New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-08
tvrPJC4y TELLERS ~ IRELAND

John II Duke in letter TO the Belfast News Letter.
have been crossing the Atlantic for the last thirty
bonnd TO the eastward. aslcd many of my fellow
passengers why they did not land at queenstown anu
OF 2 visit. Dublin and Belfast especially. The prh-
cpal reason / had from every one OF them was ire
high scale al railway fares charged In Ireland besides
many OF he hotels were ever READY 10 lake a' la-e
OF strangers. Now what would propose Is that the
railways should carry passengers between belfast ana
Queenstown at the rate OF a penny per mile hlSt-
class second and third class in proportion and give
them liberty TO break their journey a. any station az
which The train stops one Of the best paving ran
ways I'm the world is the Hudson River Raiiroad. IN
the state OF Now-York. aud that company charges
no more than two cents equal 10 penny per me,
frsclass: and vet they pay their employees al least
four times the wages that men similarly cmpioyel
In this country paid thereby rendering their men
independent Of the gratuity Of passengers. You
would be sorry II You saw. as see every Ncer lhe
thousands of people that pass shores and never
see Ireland. except the rugged outline as seen from
people spend elsewhere that might be spent in Ire
land. and the enormous quantities Of goods which
they take back with them. and which they might pur
chase in Dublin and Belfast and lhec prncpal r ga
hich fares charged for railway travelling In Ireland
There are different other objections urged by ira
velierS a~s,net tho railway system I'm This country
such as the state Of The thryclass carriages which
on some ~ the RAILWAYS arc not fit for use the wait
Ing al diiicrCn; points along the route 10 cheek lick
cts, which nccessates serious loss OF time on on;
journey the lack Of cleanliness and the defective ar
rangenlonts with regard TO luggage temperance
carriage be the train between Dublin ana
Cork has also been suggested as passengers wouLi
thereby not be compelled 10 suffer from thc smell
Of strong drink mbIbed 10y some Of their fellowpas-
scnecrs on the journey.
II IS great pity that railway officials in this com
try are 50 prcludiccd against American IDEAS mat
they viii not adopt little OF the eo-ahead system
SO much I'm use on TIE other side Of the Atlantic
I'm The United states there arr miles OF railway
than In all Europe Great britain includcd ana. ac
coy,ilng 10 the current issue % English journal.
tho United States railways in 1884 yielded an average
dividend Of 81 per cent, while the average dividend
of The Irish railways for year 3.5 per cent
These are facts which surely point out clearly the
success OF the American system.
Cannot some Of your Dublin and Belfast merchants
take up the matter. and place II before The railway
authoritics I'm tho uroper light Let them see that
they are keeping money out 81 the country thereby
hindering IFS commercial advancement. IL the fares
II is INV sincere bclief-and l write from thorough
knowledge Of the case-that IL would lead To con.
start inauy of visitors from the United States and
Canada who. passing through Ireland, would each
spend something 10 benefit the country, and especially
Belfast.
II Is at least worthy OF three months trial this
ensuing summer