Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-19
BRITONS WON'T BE WARM

hugs and hot Water Cans Are Good
enough Tor Them on Railway Journeys.
Inc comment aroused by the case of
an unfortunate English lady who froze
10 death IN first-class railroad COM
partment on an English railway re-
Gently will not result, according to rail-
ROAD experts, in the general introduce
ZION OF American cars in Great Britain
Inc prejudice of the British public
against the American style of cars is so
emphatic that two of the resident
agents of our car companies have re-
Gently returned permanently from Lon
oon. The railroad experts acknowl-
edge the superiority of the Amer
lean car fully, and it has been
adopted everywhere by the continent
tai railroads. But in England the pub
lie Is obdurate. For two years a Pull
man car has been attached to the regu-
lar train between Edinburgh and Lon
DON This is an eight hour trip and it
Is calculated to bring out the advan-
tages OF the American railroad car in
the fullest manner. Yet English trav-
eIers invariably take the cramped COM
partments of the English carriages in
the train rather than the comforta BILE
American cars. They sit up all night.
wrapped in rugs and shawls. and keep
partially warm by cans of hot water
which are pushed into the cars every
two hours during the night They
might for the same price have a com
Portable berth in car that rolls on
luxurious springs, is beautifully
upholstered. admirably warmed, lighted
by electricity and in the hands of a
skilled attendant who can serve break
fast or supper on board.
Mr.. Parnell spoke recently of the
''lntolerable severity of the Journey
between Dublin and London. He was
Obliged to take a regular express train
which did not make any stops between
Chester and London, and as the wealth
er has been particularly severe over
there this winter he complained that
during the five-hour trip he shook like
a leaf. despite his numerous blankets
and rugs. \ well-lighted and thorough
~ comfortable American car was at
tached to the regular mail trains of this
route for Il year. but subsequently
withdrawn. Nowadays the American
cars are attached to the Liverpool
trains but that is only because Ameri-
cans going to and from Atlantic steam
ers absolutely insist upon them. 1t was
prophesied that after the Colonel Baker
scandal the English people would ac-
cept more modern ideas in cars. and the
subsequent agitation over the question
resulted in general ventilation of the
whole subject. But solitary women are
still locked in close iron-bound COM
partments with strange men at all
hours of the night on the English rail
ways.
y very prominent Birmingham steel
manufacturer, who came over here not
long since to attend the Iron and Steel
Mems conference. had a long discussion
with Mayor Hewitt on the subject at q
banquet at Delmonico's. The English
manufacturer said that the position of
the British public on this particular
question would have to be ranked with
the position which they had taken on
the Diseased Wife's Sister bill and other
measures which the accumulated wis
1om of ages had been unable to alter.
The English are well in front in the
general world of railroad improvements
and have accomplished wonderful things
in railroad and bridge building. But in
the question of cars they are absolutely
in the hands of the public, and the pub
lie will not alter its views. There can
be nothing more preposterous than the
idea of woman freezing to death in
Dne of the compartments of Il car on one
Of the foremost railroads of Great
Britain. The guard had neglected to
put hot-water pan in her can; hence
the tragedy. There are numerous and
successful methods of heating cars. but
none of them secures adoption in Her
Majesty's kingdom. Atcertain stations
along the route they have a big tank of
hot water. Before train is due this
water is poured into cans and the cans
are piled on small four-wheeled trucks.
When the train comes to stand-still a
guard rushes along and throws open
every door from the beginning to the
end of the train. This let's in blast of
icy air and incidentally any rain or
snow that may be flying about. The
passengers wrap their rugs and shawls
more tightly about them and sit there
and shiver. Then one guard pushes the
truck along beside the train. while an
other man pulls out the cold water tins
and puts the freshly-flled ones in their
places. The tins are slammed down in
the middle of the floor and the door is
closed. Then the shivering passengers
move up and place their feet on the tins
of hot water and extract what comfort
they can before the water turns cold
Y. Sun.
Hard Lines.