The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
Venerable and Historic Buildings
and Ancient Associations Rap
idly Disappear.
WORK OF COUNTY COUNCIL.
Rapid Development Does Not Tx
tend 10 Suburban Train Serv-
ice. Against Which There
Is Much Complaint.

srDIAL BY CABLE TO NEW YORK
HERALD III ST LpJIS REPUBLIC.
London. Oct. Is-tC1pyHght. ls0eJ-Any
mau who knew his London only a few Years
ago. would. on returning 10 the metropolis
Of the present day. quite coincide In what
Lord Rosebery said In presiding at a meet
ing Of the London Typographical Society
the other day. London Is changing before
ones eyes Il has been changing for the
last quarter Of a century with inconcsivaole
rapidly. but IL has been changing even
more rapidly since the advent Of the Lon
don County Council.
Il did not require Lord Rosebery 10 tell
that. for. as everybody knows. London has
ntver been out or a state Of dishabille ever
since the Council started in business.
Lord Rosebery was quite apologize for
Lodon's rapid change. Both he and his col
leagues on the Council felt quite guilty he
cause OF The fact that the march Of utility
had stamped out and was going furth-r 10
stamp out many venerable. historical build
irgs and anciea, associations which Lon
doners would gladly AVE spared II pos
s,bIe.
on the Initiation Of Lord Rossbery, there
fore. the Typographical Society Is TO inau-
gurate a library and museum. where hooks.
prints and pictures OF old buildings OF his
torical interest may be preserved for the
Information Of coming generations. 20 let
them understand what the metropolis ats
before the present rapid development began.
MISERABLE TRAIN SERVICE
But II London IS being improved in its
t~hOroughfares. its rapid underground and
electric street tramways. discomfort grOvs
stronger almost daily At the wretchefly
slow suburban train services, no attempt TO
improve or accelerate witch has been made
almost eFw~a fhn r~Nw-nw rF-n. $50. -H---.
For years past the timetables have shown
exactly the same trains on the same slow
schedules. Compare the Continental cities.
such as Paris. Berlin and Brussels. All
have quicker suburban train services than
London.
Even the English provincial towns are
served much better than London In this
respect. For instance. Manchester business
men can live IN country places. fifteen or
more miles from the city. and 90 70 town
mornings and get back evenings in trains
travelling at the rate OF f1rty-nve miles an
hour. while London's suburban trains crawl
along at an average rate OF fifteen or six
teen miles an hour. There are scarcely any
local express trains IN London. Such as
are called express trains can be called so
only as a matter OF courtesy.
KEEN COMPETITION THREATENED.
Though there are 100000 passengers
carried by the London suburban trains in
a year. the railway companies. which be-
gan by hopeiessly miscalculating the needs
OF the travelling public. have never tried TO
remedy their initial mistakes. a. the time
tables show.
4 most favorable test. for instance. from
the companies point OF view, is to accept
the scheduled time Il takes 20 20 10 a pop
ular institution. like the CRYSTAL Palace
This Is only nine miles from the central
part Of London. The average time Il takes
Is thirty-fve minutes a rate OF fifteen
miles an hour.
The time consumed on the way to and
from the London suburbs Is simply appail-
ing. one could 20 right away into the MID
lands OF England by the everyday expresses
as quickly. in some cases quicker. than one
can so into the suburbs. When the net
work OF electric tramways to and from
the suburbs Is completed. about a year
hence. connecting with the tubes and other
underground railways. II the old railways
do not reduce their fares or increase their
speed they viii find their occupation very
largely gone.