New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-17

in three relays In my gang there appeared 70 DO
neoplo who ate somethIng-what, l could not maze
ont And then curious thing occurred. The caOin'
which would hold only One-third of the passengers
at supper sweled till it held them all for the pa
or ali but one who stayed prudently on deck am nid
plank TO sleep on which was nOtso haru a. " .Ior
have been but for the SCOT. In good weather .l1
is no hardship in that. and even on an AtS .I
rather than spend ii in a hot staterOOh' In0no d
fresh air, and plenty OF 1t traYellhg DaS ,onb -
enough pillow, and your travelling rug, tnou ut -
NAV nave gone with you over two coI1neu,s; -
nnl%nsiderably cleaner than the ships bedding-ths
ships mean. About in the morning VIM an,
cot of curiosity went below 70 5ke a lo1h'
The berths and the gUidS re ws Of passengers
heaped up on the floor and on each other tll there
was no space to set foot inside the eapih n9oI' Will
out treading on human flesh and blood. 1ed away
back to my soOty plank. and when woke next, the
half suffocated victims having got up IN time 70 es
cape actual asphyxia were tesbly stretching 'neH-
selves and trying to open their eyes on deck. a.
Alto o'clock when we were due In Antwerp, Tue
spire of its cathedral visible, they say thirty i!os
was not in sight. At hafpast eleven the exhausue St
monster struggling up against the TIDE was ot az
by cable and made fast TO the new quay Vi Iu9
great port of Belgium. The two morning trains az
Amsterdam gone and have to tna9k Se ar m
Eastern Company for the chance OF day stay III
Antwerp / say the Great Eastern Company Dooauso
that company is responsible for the Wn3Io J I
Itseizes you in London, transports you 70 Ii ~
rail feeds you at HaTwch III ITS own lotei pu1s Soa
On hoard ifs own steamer-where it does not feed
YOU but pretends to-squeeZes stewhIo zoe put ~
you, and only lets 90 rs hoid weh a ramSmbeT
whether the stewards fee has been lhNenOeu
in America. The sharpest Yankee however, Is
dull wtted IN 81. ee Enropes oe ryas As for
instance the fare to Rotterdam or Antwerp Is ad-
yertised at % shilings. Having paid that you are
obliged to pay one ana slXpence uae. te rst TINE U
after Won have bought your ticket, and when you
occupy your leisure in studying IT'S various coupons
Registration fee Is another small swlndie lntrOdueed
ON other nnes after the stewards fee had become
too oppressive Such is the fee charged on the oke
stone and Dieppe lines to Paris 1t 10 the custom Oh
the continent to demand two SOUS equal 10 one penny
The English have borrowed il lately and instead OF
one penny charge twelve-the fare OtherWlse Oelng
sufficiently high ! don't know that there IS the
least use in narTatng these little matters 10 most
of the swndes it is easier 70 submit tnan Ies tS
They are merely cuIiOsties OF travel; Perhaps the
inexperienced yoyager VINO PA 10 or on n ar
cent 10 the estimated cost of his trip to cover the
petty extortiOns he will have to undergo; these L
mention being only two out OF hundred Expect,,
INC them in advance they will cost him no more and
he will 20 on his way free from the irritation and IN,
dgnation that arise in the mind OF an unprepared
VICTIM and which far greater obstacles 10 pleas
ure than the mere payment can be. A good American
friend of mine once told me he always 1Ought ike
tiger against being cheated IL he keeps TO that max
i'm let me advise HIM to do his lighting at home FOR
"alwaysD is big word and there are many times
when the traveller has only the option Oh Delng
robbed on a considerable scale or lighting, ana he
and let the small ones CO. The Great Eastern Com
pany has been difficulties OF late years. and doubt
less needs all the stewards fees II can coax out OF te
pockets of reluctant travellers. Possibly the IMPOSE
fion of them is one of those financial measures Dy
which the Marquis of Salisbury, since he accepted us
chairnanshP, has half lifted the company ont Oh IS
distresses Once on returning by way oil kOtterdall
found better steamer, though still oVer-cr0WQeu
and lifted, carrying sheep In the waist while tne
forward deck was piled three deep Win th. THs
deserves mention, perhaps. Nhen we came
to look for our luggage on arriving at Lon
don by rail- we found it in the proper lug
gape-y3n indeed, but covered with a dozen
baskets of Shiny shrimps, one OF when had burst
open strewing its contents llDeraly over the uhks'
Ibope the shrimps paid good freight 10 the eompa-
nv lint IL looked unCOmmonly as If they were prl-
waite speculation of the guard. mat sort Oh tning
could scarcely be done on French railway, where
eyerythnp down 10 the shOe-strings of the station,
norter is administered with military eXactneSs But
in England railway managers do as they IKE, ana 20
long the Brton can grum0le he Is content without
reform The railways run more for the proht OF
the guards and pOrters than of the stockh0deIs lou
NAV always have a compartment to yourself by CIV
inc half crown TO the guard the result being mat
the stockholders pay for dragging twice as many
frst-class carriages back and forth as are needed
One would think they could better afford to donbie
the wages of the guard Now, IN France,
Won NAV have coupe compartment
OF whole carriage to yourself, II you
like, but instead OF the guard IL IS the company
which gets the money-and good deal OF money
for the privilege. That is one huie reason why rail
way stock is good thing to one IN France In Bel
GUM where the State is great owner, matters
seem TO be managed with even closer economy, ana
the carriages from Antwerp can answer for il,
were slowed too full for comfort in a hot morning.
The rail does not 60 through 20 Rotterdam. A
through ticket from Antwerp TO Amsterdam trans
fers Won at MOerdigh to steamer, which Is double
of the Rhine boats and takes you by an inland arm
of the sea pleasantly TO Rotterdam passing by the
way endless windmils and the picturesque old town
of Dordrecht. The whole scene Is novel and attTac-
five: but shall never get back to the Exposition If
stop 10 describe things which were full OF the IN
terest the Exposition lacks. CIV s.
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