The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-10

ductors Parker and Adams, Of Springfield,
have silver services and gold watches pre-
sented to them by their friends operating
through stately committees; but what would
they say to man who should hand to them
dime or a quarter as an acknowledgment
of favor? Think how Carroll's eyes
would look on receiving o shilling from q
gentleman who might desire to occupy two
seats Let us be thankful that nothing of
this kind disgraces the operation of Ameri-
can railroads. .......- 4
COMPARTMENT CARS.
I am "down on' compartment cars. l
do not like them, if any body is to be in
them besides myself and mine. If must
ride with strangers, let it be in long, light,
we'll ventilated car, rather than a little box.
Ionce have been brought faceto face and shut
up with most offensive person, who would
have passed unnoticed among the haE-hun-
dred in an American car. To be locked
into box with such person is not plea
SAINT. 1t is not month since an outrage
was committed upon q helpless woman
while riding through 9 tunnel. [ read the
account Of the scoundrel's trial at the time !;
and such things, am told, are not very
uncommon. Bah Il They are uncanny
places. ....
ADVANTAGES OF TIE AMERICAN CAR.
The American car has two or three ad-
vantages which are obvious even to those
who do not oppose the compartments. They
can be thoroughly warmed and ventilated
in winter. The compartments are never
warmed except by jugs of warm water; and
this warming business gives opportunity for
more s" sponging" of passengers. A man
can undoubtedly keep his feet warm by
paying money enough. Again, there is no
cabinet in the English cara matter of
great Importance in long trips and to those
travelling with children. Still, again, the
whole train must be stopped, and all the
compartment doors opened, in order to col
lect the tickets of the passengers. This is
waste Of time. Water for drink cannot
be carried through on English train, and it
is impossible to make such inquiries Of a
conductor as every stranger is compelled to
make of somebody. The whole system is
petty, and full of troublesome detail.
FARE AND SPEED.
The price of railroad travel in England
is very much greater than in the United
States-greater, l am assured, than in any
other country in the world. The second
class passage is higher than the frst-class
in America, and the cars much inferior to
the ordinary American passenger car. All
the policy Of the corporation is shaped to
drive respectable passengers into trst-class
cars and highest prices. There is wait
ing-room for trstclass passengers, and then
another for second and third-class passen-
gers. The tendency of associating the lat
ter class is obvious.
In regard to speed; there art undoubtedly
trains in England that are run faster than
any trains are regularly run in America,
but much of the 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 without a
stop-the longest run l remember making.
Now, let the Boston express train run
through to Springfield, passing Farming
ham, Worcester, Worcester Junction, West
Brookfeld, and Palmer, at full speed, and
the running will foot up as well as the best
| have yet seen in Great Britain.
ENGLlSH HDIfISs
intended to say something in this letter
about English hotels, but space is getting
short. supposed when touched England
that knew something about hotels "kept
on the European plan" | had been to the
Brevoort and the Albemarle but | was not
prepared by my experience there for my
necessities here. in the matter CT operating
a hotel, the English are just as much behind
the Americans as they are in operating
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 land
lord is a woman, the barkeeper is maiden;
they eat in the office, sell cigars in the pan
try, throw the principal responsibility OF
the establishment on boots," employ for
table walters persons who seem to be de-
cayed clcrgymen of the Church of England,
and compel their guests to hire private par
lors, or receive their visitors in the dining
room. cannot possibly get used to them,
and as for liking them, it will be when |
become insane.