The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-07
STUDIED SUBWAYS ABROAD.
New Workers Get Valuable Ideas in
London and Pnrfs.

A4ohGoh ana t-nrf@-
NEW YORK. Nov. The party of men
connected with the construction OF tha
rapid transit tunnel railroad who wen,
,' Europe a month ago to inspect Under
ground railroads in Europe rur the uur-
pose of studying the traction part ~ the
problem arrived here yesterday. They
were August Belmont. John r. Mcdonald,
the contractor for Jhc. New York subway
f. T.. Bryan, who it is said. viii probably
operate the road; s L.. .Deyo. the chief
engineer. and John Van Week the me-
Ch1rical engineer William Barclay Par
sons. the engineer OF the Rapid Transit
Commission. who went To Europe ahead
81 the others, meeting them in London,
also returned yesterday Mr. Belmont
said after ne landed.
We n AIDE a fun INSPECTION of The UNI
foreground systems in London. and were
accorded every possible facility and cOur-
teSy- We found a great deal which was
DoNil l4SeIui ana valuable, and very in
trItStlnE- Neither the requirements nor
the character Of the construction and
equipment are parallel 10 ours. SO that no
Glrect comparison could possibly De made
->rNertheleSs. there was much that was
uStIu! 10 tacn one OF our party IN his spe-
cldl department We have made an ar
I+NEement Tor a fun Interchange Of de
tails OF operation. construction and eN-
VIII De immediately Iuaugurat,d Dclwecu
ourselves and the London companies and
maintained for the purpose OF mutual
benefit
Prom London We visited Paris. and
made a thorough Inspection there. in like
manner receiving the most courteous at
teutlpn. and were afforded the fullest pos
Sluis information We have also drrdng-
gI a mutual Interchange of ideas and re-
suits with thu Paris underground The
fdTIS Sy stem Is. in some respects some
q a.. -.H D.
our own local service viii be. and We
found much that will be useful. as we
old IN London. ] DO not think 10 would be
courteous for US. after our reception and
treatment abroad. to make comparisons.
! viii say, however. that the people OF
New Y 1rk NAV expect the best under
ground IN existence so far a. We can ut
present Judge
Mr. Mcdonald and myself returned to
London two or three days before sailing.
N' SSTS- Bryan. BcyC. Srillwt n and Van
Week visited Baden. iu Switzerland. 20
inspect the steam turbine and electric
works Of Brown. R0yerIc & Co. IN order
To sac what point Of progress had been
reached in the development II steam tur-
blneS as applied TO electrical machinery
From Baden Mr. StiIlweU proceeded Co
l'Cco. Italy, To inspect an electric road
operated 10y the most modern Of the CAM
ST. ~temS. II does not bear directly uu1u
work, because we are not going 10
use 10 IN the underground here. but the
inspection was useful Co U.s. as indicating
tltL we nave not overlooked anything
new that might be- valuable. MCsSrs-
Bryan. Dey0. and Nau Week proceeded
o. Berlin To- Inspect the pOwcrh0uSes and
electrical equipment Of th@ Als-m-iuc
tiuSgiIs-hafJ. and acquired much useful
Information
we all met again i0 Toudr~ .- --..-
day the -Sth, and sailed on "Wednesday,
fh- 83th- " ork mere wall be- pushed g.lta
the greatest possible vigor Nc Mcdonald
can give you his own assure noes Of this
Mr. Mcdonald said The lines We in
sDeCted were different in character There
is no parallel between the system Gan Lon
don and that Of this city- in London the
trains stop AT every station. while here
- L-re We have four tracks. the express
trains can cover the distance between the
city Hall and FD-tv-SecCud Street in six
n'inUtFS- Tho Paris underground is much
better. but the ears are not of the best.
and Americans would not stand for RI *
CIV ears Work on the road here is pro-
crossing salts 8ctOTily- and there Will be-
no delay I'm finishing the work according
To every detail Of the plans Cars viii be-
running the entire lengthy ruty-1ne
miles-twO years from now. Everyone
connected with the work is enthusiastic
20 get II done in time.