To the Editor of the Nortu-Cursa Dany News.
Siz,—Cannot something be done to remedy the very unsatisfactory manner in which our streets are sprinkled? Passing along the Bund this morning, on my bicycle, I saw a watering cart re-sprinking abortion of the road which was already well damped, while a little beyond there was a portion which was perfectly dry. is not of the dry places, however, that I 8 wish to complain, so much as of the too-much-besprinkled places, Shortly after, in pools and the condition of the road was passing up another street, the water stond
roads be properly damped without being
it but a trifle better after the recent repairs. Notice the present condition from the Peking to the Nanking Roads, and the fake from the Bund to the Defence reek.
Tam, ete., 30th April,
A DISCLAIMER, To the Editor of the Nortu-Curva Daty News, Srr,—I am informed of your intention to translate into English and reprint in your paper an article on the wheelbarrow question which appeared in the Inst edition Der Ostasiatsche Lloyd. The article question would bea disgrace to the German community of Shanghai if it was a true representation of our feelings, but I am happy to say it is not.
less said on that article the better. I have only to add that it casts a slight upon you, Sir, as one of the speakers at the Ratepayers' Meeting, as it docs on the gentlemen named and noamed, and were in your shoes I should put my foot down on it.
Tam, ete,
Ist May.
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