Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-21
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AROUND TOWN.


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Han.oms street Cars Scarce How
''Hlock' Is Managed.
How the 5000 900 of people in London
yet about" to their daily avocations and
lines is a mystery to those who have
oct made the subject study. So | haN"
gathered some information which will
'Arow little light on it.
Let me start out with the statement
that beside the 10 large terminal stations,
ikc the Eaton Square and the Midland,
there are 43O railway stations within thc
metropolis, and the underground lines
alone carry annually 25,Ou0.OO0 o:
passengers. The underground roads have
been in existence for moro than quarter
OF century, and are found to answer
the purpose admirably of relieving the
overground traffic. They are convenient.
cheap, and comparatively quick but De
crdedly unpleasant. if not positively un-
healthy. Although the engines consume
their own smoke, it is impossible to keep
pare the air in the tunnels. and yOu
usually emerge from them with head
ache.
OF course, the cars have to be lighted
artiticially, and they had not learned to
use the electric light in them when | was
last in London-last October Gas is IA
poor substitute in such place. You are
forced to read your newspaper in dim
light, and the gas consumes much of the
oxygen which gets into the tunnels from
openings en- route, which are made for
the purpose.
Yet you do not get about as quickly in
The underground as you would imagine
To avoid Instructions and for mechan.
iral reasons the road takes a circuitous
route, and you frequently must ride a
long way around to go a comparatively
short distance.
Millions Of l4ondoners, who go direct
from home to business, seldom get into
an underground train. There are many
overground lines built on brick arches
which go to the suburbs, where rents are
low; for every Englishman must have
his own house, no matter how small.
which he regards as his "castle These
trans are quick and cheap. and you are
blessed with ample light and good alr-at
Last as good as you can get III foggy
smoky London.
On all roads, whether on trunk lines.
on local oVerground' or underground
'IleS, tlltle are lifSJ second, ana thlfd
class cars, or carriages, as they call
them' Even some omnbuses that ply
from the trunk line station also hav.
compartments for different classes; youi
f-ngIlShman Is very particular with whom
he rides.
There are no street cars run by the
trolley, storage, or any other electric
system; no cable cars, no horse cars; not
track lald for surface road III the city
proper. Many Americans leave London
without ever seeing street car Of any
KIND, and yet III hcmclropolis 900 stree,
'ars run daily over l2O miles oi track.
out they are not permitted in crowded
thoroughiares; they are confined t" TIN
outlying districts. have only seen then
IN the east end. The street cars are
double deckers, and, like the buses.
they carry more outside than inside pas
scngers, but the number of passenger, Is
limited. When the car has reached it,
limit 1t will take up n9lnore passengers.
Every passenger has the right to seat,
and, to use paradoXlcal phrase, every
Englishman stands up for his right to
seat.
Street cars are not needed in the city
Nearly all London streets are in as good
condition for driving as our Central Par!
roads. There are 5000 hansoms, 400.
four wheelers, and 1000 omnibuses, 81
that you are not obliged to walk on ac
count of the absence of cars. The Londo.