A DANGEROUS CORNER.
:■,Sir,—Our .councillors..:: evidently..• think the Union Clothing Company's corner-of less value than Winder's.corner, that cost j6IOOO, for:•hpw-.-'manj;;'-'square;-yards—not'i lineal-.yards;; The -deadlock"corner is of especial value, and far more congested at all times.: Surely, .therefore, -the. extra Wesley body, asks ls.not. excessive,' , in proportion to an internal, .corner. ■ It' is : from a mercantile point of view : worth .35. per cent..,more than the late -councillor's -corner.* .'Any councilloi v 'must know: the '-danger that exists • around the Cuba Street'corner to pedestrians,.owing to the electric cars. ',So;far:in(r,'accidents have been,recorded,' thanks to .the cautious, motormen. ■:It is recognised'■:• by'.' pedestrians •as . the most dangerous and congested corner- in our city. Is it that the council i expects. the : ■Wesley. Trust to be philanthropists? .are a : body: in trust, acting on trust, and cannot sacrifice the property. - No doubt this is one of the: many vexed disputes that time will season into: ripeness, and lead'to a parallel settlement to the opposite' Corner .—I am, etc., ' . ' ■.: .-••wrv- ■-. ■.■■:■■■'■ ■.' rates:" . February 25... :. ....
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 14
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166A DANGEROUS CORNER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 14
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