The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

Special Co7esponignes n The Sunday Rcpa-
London. May leone with me and take
e ride through til Tuppenny Tube. Do you
know what f. Isl It IS an immense iron tun-
mel. 81 big that two men could stand one
on trio shoulders II the other upright with
in It ana the hair Of the upper man would
5ust Craze the roof. 1t IS six miles in
iangth and II runs under the busiest part Of
this Busiest city Of the world. II lies from
rixty to 1cl feet below the surface of tho
streets ana here & an electric railroad
within It which carries you rapidly from
CITATION to station. where you can climb up
or Climb Gcv1l. Il is made Of cast-iron
pioes boitcI together in s'gments. II is laid
IA cement and it cost something like s.
Cg.OO1 q mile
7 want you 20 see Il because It IS a big
part OF this American invasion I have come
b-ya to describe. The most Of It's machln-
e-y Tas made in New York, and the loco
motives were constructed by the General
Electric Company of the United States.
The Tlpperay Tgle carried more than
sG,0JOOl5 passengers last year and its re-
ceipts during twelve months were more
than $4,000 rs traffic Is steadily increas-
4ANn AAN1 - ArNA--r wa ~ 800
the most profitable railroads OF London.
Poor Facilities for Carrying
London's Enormous Population.
Before we 20 into the tube I would like
to say a word about the possibilities OF In
vestrnents in London iOcomotIon. The
population here IS enormous, but the facil-
iues for carrying It are the poorest OF those
Of any capital u Europe. The streets are
narrow and the most OF them are access
sibIe only By buses OF cabs. There are un-
derground roads run by steam, and tram
ways hauled by horse power, but as yet
electrical UNDERTAKINGS are at their begin
ming.
1 have before me the number Of passen-
Eers who paid fares on cars, cabs and buses
last year. This IS counting a passenger TO
each fare. The number IS more than 1000
10000. Of these S5I,CO).GgO rode on the rail-
ways, egI, 900, coo on tramways and $50. 10000
On omribuses.
Think Of thgtI More than four times as
many omnibus rides were taken IN London
az there are men, women and children in
the United States. and every one OF those
rides was on a bus dragged by two horses.
There are more than 5000 omnibuses IN the
greater London. ana more than 10000
horses are used to haul them back and
forth through the streets. One omnibus
company carried moro than 90.OOo,0o pas
gsngers lsst year. 1t used 5000 horses and
its fares averaged about s cents q ride.
About one-third Of all the people who rode
in London last year rode In o~mnibuses,
while two-tltr6s OF them were pulled by
horses. And this 1s in the biggest city Of
the world!
Our MiIlionaires Are Interested
in English Rapid Transit.
Is It any wonder that the Yankees are
grasping at these enormous possibilities
with itching palms? I know a bakers
dozen Of New York milionaires who arc
scherning to carry the Londoner to and
from his business more rapidly at a good
round profit to themselves. You have all
heard OF Charles Tyson Yerkes. He made
a few millions In Chicago. the most rapid
city Of the world. IN parting passengers to
and fro. He has come to London and ex-
poets to make tens OF millions IN carving
those Slowest people In the same way. He
has. 1t Is said. the control Of the Metro
poltan underground steam roads and will
change their power to electricity. Pierpout
Morgan is In another big scheme and thu
chief systems seem destined to bs owned
by Americans.
London IS so big now that the pozsrsu-
ues OF electrical traction within # cannot
Do estimated. With fast trains, tw,c. ga
many viii ride as under the present sy.-