The Archive · 1932

YN YUEN ROAD Watering Hours

To, the Editor of the "Nontm-CHINA DAWLY News Sin should like to draw your attention to the early (2) morning watering of Vu Yuen Road.

years riding experience in this city, As a, motor-enlist of some four in all weathers, I think that T can claim some knowledge of the surfaces of quite a number of the municipal roads, and T have yet 40 meet a road which for its entire length is as dangerous as Vu Yuen Road when If anyone wishes to witness some aird and wonderful gyrations, all that ie necessary is to select a nice wet day and to place oneself at the Fire Station—situated at the june~ tion of Vu Yuen and Tifeng Roads. Hf prostrated after viewing some of the stunts, the ambulance, which is conveniently stationed nearby, will take the sufferer where requi doubt for various reasons nothing can be done to this road {beyond the usual spring and autumn excavations, but the authorities can. Jstop the menace to life and limbs the shape of a watering-cart, usually accompanied by a brushing chine, which sprinkles this ron about: 7.30 acm. in nice time to di locate the first rush to work. This watering turns the dat ita mud which forms in slippery puddles in ithe tracks left by the heavy traffic which is continually passing over this road. It is no wonder that, until the road is dry again, most of the trafic' stays on the dry strip Heft: in the centre of the road. "There are two courses open to the (1) start the activity care at 630 a.m Become a remarkably safe' wet

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