To the Editor of the "NonrH-Emma Datty New!
Sm—During the recently con-eluded "State of Emergency" the Jetty opposite to the Yokohama Specie Bank was used almost exclusively by a local oil company for the Ianding of fully-loaded petrol cans and drums, The red danger flag was flown from a pole on the pontoon and volunteers were _pre-Bent to prevent frequenters of the Bund lawns from approaching too rear when smoking. Under the very special citeumstances there was little use in registering a protest.
'The oil company, however, still appears to monopolize the' jetty Chee! of saving lighter demurrage, chet of saving serves of liege drunis are. dumped in the fairway and left there all! 15 for San Francisco. day and all night. Those of us who aeside in the town and miake-constant use of the lawns find it almost impossible to cross from one lawn to the other: certainly not without very great risk of dat our Hight summer apparel. The fairway is now in bad repair and filthy with the drippings from leaky cans and drums.
Is it not possible for the oil company to land its cans and drums tone of the public jetties down Yangtszepoo way, distant from residential buildings and offices, and convey. them by motor trucks to the desired destination? If not, then why not, keep the cans and drums on the lighters and land them in truck-load lots when the trucks are on the spot and ready to immediately load and take away? It is decidedly unfair that scores of us who have no other place of promenade should be subjected to such inconvenience merely to save lighter demurrage for a wealthy oil company.
Tam, ete,,
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