Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-01-21

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The GREATNESS OF LoSpoN.-In few
cities are there more than half dozen
railway stations. In London there are
ut least one hundred and fifty. Some
of the railways never pass beyond the
limits, and IF one, the Tottenham and
Hampstead, Punch sGys:
No one ever travels by, as no one
knows where it begins or where it ends
The Metropolitan and other intramural
railways run trains every three or five
minutes, and convey from twenty to iif-
~ million of passengers annually
Ca-rham is the great southwestern June
ton, and through it seven hundred
trains pass every day. Its platforms
are so numerous and its underground
passages and ovcrGround bridges SO
perplexing that to find the right train
is one of those things ''that 10 fellow
can und, As a proof of the
expensive nature of London traffic it
was supposed that, when the N.tropol-
itan railway was opened, all the city to
Paddington omnihuses would be run off
the ground, but although it carried for
ty-thrce millions of passengers last
year, il has been necessary to increase
the number Of omnibuses on the south
crn route, and they yield one per cent
more revenue than before the opening
Of the railway.
Besides the railways, there are some
fourteen or fifteen thousand tram-cars.
omnibuscs and cabs traversing the
street; there are lines Of omnihuses
known only to the inhabitants Of their
own local ti2s-such as those across the
Isle Of Dogs, from Poplar to Milwall;
from London bridge, along Toolcy street
to Dockhead. &c. The London Omni-
bus Company has five hundred and six-
ty-ihree omnibuses, which carry fifty
millions of passengers annually.
1t is more dangerous to walk the
streets # London than I" travel 10y rail
way or cross the Atlantic. Last year
one hun,.rcl aud twenty-five persons
were killed, and two thousand five hum
drcd and thirteen injured by vehicles
in the streets. SUPP sing every lnd!-
vidual mar. woman and child made one
Journey on loot in London PER diem,
which is considerably above the aver
age. the deaths would I've one il eleven
millions. while tie railways only Kill
about one i'll fifty millions Of rassan-
gers, and the Cunard Company Of At
lantic steamers boast of having never
lost II passenger.
Other instances If the immensely OF
the population Of London are that three
quarters rf 4 million If business men
enter the city III the morning and leave
il III the evening for their suburban les
licences. There are lo,U00 policemen.
as MANY cah-drivcrs. and the same num-
Der of persons connected with tie post
office. each afwhcm. with their families.
would make llrsc town. When Lon
don makes holiday there are several
places of resort. such ~ the CRYSTAL
Palace. the geological Gardens. Kew
Gardens. etc, which absorb from thir-
" t. fifty thousand visitors each. The
cost of gas for lighting is s2.50o.ooo
annually; the water supply is 100000.
600 gallons per diem. In the wear lS7j
there were -. fires, AMI for the pur.
pose of supplying information on tn,
passing events Of the day 3l+ daily and
weekly newspapers are required.
What London will eventually bcCom,
it is idle to predict. 1t already stand,
= in four counties, and is striking ouwart
TO fifth (Herts.) The probability il
that by the end of the century the pop
ulation will exceed five millions, an,
will have quintuplei itself in the ccntu
~. Should it progress at an equa! rat
in the next, it will i'll the year 200,
amount 10 the enormous aggregate u
twenty-five millions; and the question
that naturally arises is how coul,
such multitude lie supplied with food
But the fact is that the more its popu
latiou increases the better they are fet
In the Plantagcnet days when the pop
ulation was not third of million
famines were of frequent occurrence,
but now. with the command of the pas
lures. the harvests and the fisheries q
the world. starvation becomes m almoS
impossible eventuaity even with TWEEN
ty-fve millions to feed. Among III
population of London there are NOR
Jews than IN Palestine. more Scotch
men than in Edinburg. more Irish tina
Mt Dublin, and more Catholics than d
Rome.
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