THE POST OFFICE AS PHILISTINE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—I feel I should like to thank you and "E. P." for the article in the Spectator of June 27th calling attention to the wicked way in which telephone poles are " sprung on" a road. We fought hard, but failed, in the case of the beautiful road which runs between the windows of this house and Southampton Water. It is a sort of natural esplanade, enjoyed by thousands of people from the neighbouring town. A parallel road, inland, has already been spoilt by telegraph poles. We tried to get tl►e telephone to take the same route, but in vain. Some of the poles were already put up before we discovered what was toward. The local Council had been notified, but not the landowner. He in the end must have agreed, for there the poles are—a permanent eyesore. Can nothing be done to educate our public authorities as to the preservation of natural beauty ? As you rightly say, the private individual is power-
less.—I am, Sir, &c., F. E. MINKS. The Cliff, Weston, Southampton.
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