New-York tribune., 1899-11-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

Americans are inclined to be rather arrogant In
talking about the railway service OF the United
States" said George De Forest
EUROPEAN HYDE at the Hotel Imperial yes
RAILWAY terday. Mr.. Hyde is civil en-
LUXURY. gineer and interested In the con-
struction OF railways. His home is
in London. but he has been in all parts OF the
world following his profession. When you tell an
American" he continued. that one OF the biggest
and finest railway stations in the world IS IN lnda'
and that some of the trains OF Europe equal II not
surpass. American railway luxury the America ~
shifts contemptuously but it is fact Nhhe IL IS
true that America has led In the point OF nNehtlon,
novelty and progressiyeness. yet me cous HyS
has just returned from Russia, where he was en-
gagged for time in work upon the new IRA trans g
sbe ian road which the Russian Government Is
building. He said that when this road was I'm, nm,
ished 1t would run for stretches I'M wsld have
length OF track that would make the building a oI
the American lines across the prarles an ana over '"e
mountains seem not so difficult after an. ~, ,
But" he said. returning TO the suolect Oh IL iun w
ury in trains; even in Russia which AMERICAN rS Is
den and crude. they have fine railroad service Oi
course they have not the mileage, S,st AS zen nation
and of wonderful resource: and railroaMas are aIg
springng up on every side The RUSSIAN hi'rssr. 10 er
ica. and ne looks to the United States largely lor
ideas and for aid In his work; While the raIwa;y ;
trains Of Russia are comfortable and even luNuII,,
Gus the imperial train is that in point of general
lavish construction is unsurpassed anywhere m nine 1ne
car is connected by telephone with every other
there The fe over Rree Hundred % electric lights in
the train. The dining room reception 1 roOir, III
all furnished completely and carefully The last
car is kept for the railroad official In charge OF me
train, and from there the lighting, heaung' Vehu-
lating and speed are all regulated
Another person who s deeply interested In the
practical end Of rarosding and in construction OF
trains is Cornelius Vanderbilt
CORNELIUS Before the death OF his father MT
WANDER Vanderbilt had office In the
RTLTs Grand Central Station and went to
WORK. his work daily. Recently he has
not done so. but has attended 10
the construction OF engines equipped with the I'M
proved frebox which he patented Mr.. Vanderbilt
has town house, but he is at Newport much Oh
the time when he is not working upon MS eheInesS
impressed with the success OF MS effort; Under
the recent increase Of the capital stock OF the New
York Central provision was made for the consTucc-
ton of ninety additional locomotives. or TINS
number five being equipped with the new ,i n,e-
box and It Is these that Mr.. Vanderbilt Is looking
after II don't want TO predict" he said yester-
day. that the time will come when my freooX
be kent track or There will be only one thing 10
do and that Is let this new type work rlght alohB-
side OF the oid type Keep d 1TH Work. I pon each and
the life of each. and then contrast the two. ~. Or
Old then they viii be used but until it does
no universal adoption OF the method can
be expected only continuous use Aol NhN
of one OF the nreboxes will tell the story My tests
have proved that with the new hreboX there Is
some real saving of fuel. and / satisfied with
Il and willing TO have II take It's medicine
"Did YOU ever ask person in Boston how far It
was from one point to another said Horace
Tuttle Of that city yesterday.
CROOKED Mr. Tuttle IS an old New-Yorker
STREETS OF and an advertising man. He says
BOSTON. that he has lived In Boston lor ten
years now and still hasn't mas
tered the geometrlcal idcsyncraces Of the streets
"yell. IL YOU haven't" he continued, when you
happen to be in Boston some time. Just put the
question to citizen for feeler. How would any
SeW-York person answer the question IL such a
one were asked him. The one to & whom m :, the ne
ouestion was asked said: would probably say so
many blocks as many ss It happened to be- Ex-
actly my boy" said Mr.. Tuttle but would a
Boston man say that? Not upon any cohdltl9h'
He would say II so many minutes walk
The reason Of this is that no two blocks IN Bos-
ton owing TO the crooked streets, have anywhere
near the same length and the Boston ciiizen
hasn't the useful block distance standard
rrry, n some time and see IL am not right"