The Archive · 1885

Miscellaneous Articles

STREET TRAFFIC AND REPAIRS

Tue letters from Correspondents on the wheelbarrow and jinricsha trafic, which we publish elsewhere do not pat forward inconsiderate complaints, barrows and traps of all kind huve sadly out up the roadways, many of which require repair. If any ove has a curiosity to ascertain from personal experience into what condition the ji ricshas and their drawers audi the public roads have fallen, let him travel from, say the Consulate to the Yang-

From some cause the number of these ki ig-pang and back. Provided vehicles plying on the streets apconveyance does not fall to piece the pears to have oonsidernbly increased man drawing it does not fall down, or lately, It may not be se, but the he himself atop the torture to get out, crowded condition of almost all the ashamed of breaking the bruised reed, thorough feres has made us conclude that he will in that journey learn what will more jinricsha and wheelbarrows have satisfy him. But an excellent way of been plying. Certainly, we should say obtaining early improvement would be that there have Intely been very many for the Council to inform itself by per more of the latter, and mostly engaged sonal experiment. Suppose that body in transporting large and weighty held a special meeting in jiuricshas and articles, In one way this should be a traversed the route we have indicated good sign us showing that trade is in a grand procession? Matters would recovering ita nativity, and we are not be put to rights soon after; unless in the lerist inclined to complain of ay when the members had recovered from inorensed umber of goods-carrying their soreness the Secretary and Sur-wheelbarrows, But some attempt should veyor persuaded them that a rough be made to regulate the tragic. Eight coble-stone road was the perfection of boxes or half chests of tea on a wheel-thoroughfare, and a ride in a tumble-barrow propelled by one pauting, stag-down jinricsha delightful. goring wretch, often wenk and emaointed, la not a sight that should be

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