New-York tribune., 1901-11-09
LESSONS IN FOREIGN TUNNELS
MR. PARSONS ON THE RESULT OF HIS OBJ
sFRyAT1ONS ABROAD.

William, BARCLAY Parsons. the rapid transit
chief engineer. who on "Wednesday returned ron ~
trip abroad with August bennohl' O-
B. Mcdonald z. P Bryan, s l.. r DeSo ~
T, StiIlwell and John Van Week for the Pun Po9e
..,,d,-ing subway systems in foreign cities ana
making comparisons with the plans LOT the ->'
York subway. yesterday talked TO ll.oNHe
norter about his observations. Nheh Ile pa'''
a-ri1ed on the other side il divided into thFee
groups Mr.. Mcdonald and his friends ren'alIlea " ~
paris Mr. Belmont and his party went to LONDON
and the Parsons party made tour OF L'''u0'
Paris and Berlin. ,,.a o..
Did YOU learn anything that could be appheo 10
,be subway system in New-York?' MI PARSONS
was asked. z tho
yes: think learned from the Paris foaos .'-o
nec,sstv and desirability of making our "iue'
ground road look attractive Ihelr stations -
designed with an exceedingly pleasing appeaIaIOe
.tink the desrability and necessity Tor DONG
away with unsightly stations appealed 10 e'ely
on, .n the party The London roads are quite oii-
ferent because of their tube construction lhese
details will not be applied to our road IL was eN
o..5inel interesting 10 study the manner IN "hich
they operate their railways
"Eowever there little to learn In the way
of motive uower in London Their motive po"et -
all made in America, you know 1he eieo"toA
appliances in this country are far advanced peS
those used in Europe Tbey y. have Inc 'ii-iu
.sDid You learn anything new about car eons' u'-
'io4 OH. oars are all too small, according to my
,an Their roofs are low and the cars poorly Yen q,
,pa aG while the air IN lHe SUI ohy
rrre enough the air in the cars Is eAtltlteis on
49, cars have no vertilators In the roofs a. 80
Then again the windows are hxsd SO mo hoye fbs
cerno; be opened They have ventliators
windows but passengers standing up IN tne M
rn-ist of necessity breathe bad air. pecause L.ii
hnsds are above the ventators over the Wihoo 40 ~
zyhe-a the fresh air reaches Ine an ~ oi1o
HnpeS parts Of the cars Is foul smelling ana @ u1l
ythoIeserne II exceedingly diSaSreeao!e ioi any
cy1e 10 stand UP a foreign car, ,,.ha,,
Mel the New l orR Suo" ds "
co-1nrefed will twenty-one miles IN ieie @ ~ ~,
VIII this be longer than any OF the suo"aSs 0N t'''
other side?' ,. &c Tho one now
triiIinp I'm Ney,-York save the old Londoh uhueL
Iyround Parts of this road. however are Oh IL. nc
Surface another part is Viaduc ana tll9 p'
i 1r6erground The road is hunorec lhile -
length and IL operates out In the country @ iiis
Joad cannot in consequence, be colppdIeu VIII" Jul
subway road In Manhattan. , ,,..a,,,
I'VE hone TO make the NewYork subway system
the finest in the world. suppose 1t VIII De inc .ie
finest until some one builds a better SUBWAY sSS-
tenn
In closing, Mr. Parsons said: ,.o-as,t,s
.The trip was highly profitable ana lIlt9Tesl slIs.
we were treated like princes and every 1acllly wsS
extended TO US. One thing that struck me io!Ii
hIv was the bad smelling wood IN the. tarls . SUI
yyav been impreEnated win cLiSosos.'
and understand the road has lost conslderaoe pa
roma because foul smell. which peIiieaIes
Tho s+r,osphere Of the tunnel and sickens iht pas
sengers We have learned from this tnat " Is uiI-
wise and Improbable TO treat the WOOD Win cfeo-
cofa