New-York tribune., 1899-08-14
LONDON TO HAVE TROLLEYS
,,rpr I. JOHNSON EXPECTS TO START
~ LINE TO BRIGHTON THIS YEAR.

/ ar INSTANCE WILL BE MADE At MILE A
| ,uS1,rE. AND THE FARE CUT FROM SIX
sHILLlNes TO sIxpENcE.
-. u,,oss we will wake up old London" said AL
- Johnson. the former head Of the Nassau
n.nroad in talking of his plans to introduce the
,mercan system of trolley cars In the bhshsn
,.,ronolis For some time the Johnsons nave peeh
lying for foothod in London, ana oeheVe
~, ,ber plans are about to be realized, at least
H ortially Surveyors IN the employ OF 'he JON"
20 are now engaged in making maps OF the TO-
noe,aphy of route from London to Brigh'on:
rneso with plans of the construction htendeo WI"
~ autographed and presented to the CITY au-
hori,ies about october l. at which time an ap-
rcation will be made for the franchise MT
1bnson expects 10 construct and equip hrst class
,oc,ric line to the English watering place and con-
80, q In such a way that II will at once become
o,,,lar The service will be rapid and the fare
.o5u,ed 70 n fraction of what II now costs 10 go
from London TO Brighton
" Johnson is enthusiastic over the future or
Ieetric roads in London In speaking OF 1t he said:
,n I,,aon all the street railroads owned by
,ho c,,v They are however leased to corpora
,,,,s which run them as far behind the times as
London is old. There Is n population OF nearly six
millions vet there IS no trolley and only one caoie
road II you want to get across the city you must
change from one bus to the other until the rare
1gr
pay here.
..rbose who have studied the city say that It's
marvellous population can be ascribed to one thins
and that Is the ease with which one may so 10 any
other city on the face of the globe. Within twenty
minutes walk from St. Pauls are the lines one may
use 10 20 anywhere Yet. with facilities for reaoh-
ing other places London is the most inconvenien'
citv in the world TO get around In II Is just this
latter trouble which intend TO remedy' NJ
one has ever asked for a similar irahcnlse
and we expect to win because Of Its very noveiy
We have been surveying the ground rom Lon Lon
don ~ brighton and expect to have that Work
done before the end Of the month score or o,e
OF surveyors have been at work since my 1st S, IL,
tho snrSng II IS not possible TO get franchlse
there as easily as here You cannot 90 sno say
that you want TO run road over suEh anu no not
only TO survey all the territory you intend 70 c0ver
but also to furnish s 20 'He Re c are going 10 do and
how you going 20 do H. our ma n,dp pshoYid be
I'VE have not met with any opposition TO SPEAK ta
Si Give tSem There We're some properly holders who
afraid to have Us S cross Ssseed sHer us 70 come their
way We will reach the city, however Sa pS tlS M I'd
dreGt route Z TIVE es The entire
Will be travelled over private right OF way eUs rs
%4aef W be or Of the no pound Variety heavy
used in steam roads and the gTades % VAN nv mo- Don
speed, and We calculate that the entire d distance a
minute including stops. ,., .oo,,,rr
The cars will be the latest models, excelIing
most Of those this country, and far surpaisslns
cinders and speed Of a mile minute. London VIII
Gee that we can show them something Inc pres
sT1 Fare TO Brighton is 81 20 or six shiings.. Our
farA will be sxpence AS Brighton IN addition 70
being summer resort is good sized city we Will
he assured of a good traffic the year rouno III,
When the reach the city line nspect9Ts a WI
MACE controllers on the cars, which, when locked,
will not permit the motormen to run the cars over
TY miles an hour There will be several stops on
the road like Croydon and some other towns.
II is understood that ell Of the money 10 be put
,nto fhe new trolley lines In London will come from
tbA American capitalists who have been interested
IN Mr Johnsons railroad enterprises In this