MORNINGTON TRAM SERVICE.

Evening Star, Issue 11512, 1 April 1901, Page 6

MORNINGTON TRAM SERVICE.

■ ....;• ' TO TOT TOITOH. Sir,-4t was wiQi mntai pleasure that t read your leading article oftfe &$ uk on the proposed new teata service 4o Morning' *«"». <M»d I am sure voice. tihe wi«a~of «te balk, of rendeoto and ratepayers that immediate steps should betakento attend the system of tramway communication tnipaghottt libe boipougih. Mayor Anisiad has propounded a most attractive scheme, and no doubt, w&h wme modifications, wuoh a one could be oattifed out, and wotM lift Mornington into a rank -equal vitih Boalyn. It k, however, desirable, as you suggest, that Mr Ann*nd*e services shonld be retained as mavor if tihe is to .be carried ottb iwcoeWully, he naymg all/tihe necessary data at his finger ends; and, under tihe circumstance; it is to be sincerely httped tlhat aD questions of precedence for mayoral honors will' be waived, and that any .aspirant w&t gracefully _retrre in his- favor. The ratepayers would assKt greatly by puttihg in couneillorß .who would co-operate with him in this matter, as such an undertaking would necessarily require an immense amount of superviaison. All tJ» hill boroughs are dependent on tfcetr tramway service—mnoh more so tftuwi t*e City. , Their exißtencelkrjtely depends on the facilities given to resident* £ £^J IWli i t!he exertion that cbmbrag the hfll for that wason it as almost a necessity t)h«t «Bie municipal atatiioritteg should control' the/ tram, "ervices. The Mornington public have been long-suffering, and after twenty year* OTfto of a service which has long since grown inadequate have a right to suggest improvements. The borough".*■ growing rapidly ,amd tihe present company have, as a consequence, then* up oars almost always full, and often too full, and no doubt, from, their standpoint, a* long m «hat is so they' 1 «ee no ceil to meet the wfcftes of the Oottncd! but. thete aw hundreds who would use the tram if «R efficient service were given, who now walk rather Hon be wedged together witawnt seating accommodation. It wtiTbe in the ratepayers' hands eborijy-to decade, and the company wall peaßi«*»ffind that, .they have made * gtave mistake m refusing to meet the councsllow to discus* the matter in a reasonable and burifteesfcke way—l am, etc, Constant TaAVHABfi. April 1.