KELBURNE TRAMWAY CONDITIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5

KELBURNE TRAMWAY CONDITIONS.

'j^Sir.-r-On'■'• .the : /Kelburne v,Tramway.>\-.on 'Thursday/;{ast;/a iady. was; knocked- down and :wTi^ly';-hiirtv"^Ste'-. , .'wasV;ijitßndiig'. to i board ; the /down'; oar; waiting/ in the shci.provided for that/ purpose/at the./Talayera. stoppinjj-plaoe : .■//• When: it' did;, come ./it, was on the.-far/.side front : the/shed,) and did not stop'.opposlte-'the 1 stationj-compelling the lady/to. follow'it; down ,'the-incline, .and; undoing so,;'she. : w»s-stru'ck.;by the ascending-car, thrown.' down;/ and/dragged -several 'yards before the.car could be brought,to a standstill.. She .was severely shaken and bruised; and' escaped / by v the "merest;. chance' being, thrown under'. the .wheels. I understand' that already, one.man; has-been killed at ■ this stopping-place'./ ■:-•• Surely ■ our :. city father's,do not;require. several l deaths before- their/eyes : 'are;'opened to • .the fact that' this service/ isi.still being /carried on.ih" its/original'eiperimental-form, i.e.;/ with;;archaic ..cars for/'level; ' going,, and ■■ without,;;.: a -.•: safe/Vlevel; -plat-: .form-at ..either .of./.the. terminal;/stations of'at .anyof tte'tiuterihediate 'stopping-' places/- .-Passengers.-/ are -.-' compelled... to; scramble/ in,by. means/of. slippery -steps, set.-at; a' sharp/angle;': into/cars 'With .floors, and -seats Isetxso 6teeply /thatrthose/on/the/ upper; seats .'are in.imminent clanger of .''be; ing pitched upon those below as the cars ■take, their/.-jerky*way upward. .././When wishing' to 'alight,-they scramble!out; on to-"the;roadway•■ or upon slippery: boards through/doors and; down'stops all set at an angle,: the grotesquenessof which'when compared/to .the/vertical - lines■;, of .the sheds; bridges, .and. tunnel ends', is laugh'-, .able,/were.'not/the' discomforts and: risks of.tnis'iribst imperfect line so;very/jinuch in i evidehce. : -I'am,.etc/,./;' •'.,-'■';' •■'/-.. % : 'r