5 JULY 1913, Page 26

"COMMERCE V. SCENERY.

Sia,—Seeing that the. Council have passed the proposal of the Docks Committee to spend another £12,500 of the ratepayers' money in the direction of two more warehouses for tobacco, I think it is a great pity that they do not choose another site for the same, as the beauty of the view from the Observatory and the Suspension Bridge will be absolutely ruined. The Bridge and Gorge being one of our chief beauty-spots, which tourists come miles to see, I think the ratepayers should rouse themselves and prevent this desecration."—(From _ the Bristol Times and Mirror June 20th, 1913.)