooro' stops." first, tho steps ate half wood and ;bal£ oonctoto, and vory'slippery in wetwcailiov. Thcte is 1 hand-rail on: each sido, which luW projecting- on 'fop nails half driven in, which mako ■it rough to 'hold 7 on- .with,. 'Second,uasedther

side of these steps there are rubbish and tins, oven broken bottles. Third, at tho foot of thoso stops is a high ooncroto wall, with no railing to stop pooplo from walking over it, and onco over tho wall you find vourself in tho sower. ■ Thoro cannot bo any drainage these steps,', for. thoro is continually in summer weather water running down. I would suggest that your roporter visit'tho locality and inspect for himself, but do not let him eo aftor dark, for thoro is no light at all on tho steps, or in tho street. The ircaresj. light ia tho tramway, traflk. :.Trusting "during tUe day or, two to see some improvement, I am, etc., „ CONSTANT' USER.