Street Markets:
French Concession Complaint pedestrians have no other place to walk as it is dangerous to move on the side walk owing to Foochow poles being carried across con-Unuously from dawn to late in the the Editor of the "Norm-Ciawa Day News"
Sim—It will be interesting to see if the French Municipal authorities intend to renew the Ucences for the vegetable market which has spread the length of Route Magy, from Route Dupleix, right up to' Route: Maresca. This market in addition to very large and apparently flourish ing timber-yard, right In the middle Route Maresca, has successfully converted what was a peaceful residential area into a veritable ing feme of noise. Jabbering coolies, drawing all kinds of rickety carts, barrows, ete, to market, from daybreak, has made the immediate vicinlity of Route Magy unbearable as a residential district.
This Alfred Magy market is pandemonium from daybreak, due to screaming coolies, dropping of barrels and. other containers, hammer-Ing, and the many other noise which only a Chinese can produce. Through-ut the past three months, thousands tons of garbage have been dumped on low-lying land on Route Maresca. These operations have started about 430 am. daily, and the noise has been such that sleep after 420 am, has. been absolutely" impossible. The whole thing is an outrage on tenants who ore paying high rents in the district. In the same area, the French Police are past masters at arresting Chinese rickshaw coolies, cyclists ete, for what often appear to be frivolous charges, but let them defect this efficiency to the question which Ihave raised. This " Alfred Magy. market now "constitutes a scourge to the residents in the sur-' Founding district. The fact that the timber-yard monopolizes the whole of Route Maresca, during the day, tean be Jet pass, asit causes no sleep-Tess nights, but merely makes the road impassable.
Shanghai, Dee. 22
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