Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-20
LONDON LETTER.
Electric RAilroading.- Telephone
Communication with the Conti-
nenr.-Enylish "Justice."-"Al-
echolie Coma THE Hampstead
Tragedy, Etc.

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d Tragedy, Etc.
Especial CORRESPONDENCE DxszHEr SE~s,
The English newspapers an
nounce that there has been taker
, Zone more step towards the Ameri
canizing of our institutions" Thli
l is the inaugurating Of a train ser
3 vice on the City and South London
; Electric Railway, which was for
: mally opened yesterday, the Prince
, Of Wales. being master Of the cere'
monies. The new venture presents
a number OF Innovations on the
present system OF railroading in the
metropolis which evoke both favor
able and unfavorable comments
Probably the most important oil
these at the present time to the
| British public is the matter Of fares.
On street cars and steam railways
: it is a penny mile, and you pay
for the distance Travelled. On the
electric line, which IL three miles
in length, the fare is two pence,
whether you ride half mile or the
full distance. Another change from
the present underground system is
that the new road will be smoke
less in operation. At present, pas
sengeTs are greatly annoyed by the
sulphurous fumes from the locomo-
tivvs in the subterranean passages,
while the cars are far from being
well lighted. On the South London
road smoke is done away with en-
tirely, as the motive power is cleo
tricity, which also iliuminates both
the stations and the cars. The line
is from StOckwell to the Monument,
near London Bridge, and il double
track, the tunnels passing under the
Thames parallel with the bridge.
The average depth below the surface
is fifty feet, and the line is run under
streets, except at the Hibernia
Wharf, which is directly ever it.
I
plished without any disturbance
with the surface.
The electric current is 10 be gen.
Grated at StOckwell, and from there
Is conducted through the two tun-
nels. The working conductor, or
trolley wire, is placed on the line
between the rails, and shoes will
collect the current. The mechanism
by which the power is applied or
closed off is similar in its general
features to that on the electric rail-
way in Salt Lake City, and is quite
a novelty here. The cars can be
entered from the sides, and one can
walk from one end Of the train TO
the other by an aisle through the
centre. This is also a new feature
here. Each train is calculated TO
carry 100 passengers. The COM
mencement has been with n five
minutes service, and trains run ut
the average rate Of twelve miles per
hour, including stops. This is three
miles per hour faster than the speed
on the Metropolitan, or steam under
ground railway.
Tramway and omnibus proprie-
tors regard the new system a. a most
Objectionable rival, and have maize
steady contest against it. They
succeeded in stopping, for the pres
ent at least, the Central London
Railway, which was intended TO be
operated underground 10y electricity,
from the Monument terminus Of the
South London line To various parts
OF central and north London. But
the objectO-s have received a set
back in the opening OF the new line,
and il it is successfully operated,
the Central London scheme will
soon be permitted TO he carried out.
Its promoters have not the slightest
idea Of eeasing their efforts, but will
continue in their plan to share in
the upwards Of forty million fares
collected annually from the travel
ing public in London.
Another new-fangled notion from
America is TO be presented for pub
lie patronage early in January. This
is the opening of telephone COM
munieation with the Continent.
The wires connected with the
French coast are to be connected at
st. Margaret's Bay, on the English
side, and from there the line will
be run to London. The work Is
now almost completed, and the
opening ceremonies will be held
about the commencement Of the
new year.
One Of the great enterprises TO be
started this month is the cOnstruc-
ton, by the Great Northern and
Great Eastern railway companies,
Of line OF railroad from Kings
Lynn on the east coast TO Liverpool
on the west. The route is surveyed
and passes through Lincolnshire,
Derbysbire, Cheshire and Lanca-
shire.
The London press expresses great
surprise at the action Of a jury in
Paris, recently, la acquittiDg Of the
charge Of murder wife who fol-
lowed her husband 10 the house Of
his paramount, discovered him in his
coDjugal infidelity, and stabbed him
to the heart. But it RETAINS from
comment on the action Of juriss on
the LIST inst, in two cases tried in
London. VIM. G.. Newell and
Sarah Purdey were married in 1877.
Newell became the husband of a
woman whom he afterwards left.
Miss Purdey also left her husband,
and about 1851 she and Newell began !
living together. About a year ago |
they we're married, though their |
former partners were both living |
and undivOrced. Miss Purdey adj !
mitted both marriages, but sad she |
entered into the second one so that |
she might have greater claim on
Newell for her children, Of whom
Ire was the father. She was tried /
for bigamy, and out OF sympathy /
with her the jury found her not
guilty. Newell was then placed on
trial, the same circumstances we're
shown, and he was convicted aud
sentenced to three months in Jail.
There Is much Of bOasting about
the justice that Is meted out in
English courts. Whatever it may be
in the higher courts, in those courts
which have most 10 do with the
masses OF the people there is the
grossest Ofinjustice. 4 veruict on the
part Of the magistrates is rs likely
to be against the evidence as with
it. They appear to follow their in-
clinations rather than the merits OF
the ease; for they know that with
fouT-fifths Of the defendants an ap-
peal is impossible. because the de-
fendants cannot go TO such all ex-
pense. With those who have
means the Justices are more careful, I
but even with these the record for
1859, OF cases appealed, shows an
proportion Of unjust
verdicts. There were 223 appeals.
and in only 100, or ~ 9 per cant,
were the convictions affirmed.
The case of s.alcOhOlic ,eomav
which occurred on the UHl5rid,
which arrived on Sunday, presents
q lesson. Three days out from New
YORK four-year-old child was left
with n bottle of wine, most OF which
he drank, the ultimate result being
death. This il the ssuff thai is ~ |