To the Editor of the Nonra-Carsa Datty News, Siz,—I see from your report of the Municipal Council meeting, that the Councillors, "after fully considering the relative cost of the two modes of lighting" (Blectric and Gas) "are not prepared with any recommendations to be made to the ratepayers."
Speaking as a ratepayer, I do not know what difference in my taxation the adoption of the Electric Light would make, but I hare no doubt of its superior efficiency compared with gas. I, in common with many others, have to either walk or drive very often to and from the country through the Malo, and I consider that the lighting of that thoroughfare by the present system is not efficient, The aged Chinaman and woman, the jinricsha coolie, the wheelbarrow man and the native Jehu, whose movement erratic enough in broad daylight, are still more stupid in the dim light' of gas, and the walk or drive through the crowded Maloo after dark is neither a pleasant nor a safe excursion, and I for one should like to see it lit by the Electric Light, even though it be costly.
Iam, Sir, A RATEPAYER, 17th January.
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