KIDDERPORE BRIDGE

To The Editor Of The Statesman

SIR, – It certainly is a scandal that the residents of Kidderpore should be treated as they have been, and that people, after walking from the Hastings terminus to the Kidderpore side of the bridge, should have to stand in the sun for a quarter of an hour, or sometimes more, waiting for a car to continue their journey. Surely the Calcutta Corporation are in a position to bring pressure to bear on the department responsible for this work. Another thing which should be remembered by the authorities is the fact that all the cart traffic which used to cross this bridge has been diverted to the Hastings bridge. This, together with the ordinary traffic which this bridge has to carry at the present time, is certainly more than it was ever built for, and it would be no surprise to see this bridge also come to a sudden stop. How then about the cartage of the thousands of tons of goods to and from the Kidderpore Docks?

WATCHFUL.

Alipore.

A SITE FOR SUB-DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS

To The Editor Of The Statesman

SIR, – Being given to understand that the Government have abandoned the site at Bhaguria in the district of Pabna which was selected for the sub-divisional headquarters, I beg to suggest a site which would be advantageous to those for the redress of whose difficulties the Government have been pleased to set up an additional headquarters in the district of Pabna. The village of Bharenga being washed away by the river Jamuna, the Chowdhuri zemindars of that village have settled at a place three miles off from the steamer station which is called Natun Bharenga after the name of their new colony. The village of Natun Bharenga, which is centrally situated between Pabna and Shahzadpur, is the most suitable place for the location of the headquarters. The importance of the place has become greater with the advance of years. Would the Government bear in mind Natun Bharenga when selecting the site for the sub-divisional headquarters in the district of Pabna?

BHIJANGA BHUSAN SANYAL.

Natun Bharenga, Pabna.

“THE POOR MAN’S BUDGET”

To The Editor Of The Statesman

SIR, – I have read with interest your correspondent’s letter regarding the “Poor Man’s Budget.” I do not quite follow him as to the class of men he means by a “small-wage-earner.” If he means a labourer he is very nearly right save that he omitted an item or two, namely, vegetables and potatoes, which cost a man at least 1 anna per day or Rs 1-14 per month. But most probably he means the clerks, as boys among the labourer classes are very seldom sent to school. If my conclusion is right, the figure Rs 45 in the third paragraph of my friend’s letter needs further amendments, as the clerks in Calcutta never live in kutcha rooms. Be that as it may, there is no doubt that the occasion demands the attention of the Government as well as the public. The leading men of our country rack their brains to reach the goal of political reforms.

L.M.S.

Calcutta.