THE CITY TRAMWAYS.

Evening Star, Issue 10332, 4 June 1897, Page 2

THE CITY TRAMWAYS.

The Otago Syndicate have notified the City Council of the abandonment of their negotiations for tramway concessions, the notification being contained in these terms : Owing to the general attitude taken up by the City Council during the last few weeks, and after the resolution concerning the proposed concession that was passed at the meeting of your Council last evening, I can come to no other conclusion than that some councillors are determined either to block or delay matters to such an extent as to preclude the granting of any rational concession to the Otago Syndicate. Therefore, as the time of your Council and myself is being wasted in a fruitless endeavor to conclude negotiations, I must decline proceeding any further in the matter of the City tramways. 1 may state that I had completed financial arrangements for taking over the tramways immediately the concession was granted, and I regret that the citizens have lost such a favorable opportunity of acquiring a first-class tramway service in Dunedin.—l remain, yours faithfully. MoNT.Mii; Cradock, Captain, Actingattorney for the Otago Syndicate, Limited.