The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-21
rRAyRLISe IN nRITAIN.
The safety 9, R4llysI 4 F5 g.,. Vi'it 70

TRAVELLING IN BRITAIN
The safety Of railway TIaysI-A Visit 70
che Emerald Isle,
Special careDmdHes q M IRituigaeF.
DARwES, ENGLAND, September l0-Be'
lore left Wheeling got an accident In.
sprancs policy, but go far as the risks Of
travelling in England are concerned 1t
looks Is though made apoor investment,
for l find that there are about sixteen
chances Of winning the capital prize In the
Louisiana lottery to one Of being injured
BY years travel in the United King
dom while the chance Of being killed is
one in one hundred and seventeen mil
lions. In other words Of the seven hun
dred million passengers carried on the
railroad on this side Of the Atlantic last
year only dr were killed through the
fault Of the railroad people, and only one
in !, 100000 was injured. During Tasty
there was not q single accident from col
llsions between trains meeting in opposite
directions, none from trains taking fire
and none from collisions at the crossings
Of two railroads,
Therailroads are nearly all double track
ed, and q few roads have double tracks for
passenger traffic and double tracks for
freight, on the route from Liverpool to
London principally. The system Of sig
mailing is as near perfect as 1t well can be
and no train Is allowed to follow another
until the first train has been signaled as
having passed the next signaling cabin
| It does not much matter II you miss q
train here, there will probably be another
in thirty to sixty minutes TO any point you
wish,
There are Just twenty passenger tralni
day from my native town OF Darwen
to Manchester on one line Of road, from
IA. N. 10 0P.M.
There Is very good System Of express
trains to and from London, Liverpool
Manchester, Birmingham and other points
An American ia likely TO be amazed wheI
he sees trains rushing past cities fouI
times the size OF Wheeling without q stop
and hardly so much as a whistle, but
have often seen this done when waiting
In the depot at Preston and at other places
Trains can run at full speed through thu
largest cities for the roads are all fenced
in, and 1t Ia a punishable offence TO bE
found walking on q railroad track. A
stations foot bridges or tunnels, and some
times both, are provided for passengers
so as to avoid crossing on the track.
From what | have said OF the RAILROAD
interests in the United Kingdom Of Grea
Britain and Ireland you will not be sur
priaed to learn that the postotiiCe business
Is also on au extensive scale. The area o
England, Ireland. Scotland and VALE
combined Is but 10000 square miles
about one half the area o
Texas, but there were 1403 milllor
letters delivered there last year
also III 100000 postal cards, S49 OOO, 00l
book packages and circulars, las, 900 ,OO(
newspapers and 26000,0 900 parcels. Thu
people as class must be quite as stupiG
as we are on the American side oil thu
pond for there were about q 600 pieces o
mail matter mailed without address ant
$4,000, 600 pieces not deliverable.
The telegraph business is In the handI
OF the postoltice authorities and the rate Il
Aixpence for twelve words, address anC
signature included. During the 81
months ending March 3lst, l6,7SI64(
messages were sent at the above rate
against 11,3l4,423 for the previous sia
months when the rate was q shilling.
spent last week in Ireland and hat
the pleasure Of meeting brother Wheel
linpite in the person OF Father MCElligott
and we "did1 the lakes OF Killarney TO-
gether, driving to tho Gap Of Dunloe and
sailing down the lakes in two
cared boat manned by two worthy
sons OF tho green isle, and VI
were entertained with tho details o
score OF legends connected with the dill
ferent Islands Of the lakes. Killarney II
worth going scores Of miles 70 see, bu
tourists would like 1t better II there wa
not q toll Of shilling or aixpence eact
demanded at nearly every gate they oper
on many OF the roads In the country
places Of the lake district.
strolled into q Land League meeting
in Killarney, and came to the conclusion
that screw was loose somewhere II the
ragged clothes and starved appearance o.
many Of the people at the mseting repre-
scented the condition Of the bulk oil the
Irish people. The furniture in the room
would not bring Eve dollars at q forced
sale, there being only q table and aboul
five chairs. The people had to stand, ant
they did so for over an hour listening Il
an address by an English Radical. Tht
speech was couched in Language
that even Lord Salisbury could no
object TO, and when no counseleC
moderation and patience little longel
and condemned lawlessness and outrages
was pleased 10 notice that his remarks
were greatly Cheered by the people. II
Dublin, in sight Of the castle, ! saw
enough filth, poverty and squalor In 81
hour TO last me for o lifetime, and while
going through the slums Of the Irish CAPT
tai / could not help but gay, "God save
Ireland" ! found much TO admire II
Dublin, Notwithstanding the above, and
had a few hours to spend visiting Trinity
college buildings, the old parliament
house in College Green, now used as .
bank, exploring Sackyille street, said to be
the widest street in the world. ! saw the
spot in Phoenix Park where Cavendist
and Burke were assasinated. l saw In
Dublin sign bearing the name Of IN
REILLY, grocer" and noticed o bakers
wagon several times with the name o.
Thomas 0'Brien painted on II. In Eng
land read that Mr.. Robert Simpson wai
10 sell by auction farm &C., on q certain
date.
The earthquakes in America have beer
much talked about here. Wheeling wai
mentioned in the dispatches, but lhope
you have not sustained much loss.