08 Dec. 1899 Letters to the Editor - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

08 Dec. 1899 Letters to the Editor

To the Editor of the Carlisle Journal.

Sir, - Anyone whose mission carries them along Newtown Road. I feel sure, will be filled with indignation that the Tramway Company are allowed to make the footpaths into perfect puddle heaps, without regards to the Health committee are so lenient with them. Surely they are cognisant of what is taking place, and they out to have some regard for the interest of ratepayers, and see to it that those who are responsible do not intrude upon good nature. At the present moment the footpaths (especially the one on the left in going up) are a disgrace to any civilised community and a sore annoyance to everybody. It was pitiable to-day to see men, women, and children tip-toeing their way along. If it be really necessary that the mud should be scattered across the sidewalks. I would suggest that the Tramway Company depute one of their workmen to use a broom, and by so doing they would remove the angry feeling they are at present generating. I am, &c. , RESIDENT.

Newton, December 7th, 1899

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Warwick Road and The Tramway.

To the Editor of the Carlisle Journal.

Sir, Your last week's correspondent "Disinterested" writes to the point. there is absolutely no difficulty in the use of noiseless pavement in conjunction with macadamizing on a well crowned street like the Warwick Road, and what can be done with jarrah or karri (the life of which is 15 years) in other towns can surely be done in Carlisle if only the will exists. The cry of mud and cost can only be looked upon as a bugbear: for the former is to be found on all sorts of pavement, if not kept clean and does not usually run up hill; and the latter will not fall upon the town if the Corporation does its duty to the citizens by retaining the power it ought to possess or by recovering it if already given away. At considerable cost in tree planting and otherwise, the road has been converted into a ornamental boulevard, and its maintenance as such is a matter of interest to a large proportion of the citizens, as well as to the immediate residents. These therefore, would do well to make their voices heard with no uncertain sound, whilst there is yet time to prevent the substitution of a pavement of rough stone sets for the present smooth one and their comfort and convenience sacrificed to the interest of an alien tramway company. I am, &c.

Interested.

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The Industrial Contract Corporation.

To the Editor of the Carlisle Journal.

Sir, We are instructed by our client, MR. CAESAR MENDEL, of the firm of MESSRS. HENRY COHEN and Sons, members of the Stock Exchange, to draw your attention to an error which has crept into the report in many of the newspapers of the proceedings of the above matter, whereby it would appear that MR. CAESAR MENDEL was one of the directors of the Industrial Contract Syndicate. MR. CAESAR MENDEL desires us on his behalf to state that he was not - and never has been - a director either of the Industrial Contract Syndicate or the Industrial Contract Corporation, nor has he directly or indirectly, with either of the above mentioned Companies, or with the subject matter of the inquiry which has recently been conducted before MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT. We are, &c.,
SLAUGHTER AND MAY.

18 Austin Friars, London, E.C., 4th Dec., 1899

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