To the Editor of the "Norra-Cama Dairy News."
Srr,—Through the medium of your paper I would be glad if these few suggestions be brought to the notice of the Municipal authorities.
I am sure that many of your subscribers who have travelled through India and Ceylon have been struck by the necessary and very thorough precautions that are taken there to prevent accidents by wheeled traffic.
In Colombo for instance is it compulsory for ricshas and car-flages of all kinds to be supplied with bells.
In the case of a riesha an ordinary bicycle bell is attached to the right shaft and, for carriages, on the foot board of the driving seat, where it can be easily manipulated by pressure of the foot. In the latter case, however, the note struck is of a very much deeper sound than the former so as to be easily distinguishable. It is surprising in that city considering the large population, both European and native, and the abundance of ricshas, etc., how few accidents occur and so I would suggest that the authorities consider the possibility of enforcing this rule Shanghai and so safeguard the life of the average pedestrian who walks about in constant danger of either being rent to pieces by a ricsha or mangled to death by a broker's cart in the mad rush of its occupant, whose one thought is to arrive at the stock exchange or some other money making—establishment first, "maskee'' the consequences to anybody else.
I would also like to point out that one never sees a hami or carrying coolie of any kind on the pavement of cities in the. near East, whereas here they seem to be the only people who have a perfect tight to use it.
If this practice were stopped, as it could easily be, then many accidents would be prevented and one such as I experienced the other day of coming into violent and disastrous contact with a—basketful of crayfish on coming round a corner. I leave it to your imagitation to picture the result.
I am sure that I voice the feelings of many of the people of Shanghai in-making these suggestions and feel certain that, if they were carried out, another step would have been made to make Shanghai what is everybody's wish "a model settlement."
T an, ete., Shanghai, Aug. 5.
Tingte Bet.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.