The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-17
LONDON LETTER.
An INTERESTING EPIsTLE FROM THE
OLD WORLD.
English Railways and How They are
Hun-Gravss OF Distinguished Peo-
mica Drive Along wh,techapci
Road-Jack the Ripper.
Especial Correspondence Of the rimee.

Especial Correspondence Oft limee.l
LONDON. June 3O.-Englishmen be-
lieve that railway travelling here Is far
mole comfortable than It is IN America.
consequently they hold on 10 the En-
elish system not only so far as double
tracts and stone viaducts are concerned,
but as TO DO bell ropes. saloons. checks,
etc. These are unquestlOuably certain
advantages in each system. but they
preponderaie largely in favor Of the
! American.
1t is the rarc-t thing to find a railway
crossing. q country road at grade. ana
where there Is such "A crossing watch
man will always he found with MS
gates locked. Indeed. IN railway con
structi0n England Is decidedly ahead "i
IL. but i'm operation. l think we nave
tho advantage over them. The Euglsn
roads in many instances. perhaps 10
most have cost in their con-
struction over 100000 per
mile. and when Euglishmen are
told that many Of our roads are punt
for less than ~25 GOO Ier mile they can
not understand St. An English road
bed. however. is "a work of art. From
The time one enters great station
with It's many tracks ms nn us
uniforms. and ITS silent shifting ualus'
until he reaches the end 81 MS Jouih'
he is astoui-hed at the solidity ana per
fection of everything pertaining 20 the
track. The metals. as the rails are
termed. appear 20 be laid immovaDly
ON q uersectlv solid bed. the roads are
hardly evercrossa at grade, the Dilige,
are a. stone masonry. and The sides oil
thecuts. instead of being naked ana pare
a. they are with us. are either coNeleu
with turf orare cultivated like a garden
the track tenders and collectors. aa
fine agents are called. utilizing the tank-
for vegetables. etc. The passenger cars
are termed carriage. Che freight cars
..vans. aud they bear no little resen-
blauce TO the vehicles from which ihey
take thcir names. The vans are bout
fifteen or twenty feet long. have oie"
wheels and are frequently covered WIN
tarpauin. Indeed. am English tialn
+ looks 90 American eyes TOT unlike whai
children would call play cars. lhel
are ahout tine size aud shape OF circus
van without the top. The passengei
ears are like stage coaches itiie
stretched out. ard still retain many oi
T their marks. The doors are al ihe s.te,
and tie steps run along below the doors
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,rr.ss b.,nnI Tine other cars. with
mail windows a., f.ont. through which
ths ,,sr.l l,,..f,.. o.. l.ok,nt ahead. TIE
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wears WAS absolutely shut i'm. for there
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beli.roos ar other means OF commuri-
cation with anyone outside the com
u,rtm.nt. but IA number Of dreadful
murder. c.muitted ia these Carllage-
.at lenoin forced OBJ. rlilwass 10 adopt
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