To the Editor of th "'Norra-Camva Dary News."
Sin,—Housewife' in her letter to you this morning mentions incidentally that she has tried many times to telephone to the Electric Light Station to ask why there is no light and if there will be 'More Light' bye-and-bye, but that 499 always replies "So sorry, we cannot got 7 from 3" I have made inquiries in reference to this, and while in no way contradicting ' Housewife's" tatement, no doubt trae in her particular case, I find that 499 mostly has replied "The Electric Light People are at work on repairs and have asked us to say that the light will be restored as soon as ible." This latter reply explains more clearly than the one mentioned by "Housewife" that no want of courtesy prevents the Electric Light people from answering the very numerous calls made on such occasions, but thatthe wholeavailble staff is at work remedying whatever amiss. Such letters as the " Housewife's," if printed sufficiently often, will cause people to believe that there really fare good reasons for them, which there are not. Therefore as "Housewife" in her letter hopes that others will publish their views, I take this opportunity to recall to the memory of those who have boon here long enough to remember, what the state of the Elgetric Light was before the present Engineer came and took it in hand, how regularly every ning all house lamps went out several times, to come back again after a more or loss prolonged darkness; how we wore frequently left the entire evening to make company with candles, stuck all over the house; how the street lamps generally bobbed up and down until they became tired of it and went clean to sleep and [remained so until some exasperated policeman came along and gave the lamppost's kick, when the bobbing commenced again, Those who can yet remember this state of affairs will be pleased to acknowledge that very creditable improvements have been made lately; we are in fact, at the present time, already 80 accustomed to a steady good light that if it once goes out or is temporarily dulled we feel as if someone must be blamed—preferably the Council. It would, however, be better to get over that feeling without publishing it, for it is not encouraging to men who deserve praise to get only blame. if we jogged our memory a little we might also remember that while we formerly paid 20 cents for ferior light, we to-day are paying only 14 cents for the improved article. I would suggest to " Housewife" that she changed her lamps; possibly they are old and blackened inside, so as not to let the usual amount of light through.
Iam, ete., Gustar L. Onenc,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.