The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-27
PREPARING FOR
THE CORONATION
Streets Will be Washed and
Sprinkled With Sand
WISH TO AVOID SHAKING
One of the Saddest Features Is the
Slump In the Price of Seats.
Nearly All of Them Have
Fallen Off 20 Per Cent.
WISH TO AVOID SHAKING

London July 26-The preparations for
the coronation Of King Edward have
been resumed at full swing but 1t is i'm
possible. of course, to reduce public en-
thusiasm in the postponed event. 1t has
now been decided that the whole route
which the carriage is to pass will be
flushed, dried and then sprinlSled with
sand, thus forming a carpet which will
reduce the vibrations of the vehicle. The
barriers will not be re-erected at all at
the cross streets intersecting the corona
tion route. Otherwise the original police
regulation will be carried out.
Che of the saddest features OF the
Kings GROWING in the viewpoint of the
spectator is the big slump in the price
of seats. conspicuous example of this
is at Mt. Margaret's, Westminster,
where the best seats were sold for ten
guineas. These prices have dropped 20
per cent. while many Of tho best places
along the route have dropped from to
guineas.
Some smart clubs on st. James street
and Picadilly have their own troubles
When the members balloted for seats in
the club stands the winners cheerfully
paid ten guineas each and now many
of the club men want their money back,
but the club committee insists en- the
thrifty minded members paying the orig
inal price.
Automobiles Have Trouble.
In spite of the enthusiasm with which
society has taken up automobling the de-
voices both from a sporting and business
standpoint are woefully handicapped by
the archaic English laws which class au-
tomobiles and steam rollers in the same
category, as we'll as the bitter hostility
of the country magistrates, who line the
suburban roads with police patrols and
every weak scores of motorist, who are
invariably convicted and fined for violat-
ing the speed laws, irrespective of any
evidence except that of the prosecuting
policemen.
The English motoring world is specu-
lating on the possibility of bringing Off
next year the James Gordon Bennett cup
race within the United Kingdom, one of
the conditions eff the competition is that
the race should be run In the country
where the cup is held. s. F. Edge. win
ner of the recent contest for the trophy
thinks there is possibility of holding
the race in Ireland though there is an
Unpleasant prospect since the Irish roads
are admittedly worse than those of the
Paris-Vienna course. The last hope of
motor racing of any sort in England
seems doomed by the action of Justice
Farwen, July "a enjoining Earl Della
Wars from allowing races on his private
track at Bexhill- on-Sea, Sussex, where
one successful meet of the automobile
club already had been held.
There is considerable speculation as to
whether the James Gordon Bennett cup
will be transferred to America next year.
Every effort is being made to induce
American Automobiles to enter Ameri-
can cars and drivers In the next race.
Americas Latest Sin.
The latest of the numerous sins charged
to America by Londoners is the respon-
sibility for the high prices of food. The
increases in the demands for meat and
other necessities of subsistence reached
figures this week never paralleled in Lon
don. The reports of the Chicago packers
deny that abnormal prices of meats are
complaining that there is no money in the
business.