The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR' OF Tl[•E' LIVERPOOL STAN DASD.

Sia,—Having frequently had occasion, whilst staying:
in Liverpool, to notice various annoyances and incon-
veniences which strikeme asp being peculiar to the good'
Vown, I wish, as any ol'd subscriber to the Standard, to)
diaw public attention' to> them through the medium or
your widely-circulated' and useful sheet.
The first and greatest' nuisance I shall allude to is the-
irregular system of walking carried on in even the princi-
pal streets. Cursorilyviewed, this may appear a light and;
frivolous subject for discussion.; but it is, in reality, very
far otherwise. One might suppose that in Liverpool—a,
town: ranking second to, none, in a commercial point of
view—time was money.. If this be so, why waste so much,
in the unnecessary and complicated shuffling, jolting, and
squeezing, which may be' witnessed any day in the first
streets of the town ? lir London it is very different; why
could' it not be so in Liverpool? lam well aware that
the great number of foreigners and sailors constantly in
the port, who straggle about in a very unaccountable
manner,.must, in some degree; tend to retard the carrying -
out ot'the• proper system, by which such immense num-
bers are enabled to pass alking comfortably in the streets
of the metropolis ; yet, makihg allowance for this, there is
ample•soope for improvement. Surely it is an easy matter-
for a person to keep to his orher right hand, in walking
along a street ; and if all wutid but do this, there would!
be at once the two proper and requisite streams, in oppo-
site directions, moving areng with speed and comfort,.
instead; of the unceasing confusion which we now see.
The-second cause of complitint is the obnoxious practice
of pasting innumerable Milt inside those palisades which
are temporarily thrown over the flags during building
operations... Now, the excessive pressure one is often
subject toy in passing through•-onee of those street tunnels,
is bad enough in itself, but, with the additional horrors of
wet paste;. and stumps of 'rusty nails, which have been
inefficiently drawn from the-old boards which constitute-
those passages, it is really shameful, and well calculated
to spoil any good dress that has the misfortune to enter
one of them. Indeed, it liva, matter of surprise to me,.
that the town's authorities have not taken this matter into
their serious consideration, ere this, and taken steps to-,
have it either entirely removed or greatly moderated.
There is another subject or two which should very-
properly be investigated; and concerning which I may'
trouble ,you again at some• fixture period, but at present
will not encroach further-upon your valuable space, but
remain, Sir, yours &c.,

A WILL-WISHER TO LIVERPOOL.

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