New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
,RTSES IN LONDON STREETS
BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS YEARLY

STAGES MORE CoMMMoN IN LONDON AS THEY DIS
APPEAR ~ NETWORK.
The exclu sion of car-tracks from the City OF
IoGdon proper. busy West Ent and sevsia OF tle
most fashionable subI ~ give, almost mo7opoF OF
the choay strset-pas-enser trade 10 the Ion "en
era. Omnibus oL1pany. whose vehicles. raliatng from
Charlux Cross and Bank Of England. run in nearly
every direction for miles frOH those csntrcs
Some ides amount Of work done by this company
may ne gathered 'roin la statement th.t duchg tho
year ending June last IL carried passengers
a daily average Of over 2Oi.O0O.
To onrry .ese passengers aDoit 7lS omhiOnses Nero
u,ed on weekdays aud about or on sunday" Tor
although ali the routes Norkc sunday. the trac
il naturally lighter. In making their regular trlV' Tor
the past year company's onni 'u'es rin laJJJ'0J
miss In most years few accideuts occdr. but ~ last
January an omnibus carrying twentv-sI passengers
was upset AMI the eonT on for Injuries AnouHteit to
nearly s2s oJO. To horse tho ne oHnbua"s. s.ld6
animals we're needed tho AVERAGE cost price of each
being Si7I. with enormous st1i to feed IL may 10
readily imaglucd the huctuaion. Ia tno vano oi
hay and grain make tire neadaus dihe'cnc@ ID 10"
expenses Hay In 1889 worth nosFiy $50 n load
HIT fell 20 SIS 80 tho succeeding year; ani maze
qndisn CORN which Ia lsS2 - 80 Tor 40 pouud'
gradually ocliaed I'll ths year II Tell below 50 40
maize H. next hay the principal food Of the oompanyS
hor,e. they are extensive consumers 81 Am-tican
prpuce having auring tue year over 10000 tons
The Iondoa General Omnibus Company has been
established .beut thirty and has SIN Ia u" employ
yera conductors and drivers who verr an'ns IA" hr't
engaged divers arc So 50 and eonlnctcr' ~
Ter day When the experienced managing director.
Mr. A. c. Church ask" tho wrtsr II the services
OF conductor we're considered valuable rs those of
driver. he replied. " Certainly"
=" Then why don't pay them "a well
The manager did not answer but sni'cl eigiihcaht
smile.
II suppose they con''"o 70 H"'' ny ''"' -'-
ventured the inquirer
we have reason t. olleve sourthins OF tae sort
, :, 1891. -. ,r,,,, ,,,,liv co,,i,u. IN
happens, ant IN most cases WOMB P"'''V '""''"" ~
happen II tho conductors pail more than TIC
drivers Various Of checks upon conductors have
-, -, -, ,.t,t,,, an. r,,.,r,r,hv sprc... tho,gh
oee ',''i' D"' ,,,. ,', ,,,. &c.,. a., v,,,,l tho
conductor Is required the anoInt % clh fare
-. -, % 49,, ,,,- t,,,.
but il Is impossible the outside to witness tie
opcration."
FROM i'' ','r,.,. - th,, ~ a. .norli Ia
oohnnG" . 10 g n 49, "iy The driver viii lt,o
saIs VIC ,,i,r. ~ tho nnly ,,, nv ,ros~rItic,-
,nea 49, 49,, sn,eI Wy flP sISpc Of rrnrotr,rng
better pay deceut wages ard then os'ce rclent
i'THlS ~ ~ - D, - - ~ . itc.,.s ana, tus
,.,% 49, Sio tu ior c,oh omuInns The usual
eo'hpahs pHe liant furtern tr,,' Witch .,u,inr
nouns o. i"uoi vi a".. ~ 49,. ~ ~. -
over III """i y, .ysracs son, ,Ytytb,,c mic.
Oh ea'n % dt.,,'c, rnntcs 80 invest fra,n
rhsre are , t "o and r starch Gree. 70 Vsrp
=, h,ny nearly eight miles ln length ON these the
drivers u'ne , ,i III ," 80 ars ,ols ~
~ hrses are in,It i'm tbe cnnany's works and
me Vn .r,s $500 Zach xgy tt.i
structures but run Larry sh oa aen is hss''T r S
ca ~ The outsJe srats which ronsisted o,
'u si,er side a. m. driver and kn,trhonrd or
tagb, .s"t along The c.ntrr on which n we're aocom
'.IeI n,cI r. Lnck IL bring Iai v siu.rseI,.l Ly
sfrlc on The uIan Of M NInerIrnn 1assrnser co1cn
The conductors term them = s",aen-ena;r 'na.e."
reui f. tat ladies are already freucu nrons OF the
q 40 and the cnstnn, Il, an Iarcrv on the increase
h, , conductors are Trnctsue 10 trycr,e their CRYING