Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-05-10
TRAVELLERS OBSERVATIONS.
OSCILLATIONS of Mr.. E P.WellS
European Business and
Pleasure Trip.
Amor Day Celebrated by the
Schools and at the
Asylum.

Tho renders OF The Alert will be inter.
.stad to know something of the impress
.;ons that Mr.. e. P. Wells, one of the
,h,evdest of observers, obtained during
hs recent trip to England, and flying
I'm, davs' visit to Paris. He had an un-
psusly fine opportunity Of seeing Enp-
,;sh country life as it really Is. While
hs visit was primarily on business, con-
,acted with the Alliance Mortgage Loan
oompany of Manchester, England, of
rbich Mr.. Wells is the American man.
soer. vet he found much of his time taken
in social way with the capitalists and
Gentlemen who associated themselves IN
the enterprise. Speaking of the pros.
nect for securing English money, Mr.
WELLS said
.It is the same with the Alliance CON-
pauy as it is with all other financial in
sttutions that have loaned English CAPT
tai in America. They will not put out
much money here until there is a settled
policy adopted in this country on the
tariff and on silver legislation. They
reason that it would be folly for English
capital to expect profitable returns on
Investments here while the American
bbanks are full of unemployed money that
can be had at very low rate. IT the
Americans themselves are fearful OF in
vesting in their own securities. there IS
not much lnducement for foreigners to
kdo so. However, the Alliance company
will not only retain its present office in
this country and closely guard its already
large interests, but will make prepara-
tons to greatly extend its business as
soon as the times warrant. Within a
year from now they expect that things
will have resumed to great extent their
normal shape in the financial world OF
The United States.
"Mr. Richard Sykes, who is we'll known
! IN North Dakota, lives near Manchester,
md has engineered the organization OF
several American companies, although at
present not actively interested in the
management of the Alliance company.
He still retains, however, stock in this
company. I visited his beautiful country
place near Manchester. and was most
Hospitality entertained by him. He has
magnificent grounds and lives like an
English gentleman, in a degree of COM
fort and desirability that is rarely found
in America. The officials of the loan
company received me with great hos
pitahty also, aud I fully enjoyed their
kind attentions.
MY visit to London was extremely
interesting and was made particularly
Eagreeable by the father and brother OF
Bank Examiner Thorne, who gave me, at
bis request, an opportunity o: seeing
much of the famous English city that l
would not otherwise have had. l walked
nearly every day until I was wreck,
physically speaking, and found that !
could not begin to compete with the
average Englishman in the amount OF
Walking be does. Every day Of my stay
there was fully occupied with sight see-
ing and only regret that my time was
50 short. In fact I only learned how to
see, and what to visit.
"Ihe English hotel life is vastly diff
lerent from our American "hurrah" plan
10 the great hotels. A man can stop at
any one OF the best hotels in London for
aoout two-thlrds OF what it costs IN
america at the same class of house.
mere is no office 10 the English hostelry
as 10 the American hotel. You are met
al tne door by several porters who ex-
pect You to have a great amount OF bag
gage. Everything is quiet and orderly
'ao while You register in little waiting
'oom and are assigned to your apart
uents you at once miss the usual scenes
y" motel life. No one is sitting around
70 the office and in fact the whole ar
.augement seems to be to secure quiet
.of the guests above all else. The service
= me rooms is also different, IN that a
ua'd does the work, keeping the room IN
o[oer far better than in this country.
~ ~ matter how many times a day you
m'ow your things around and dlsarrange
:. .ue room, as soon as you leave, every
'u'ne ls put back as before.
'Cab fare in London is extremely
..ssonable. l got transported across the
wy with two trunks and valises for 4S
~ mus which included tip to the driver.
:. .ue same service in New York city cost
= ~ a. the best I could do, 1926. In
, . als reasonable hack service Is also to
= nad. My stay there was Of short
.u.atlon and somewhat inconven:enced
- lack OF acquaintance and unfamiliar
!" With the language. In few OF the
s0'e's and several Of the great stores
'0u can hear English spoken. But about