In the International Settlement new tralfle rules now come into force to deal with the congestion of which much has been heard and more written. The arrangements are apparently coming into force at once and it will be interesting to see how they work. The extension of the] one-way trate system to certain thoroughfares at certain hours and the further prohibition of perking in the central district both are devices: which the Police authorities are known to have had under consideration for some time, An Engineering Brain has kindly presented this journal with an estimate of the cost of parking a car in Nanking Road Taking the value of land and the cost of road construction with interest and maintenance charges into account, the "EH finds that space in Nan-King Road should be valued at $6 per sq. fi, Assuming a car occupies 150 eq. &t. of space it is estimated that its parking costs the community $00 per annum or $3 per diem. [Therefore a car should pay $25 per hour for parking. Allowing for; Tower caste' on other roads it is judged tat car owners cost the community in the Central District alone something ike $500.00 which, capitalized, represents three times the value of the cars themselves. This. all points to the justification of the: Council's tentative move toward "no parking" in the Central District. taki wae sang a patriotic song. After these examples who shall feeue any. pantomime producer of Geparting from tradition? He has obviously the whole world for thi Range of his topical genius. Let him get to it a¢ he does at the Lyceum Theatre in Shanghai at thie very
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