Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-09

| ell. of course my business is tou
! mus n in its infancy as Yet to make any
| special statement, out there arr. a num-
hel 81 american firms who have estab-
| lished themselves there during the last
/ t~" years and they arr. evidently work
ing up quite business
The people in England seem 10 he
now ripe to accept American ideas in
all lines Of trade. Returning on the
Oceanic with us was the whole party
OF nnanciers and engineers who have
charge OF the rapid transit problem in
New York City. They have been in
N"StiGating the methods and work that
is being iuaugurated by other Ameri-
cans in London and Paris. and said
| that they Were accorded every fat ilitv
for this Investigation. A few years
ago il would nave been very hari for
any American firm to have become es-
tabiShed in London. but things have
lately greatly changed and the feeling
IS very different than il was formerly
Fh"y now seem 10 realize that they are
behind the times in many things and
acknowledge that the American is
much more progressive than the Eng
lishman.
They have just awakened to the fact
that they have London fog and are
thus investigating to see if it is be
coming more or less prevail lent and try
ing 70 ascertain how they can over
come the annoyance.
II notice by the papers that since |
left London the fog has been very Sc
we're. 1t does not seem at all like a fog
pressed it. just Il plain dirty smoke
which permeates every part Of the
house ana office. November is conSid-
cred The worst month in the year and
they say there is only one or two days
in The year when ii blocks traffic and
is considered nearly unbearable"
What did YOU say seems to be the
cause Of this so-called fog?" uueried
the Journal.
think the 'pea-soup fog, as this
sort Of grayish fog is called comes
partly from the enormous quantities of
soft coal that is consumed. I find as
cold weather comes on. nearly every
one has an open fire. both in stores
offices and different rooms of their
homes The coal that they consume
appears very much like hard wood but
makes very much blacker smoke.
Where We in America would heat a
whole building from one fire they
Wunld have leo fires in q perhaps small
er building as stove. steam and hot
water heating seems to be unknown to
The general public. So that ii is not
strange. with hundreds of thousands of
individual open fires. each one produc
ing an enormous amount of smoke in
this damp atmosphere, that il should
cause a great amount OF fog.
The E,nglishman seems to he Il Very
hardy and healthy person and il would
appear. if there was any very i'll af
'avtS coming from this disa greeable at
mosDhere. that London with its 1000, 900
people Of people would not have be-
come the greatest city in the world.
"It is surprising the amount OF tea
that is daily consumed there. Our peo-
pie in America do not realize the full
significance of ) o'clock tea. In every
place of business. as well as in all
homes. it is just as essential to serve
tea between and 5 o'clock as ii is to
breathe. The people seem to think that
they cannot exist without their tea. In
fact, it is said that IS per cent. of all
the tea used in the world is consumed
in Great Britain,
II was very much struck in going
through the great poStofice there one
afternoon 10 tind tea being served to
every one Of the II eco employees.