THE IRISH TOURIST TRAFFIC. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "]
SIR,—A certain amount of progress has been made this year in the co-ordination of the Irish tourist traffic. The Dublin Municipal Corporation has at last taken official steps to develop the tourist traffic to the city and has appointed a special Tourist Committee to consider what ought to be done. This committee has, it is true, been appointed too late to permit of anything being done this season, but it is hoped that much good work will he accomplished by this time next year, not alone in improving the attractions of the city and in making them better kncwn among strangers, but also in giving a lead to other local bodies throughout the country. In so many parts of Ireland those who have wished to further this object have been discouraged by politicians, who feared that the English tourist would anglicize the country, that this new departure is all the more welcome. The connexion with Greenore and the North of Ireland has been accelerated, and it is now possible to leave Euston at 8.45 and arrive at Greenore at 6.55 and at Belfast at 9.52 the following morning. A new turbine steamer, the s.s. Greenore,' has also been put on to this service, whilst wireless telegraph apparatus has been installed on the various London and North-Western boats between Holyhead, Dublin, and Kings- town. A motor-car service has been established for the accommodation of visitors to Warrenpoint and also for those tourists who wish to see the Mourne district. In the South of Ireland the complaints of cyclists and motorists have been met by strengthening the surface, which had succumbed to the new heavy motor-bus traffic. It would be well if the same policy were adopted in the West, as the Midland Great- Western Railway had proposed putting on an additional service, but were prevented from doing so by the unsatis- factory condition of the roads to be traversed. This company has now improved the connexion with the West by retarding the 9.45 train until 10.30, which gives passengers arriving by the morning boats a comfortable margin of time for breakfast and other preparations. They do not suffer by this delay, as the service is considerably accelerated.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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