To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cuisa Dany News."
Sin,—Will you kindly allow me through your columns t" draw the attention the Chinese and Municipal authorities to the dangerous overcrowding of Chinese ferry-boats and steam-lunches plying to and from Shanghai, and which has resulted, in numerous instances, in great lore of life. Lately while stand on the Ewo Jetty, I counted ninety-five coolies, from Pootung, Jand from a small Chinese cargeboxt," that should have corrie not more than thirty, Fortunately there were no steamers passing at the time, or the boat, which was loaded down to the ter's edge, would inevitably have To-day I came from Tsungming din the Chang Ho, a small steamer that used to run to Woosung. At that time she was registered to carry 150 passengers, bat ner captain, foreigner, told me that if he had had to cross the Yangtze in her, he would on no account have carried more than 125. But today we had on board no less than 270 passengers, beside the crew. In fact she was so crowded that the captain insisted upon everyone sitting down lest she should capsize, and in turning he ordered the heimeman to ease her round slowly so as to keep on an even keel. There was scarcely s ripple on the water, 23rd February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.