Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-08
the scoundrela trial at the time, and such things,
T am told are not very uncommon. Bah They
are uneanny places. p. a.....a & E..-l III -

the scoundrel' trial at the time, and sucR tnlngs
I am told, are not very uncommon. Bah l''Ihe5
are uncanny places, Re w.r.r & I'D n =.
u Aduantags ofthe american Car.-The Ameri'
can car has two or three advantages, which are OBJ
vious even to those who do not oppose the com:
partments They can be thorougly warmed and
ventilated in winter. The compartments are never
warmed, except by jugs Of warm water; and this
warming business gives opportunity tor more
''sponging' Of passengers A man can undoubt,
edy keep his feet warm by paying money enough.
Again, there is no cabinet in the English car, q
matter Of great importance in long trips, and to
those travelling with children. Still, again, the
whole train must be stopped, and ell the eompart.
ment doors opened, in order to collect the tickets
of the passengers. This is waste of time, Wa
ter for drink cannot be carried through an English
train, and it is impossible make such inquiries
Of a conductor as every. stranger is compelled stc
make sof somebody. Tho Rholesyaem pipe&
and full of troublesome detail.
Fare and Speed,-The price Of railroad travel
in England is very much greater tfisn In the Uni.
ted States greater, i am assured than in any 9th
er country in the world The second. class passage
is higher than the first class in America, and the
cars much inferior to The ordinary American pas
senger car All the policy of the corporation is
shaped to drive respectable passengers into first.
class cars and highest prices. Ther, Is waiting
room for ,6rstelass passengers, and then another
for second and third-class passengers. The ten
dency of assoeiating the latter class is obyieus
In regard TO speed, there are undoubtedly trains
in England that are run faster than any trains are
regularly run in America, but much ofthe time Of
the fast trains is gained by saving it. There are
trains that run long distances without stopping at
all. They. take up the water used in the boiler
while going the most rapidly. On one train ]
travelled eighty-six miles withouta stop-the long
est run I remember making. Now, let the Boston
express train run through to Springfield passing
birmingham, Worcester, Worcester Junction,
West Brookfeld and Palmer at full speed, and
the running win foot up as well as the best have
yet seen in Great Britain. "s'' -" 4E'@ a
English Hoteh.-I intended to say something in
this letter about English hotels, but space Is get
ting short. l supposed, when touched England,
that I knew something about hotels tfept on The
European plan" had beento the Brevoort, and
the AIBermarle; but was not prepared by my ex-
perience there for my necessities here. In the
matter of operating hotel the English are just rs
much behind the Americans as they are in opera
ting railroad The English hotel Of to-day is the
old English inn Of century ago, just as the rail
car is the old stage coach. The landlord is wo-
man, the barkeeper is d maiden; they eat in the
Office, sell cigars in the pantry, throw the principal
responsibility Of the establishment on boots EN-.
ploy for table-waiters persons who seem to- be de.
cayed clergymen Of the Church of England, and
compel their guest to hire private pariors, or re-
ceive their visitors in the dining-room cannot
possibly get used to them if I ever do it viii be
when become insane. - Is z -:i l - - ,