The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-25
EnslisA Passenger Cara.

The shape OF English railway cars
and their division into first. second and
third class are things with which Amer
icsn readers are quite familiar. Tho
nrstelass compartment carries six pms.
serkers Snd each has 4 sof. arm-rest on
ea1A side Of him and reclining, up,
holstered hack to lesu against The seat
is more comfortable than thosc afforded
in the ordinary American ear bur not "a
much 90 ss in psrlor esrs. The second
elsss has also snlt seat and back but
is minus the srtu rests aud sllors less
space for each passenger In the third
yon must ait five on side, instead of
three, ~ IN the fret hat IN long.dis-
tsnee trsims the lauA class conapart,
Inent' generally have cushioned seats.
The thlrd-clsse carriages on local trains
are Of rougher pattern, and you meet in
them, often, very oosr'c class Of peo.
pie, But II rau are going far on sa ex.
press, your companions, with now snd
then an exception, will be we'll dressed,
well behaved, and highly respectable.
There is saying that only princes
and lnnstics' ride first class, and il isa
fact shat none but the VERY weslthy, or
very fss,idious, DO 30. In 1892 there
VISA an Increase OF el,000O00 in third.
class receipts as compared with the pre-
vious year, aud third class traffic is now
much more than double first and second.
class together the amounts being
third.class Gl6,3Sl ,000; first md second.
olass, G7l70,000.
The cost Of the different grades is
about - follows Firstclass. 4 cent,
mile; second, cents; third, . cents,
with slight allowance on each accord.
ing to the distance travelled The rate
OF speed made by railway trains il bet.
ter here, on the average. than In the
United States, though YOU Nyc soms
trains that will compare layorahly with
the fastest IN the country. The train
known as the Flying Dutchman," Of
tho Great Western Railroad, runs from
London to Bristol, n distance Of 1851
miles, in two houm aud thirtysix
minutes, or st the rate of ij.3 miles per
hour, including two stops OF eleven
minutes Excluding those stops the
speed is ~ miles per hour The die.
lance from London 10 Swipdon, T7t
miles, IA made in one hour and twenty
seven minutes without stopping, or at
the rate OF 1913 miles per hour. Water
ia invariably taken up by suction while
the train is going at full speed, and the
rnte OF progress is greatly helped by tne
smooth levelgraded aud well-balanoed
roaduays
Inc inconvenience attendant upon
| railway travel in tirat Britain are yerV
great Excepting ON tue few long die.
tance trains THAI have Pullman cars at.
tached, there are no places Of retirement
aud No fires. In tbs coolest weather
iron footrcsts, containing hot walcr. are
supplied, but they ARE scarcely ever
available for all the passengers, and arc
Il poor substitute, at best, for red hot
store or steam heating apparatus.
NO train is without smoking car.
rlnges, but the compartments are 40
small, aud the tendency Of the English
to smoke strongsmelling pipes is 40
great that IN weather when il II not com.
Portable to have the windows lowered.
the atmosphere is -ickening in the ex.
treme. OF course there Is 30 such thing
a. walking into another compartment
when your cigar is done, for the English
railway carriages are like the Jews and
samaritsns Of old, who had no connec.
tisns with each other.
But the greatest inconvenience ia in
regard to baggage The passenger must
carry this on his mind from iic begin.
ming to the end Of the journey. lie must
see that II is put in the van 1T the place
OF starting, aud when his destination il
reached, or n change 81 trains has 10 lie
made, he must jump from his carriage
tie moment It stops, aud such franti
eally 70 the aame van 10 see that il is
put oil and token care of.
Such a scr nimApC rs occurs around
the luggage vans when crowded ex-
press tra pulls into metrorolitan sta
ton IS worth going long distance TO
ace, If yon are fond Of excitement. The
wonder Is that many frauds do not
occur Anybody can claim nnyibing.
II he II first In the field. aud for a three,
penny biz porter will hustle II into a
cab, and OF you 20 before any one las
time TO protest. As matter Of fact.
however, there is little thiesiug of this
kind prscticed, aud very little luggage
Is permanently lost. On some lines the
American syAtcm Of checking IL being
introduced, but Il is not much patro-
niIed ~ yet. owing 10 the additional
charges the accommodation entail.