Among the New Year resolutions which might be adopted by the Municipal authorities should include one referring to the disposition of barbed wire barricades scattered throughout the Central district and especially along tho} Bund. Placed end to end, they clutter up the pavement and make walking extremely" dif-Aeult to say nothing of tearing one's clothes, It is understood that they are still be retained owing to possible emergencies whereby once again they will be brought. into ase, but it scorns a simple matter to dispose of them in more efficient manner. In some parts of the French Concession, these barricades have been stacked on end instead of lengthwise and they preserve decent margin of passage the pedestrian, and also they can' easily be placed in position if the conditions of a threat {o internal security warrant their use, Another resolution applies to the firewood sellers who stream over from Poolung with their wares and dispose of them by converting street corners into temporary markets. Nobody to interfere with this method Of sup: plying firewood to Chinese who are no longer {in possession of their usual methods of dis-{ribution, but surely something could be done the way' of allocating a space on the Bund where a market could be established. A good example has been cet by the French authorities who permit a vacant space near Poste Mallet to be used for charcoal and other supplies, thereby concentrating the business in a central spot without allowing itinerant' vendors 10 obstruct normal pedestrian trail, These are points worthy of consideration.
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