Impervious ío Criticism To the Editor of the "NonrH-CHINA Dany News"
Sin—It is refreshing to hear that the deluge of water which correspondents have been pouring on the backs of various ducks has not all glanced off. The French Municipal Council was ce derate enough to! remedy the state of affairs on Rue clu Consular after the annoyances had been pointed out to them.
More impervious, however, are the backs of other concerns. Despite numerous criticisms from the public they still remain their bland and silent selves, and seem to have adopted the motto; "No surrender—No explanation—Let em yelp." Their sphinx-like attitude is unwise; it leads any person of average intelligence to conclude that these concerns are unable to justify their actions, The Shanghai Power Ca. has received several cold douches in your correspondence columns; they have not yet responded to any of them, When are we to hear why their surcharges are so excessive as compared with those of other utilities? Their haughty silence is certainly not in "keeping with their advertising—all concern for baby's comfort, milady eye-strain and the stenographer's sweet temper. A reply in the correspondence columns would gain them much needed goodwill.
Our one and only Bus Ca. have also braved the storm without flinching and without any resultant signs of improvement in their peculiar service. But the Bus Ca. are past masters in riding the wrath of all and sundry. Years ago, when the first letter appeared in the press concerning the obnoxious fumes from the exhausts, the Company came forward with the statement that experiments were being carried out with the purpose of finding a remedy. At that time such similes as "black as the bus exhausts" were common. Now, after years of presumably arduous experiments, those similes still hold good, The Bus Co.'s method of solving the rush-hour problem by massing the buses is incomprehensible. If their delight is the sight of their buses travelling like a cavalcade, why not go one step further and string them along with steel cables and have them towed by the leading bus?
How much longer will these two ducks swim in the duck-pond of public dissatisfaction and remain impervious to the continued shower? Let us hope their answer will not be: Quack-quack from the Power Ca.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.