New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

Dover Railway, Of how much value American pas
seneer travel Is 10 Europe. This single company
Of wagon-lits runs hye great expresses all ]
think It's own or consisting Of its own cars ek-
eIueively, the Orient EXPRESS from Paris 10 CON
stastinople by Vienna, the South Express from
London 10 fdsbon, the Oalend-Viennn ENpresh.
the peninsuiar Express weekly from London t.
irindisi ana tho Mediterranean Express, on
which have boon making femhfkH You may
pot a rough nnd doubtless inadequate notion ~
their profits by taking tho Mediterranean. Thoro
wnro four cars hoe1n the restaurant car. twenty
borths to each car | reckon the avrrnR" receipts
per Journey Including the profit from the rcs'nil-
rant at over $1,000 with four trains each way
weekly that comes TO $4,000. AMI If you reckon
only twenty weeks in the year the Riviera season.
YOU have the noat total Of $4,000 gross receipts
on this one line
There are saloon-cars also belonging +" the
Paris Lyon M6dterranee Company. which Is com
monty called for brevty's sake the T. J.. NJ !
commend them to the American traveller az
those by which he may most conveniently get rid
OF any articles Of travelling gear or wearing
apparel which he thinks supcrfiuous what !
mean IS that they are so arranged as to oner
a premium on stealing and every opportunity TO
the thief They have long narrow corridor
along the side Of the car out OF which opens n
series OF COMMITMENTS: and there are doors at
both ends with nobody TO look after either II Is
not easy for the thief 10 annex anything out or
the ordinary European railway carriage. with Its
separate compartments opening on the platform
and only accessible directly from the platform.
He IS under the eyes OF too many people. But
when he has once entered one Of the saloon
cars he Is toerably safe from obscrvaton-en-
tire,y so from the out sde-and may take what
he fancies from an empty compartment and
emerge from either door Of the car as bona-nde
passenger with his own belongings Surprising
the conductor does his best. he is but one and
there are two doors at the ends and eight or ten
commandments TO watch. But he may do nothing.
or NAV be himself not above a little plumber. or
IN league with thieves. Whichever he the true
explanation. robberies from these cars are fire.
quent and from other cars are infrequent
No redress is TO be had The company IS
legally responsible for property intrusted 20 the
care Of it's agents. but invariably declines 10
acknowledge its responsibility or 10 recoup the
foreigner for his losses. A Frenchman may have
some chance even against powerful and no.
torously arbitrary corporation. \ foreigner
has absolutely none. No French lawyer would
advise him 10 bring an action and 10 every form
of appeal except legal proceedings this corpo-
ration is insensible. Nor do their agents seem
TO give themselves much trouble. They promise,
and YOU may spend respectable sums In tele-
graphing to the police and TO the officials. with
ont always getting much as the answer for
which YOU have paid In advance From the COM
pany itself YOU will get civil letters and regrets.
and absolutely nothing else All one can do Is
to avoid these saloon-cars. which are so con-
veniently arranged for the purposes OF the rather
numerous class who make a living by appropriate
ing the dressing bags and furcoats and other
property Of the unwary traveller. and not al
ways of the unwary. either. II you put your
property especially in charge Of the conductor.
YOU may lose 1t all the same. and the con-
ductor may probably tell you you are mistaken
in thinking you had furcoat with you. have
known that to happen. And If you inquire or n
chef de care with turn for frankness. he will
tell YOU that this sort Of thing is always happen
ing Less is heard about II In the newspapers
than about the luggage robberies in Italy. which
are systematic, but the South Of France Is "A
place where you will do equally well TO be on
your guard when travelling. q. w. 5.