Weihaiwei Road.—Tho following correspondence on the subject of the ditch at the east end of this road is ordered for publication Shanghai, 6th May.
'S1z,—Wo, the undersigned residents on the Weihaiwei Road, being Ratepayers, beg to call your attention to the offonsi state of a section of the ditch on the north side of.the road. 'This ditch or open sower, extending from' the corner of Mohawk Road to the now houses opposite the junction of the Chunking Road, is 313ft. in length with an aver width of 7ft. and-is polluted from west by drainage from sundry Chinese laundries and "forsigi houses and connected at the other and with a er which receives the foul refuse of the Chinese village in roar of the Race Club. The fact of the ditch to the east and west of the section complained of bei culverted, adds to the discomfort an danger, as foul gases, generated in the culverts, are discharged at the open nds and add to the offensive smells managing from the open ditch (which is in a filthy condition) itself.
The attention of the Municipal Sur-yoyer and of the Health Officer has. already been called t6 the nuisance, but so far no stops to remedy the' evil complained of have been taken, and we now beg to apply to the Coutiit to' issue the necessary instructions to have the ditch filled up or culverted, and the' footpath between the two" sections to" east and west made up.
We are, Sir, Youre faithfully; Gro. R. Wixcrove.
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