the Editor of the "Nowtn-Cuiva DAILY News.
Sir—Mr, A. E, Baer's reference to! that tection of Route Amiral Cou bet referred to in his letter publish ed to-day does not overstate the) disgraceful maintenance of a muni feipal rosd. During the past six) months this particular corner has) been flooded twice and photographs published will be recalled by your, Teaders. At the time, we understood that the F.M.C. wore devising'
scheme to eliminate any repetition of flooding as far as_possibl Time passes and partial foot pav-! ing on one side of Route Amiral Courbet also raising the road level of a section of Route Ratard is an! indication of something done. Rue Ratard between Amiral Courbet and, Avenue clu Roi Albert is apparently "No man's land" "for the pedest-, rian; an open foal drainage creek! adjoins the splendid new staff quarters of the Yokohama Specie] Bank and is overlooked by the, Sanitary Department. Route Amiral Courbet being half a road only, motorists out of consideration for their tyres prefer to use the wrong. side of the road, policemen on point daty reflect on trafic rules, pedestrians submit to being splashed by water and mud by inconsiderate motorists who rush through the tint Se Pron Mpa Fanning, which involves heavy tone any further elaborate
Trpeniifare, and, concentrate Sie intncive fostpaving. scheme help thereby to solve the cor grated trafic pfblem by keebi Fetetiane off the reads Tee a pavement to. wali on ratead a mud track marked off from the! [trafic area by a granite chip gut-) ter, Motorists es well as pedestrian will "benefit by pavements. Th can explain. am, ete,
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