Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-15

which has been recently built and looked
over the papers. They embraced detailed
maps and plans made by civil engineers of
high reputation, showing every inch OF
grade, every street corner and every de-
tail Of the line OF the road. There was a
great deal of printed matter necessary to
present the matter to parliament, and the
special act which had to be made before
the work could be begun covers forty-eight
foolscap pages and embraces all the de-
tails of the construction of the road and
its operation, including regulations as to
the dividends on the shares and the fares
for the laboring classes as well as to Sun
days and holidays.
Said Mr.. Monks:
"In securing an electrical railroad con-
cession in England you must first take
your civil engineer and go over the route
and mak out plans showing that the road
will be built according to law. The gradi-
ents have to be of a certain measure and
the streets wide enough to allow a space
of nine feet on each side Of the track. If
they are not so wide you will have to
tear down buildings and widen them, and,
of course, build new buildings and pay the
damages necessary to put the property in
the same condition as before you began to
work. In constructing the Chatham rail-
road 1t cost the British Thomson-Houston
company $50, 900 for widening a street.
Maps showing all this must be laid before
the commissioners of Parliament. The
plans must be gotten out by civil engineers
and every detail filed with the commits
sioners.
after all this is done notices must be
served upon the landowners and the Local
and railroad authorities and upon all par,
ties who may be affected by the road, ant
they all have the right to oppose the grant,
ing of the concession.
when the matter comes up before tn
commissioners 1t is necessary to have goo,
counsel to present it, and this is expensive
At the same time a deposit of 4 per cen
of the estimated cost of the undertaken
has to be made as a surety that damage
to public and private property will be re
paired II the undertaking is not carrie
out. This amount is released when tn
road is completed, but il abandoned, S
much of it as is necessary to indemnif
damages and losses is forfeited. Quite
lot of printing and Advertising has to b
done, and the result is, as l have said, tha
the cost is from $4,000 to e1O, 900 befor
| you really know whether you have any
thing or not.
g Low Fares for WOrkinGmen.
o Take, for instance, this Hamilton tram
= way which was recently built in a sma
t city near Glasgow. The act of ParliameI
d granting it lies before roe. 1t has all sort
s of provisions as to fares. 1t provides thu
). from 5 until 8 o'clock every morning and
d 4 o'clock in the afternoon the compan
d shall run cars for artisans, mechanics, dali
= laborers and clerks at fares not eXceedir
If one ha'penny, or l cent per mile. 1t r.
quires that no baggage shall be taken I'M
the cars that cannot be carried in II
hands, and also that the company shall NJ
+ use the line as a freight line. although
lie may carry parcels up to twenty-eigl
= pounds. The rate for such parcels is fXC
at 6 cents up to seven pounds, 10 cents
J. fourteen pounds and IA cents to twent,
IN eight pounds.
lie There is a provision that whenever Il