Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-21

Inafew citiesAre Tiers more than half a
dozen IA lSay stations. In London there are
ST least 80. some Of the railways never pass
beyond TIE limits, and Of one, the TOtteBham
aud Hampstead, Punch says: "NO one ever
travels y, a. 10 one knows W25Te IL begins or
where il ,-ds. The Metropolitan and other
iBtTauurai railways run trains every three or
fve minutes, and convey from twenty TO fifty
millions Of passengers annually. Chaplain is
the great southwestern junction, and tArOu- n it
9tJ trains pass every day. It's platforms are
e. NUMEROUS, aud its underground passages
and OvtTgFUuud bridges SD VsTplexiug, that TO
hnd the right train IL one Of those things that
10 fellow eau understand" As proof of the
expansive nature Of London trade, 10 was
supposed tgAt. when the Metropolitan Railway
Wss OF eEed, al the city 70 Paidington Omui-
buses would be run of the gT1nnd, bat, A.
though IL carried fOIty-three millions of nae
s6BggT- last wear, IL has been fOlni necessary 70
I3CTtsre the number OF Omnibus on the south
ern route, and they gteld one per cent m )rs
revenue than before the opening OF the rail-
way.
Besides the railways, there are some four
teen or afteen tLousaul tram cars, omnibases
and cabs Isvsr-,ug the streets; rheFe are lines
CT Omni buses known only to the Inhabitants of
their Owl lJcsiItCs -suen a. those across the
Isle CT Dogs from POpiAs to Ilwal.; from
LONDON UTIusc, along IOJivy street t. Dock
head, &C- The London UnIibls COMPANY
have 55S ORR buses, which carry Hijy millions
PssseI seTs annually.
II y more dangerous 70 walk the streets Of
loEdoB than 70 travel b. Railway u across the
atlantic Last wear 12j persons " sTe kiUet,
ED1 Z5lo Injured - vehicles n sac sweet. 5 IL
posing eyVTy IL lis lido a. -asn, woman and cliii
made one Journey On 10. in LlaiJO, DR.
diem, which ~ considerably above the average,
The deaths would be one in eleven millions,
while the railways OEly Kill 2UIu. Ol6 n dTsY
millions % Passengers, All tas Jan s.i Com
aAy Of Atlantic steamers b1as- OF a&ViIg Gs T.
tT lOst a passenger.
Other Instances Ofths iulrn sEsitv of the p,.,a-
la;iOu az linton, are thai Jlrss-.ll 4rSers % a
million r business n enter rle cttY in the
morning ana iJsys u IL tH5 eVC.ing Tor thar
sObuT 3an residences. There -rs l}Gll polio -
Der or per-Ors connected wIt1 th3 p1sl-utli q,
each OF ECm, VITA their families. would make
a large town. Wh-g LOGtJu makes a hold ~.
there are s. Eersl places o. rsspTt. such "a ths
Crystal Pa.ace, the Z1ol7yI Gardens, Kew
Gardens. &c. which absorb from thirty thou
SAND % hffV Thousand Va -OTs eac1. The cost
Of gas for HgLtIuZ - - j5n,OiD Annually; tn .
water supply u laJ,Ht3 tJJ Of gallons per diem.
In the ear l-75 there wsrs 5,a drss; and for the
purpose OF supplying igtlUm4tiSn on the pass
newspapers are required.
What London vii eventually become it is
idle u predict 10 already stands Ia four cOUn-
ties, and = s'TiCing onward t. a iita (Hsrtsl.
The probability l. that BY tae end OF the CEN
tuTy the population viii exceed five millions,
and VIII have quintuplst Itself n The century.
Should it progress At 4U equal rae in the next
u Vii IN tie year POO amount 70 the enormous
aggregate Of twenty-five millions. and tine
question that nstGFally arises IA how could such
TACT = that the more - population increased
the better they are led. Ia tue PlAutagenst
days, When tIU population was not a third Of a
miihCn, fzusines were OF frequent occurrence,
but nov, With the command Of pastures. the
harvtsts and the fisheries o. the world, starva-
ton becomes an almost i'm possible evsutuaI-v
even with tvs nty-tye mIlllOus Of mouths u
feed LyHf9U CAY Press.