HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER"

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1179, 14 July 1911, Page 6

HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER"

AND "A HEAP OF TROUBLE." OPINION OF THE MAYOK. The Mayor (Mr. T. M. AVilford) has forwarded the following statement on tho subject of the proposed Tramway K»»tilations:— '" "I do not propose to criticise the regulations seriatim, as my council will deal with them to-night. It dws not seem right to me that J. , should anticipate their deliberations. "Speaking generally, I rejoice in the text of the. regulations, for their very absurdity will save the situation. When I fought the Trumwny Bill in Parliament ail through one long night last session 1 told the House that the .Minister was storing up for himself a heap of trouble, and that within twelve months I he general . public, the local authorities, and the tramway employees tlremselves would be ready 'to rend him. You know how iny protest wns received. Even under the constitution of the Appeal Board some of the tramwaymen have cursed tho Act, ami, when they understand better the hydra-hended monster they have helped to rear, they will .see that my protest for tho city and for them was a just and proper one. "f do not. lHieve (he Minister for Public Works Ins read there proposed regulations, I believe he may have indicated

broadly his suggestions, while his DeJiiirtmi'iii, wliicli liiih never liad any practical experience whatever of tritmwny management, lias framed the same from copies nf other regulations elsewhere. It Bus sent them along for the purpose of obtaining practical suggestions from practical men for practical regulations. "There is one great consolation to me, and that is this: The unworkable nature of the regulations, as forwarded by the i'ublic Works Department, will be the city's safeguard and the public's pretectal. "I shall Iμ up and about in a short time from now, and will promise a healthy consideration to the interests of the city. "THOMAS M. WILFOKD."