THE MONORAIL
SIR,—Of course Pharos is entirely right on the mono- rail matter. If any commercial undertaking thought of adopting the system all they would do is to send over their engineers to inspect and report on the German installation, and the decision would be taken on their finding, without' any further ado. Not so the Transport Ministry. Announcing that a high' powered delegation is going to Germany to investi- gate, they are at pains to make it clear that monorail could not be adopted here without further full-scale research, which would involve an experiment of an extremely costly kind, both in time and in money. It could hardly be expected to prove anything beyond what is already known.
Ministerial methods act as a brake upon transport developments. We have seen that in connection with both aircraft and road vehicles. If they are allowed to hold up monorail, probably over a matter of years and at considerable expense to the country, it will be a pity.—Yours faithfully, FRANCIS JONES
Studley, Oxford
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