The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
has to patronlze, unless making long and
/ direct Journeys. 1t Is Impossible to put

has to patronlze, unless making long and nd
4 direct Journeys. It is impossible to put
Iin$prnt the terrors and discomforts OF AZ
4 n day spent In q Compartments ca
4 It is not an uncommon thing for women sS
to be maltreated and even murdered a$
/ without being bio to make an utcry Or
lin any way attract attention. y gu are z5
I$llkely to be locked In with a besotted S
Human beast and forced TO endure y his 83sS
company for hours. The bigoted, home
raised Englishman objects to the moi-
gerr American typo OF rallwny conch on Or. E
! the ground that II is too promiscuo s3sl
He says he wishes 'seclusion.'' IS A hog 3
! In pen might raise tho sa1nc objection SiGi
| to an open pasturc.
1t took us an hour and twenty minutes q
l to run the twenty-five miles. AS we near Ill
cd tho confines OF London the pail OF 85s
| smoke and fog darlsencd. III tho London
station one would have thought It mid
night but 1t was not yet 8 O'Clock OF that
December afternoon. sSS There swere sS no
clouds, only rnoke md fos. tSs a 5 N S5
MY first impression of Lond OH & rs tn Sg5
/ cab swung outto st. Pancras Station and 2s
through a. maze OF cracked sire was
A tho absolute perfection of the stone loalYe
4 n1o1ts over which we were drivir s.. Z re
/! are thousands OF miles OF solid stone s1
! ia vcments In fLondo on, almost as smooth
AS newly-Iaid asphalt, and II doubt II an NJ
/ city Ein the United States can duplicate "
a hundred yards of It, There Is no 8secrer II
4 orr deep mystery concerning the manner
| in which this over-weening su per1orl 10y 4
4 has been attained. n English cities en-
mend vast sums Of money on their street \
! pavemcnts. They spend 1t 4 homes Fly. IN All
! telligently, and lay pavcmen 81 % last
/ not q year, but a century. i shall ave B
| more to say on this subject t. late p
, MY second impression was that there 4
were no street distractions On every
hand old buildings were being torn dow dow e.,
and new and grander ones rearing In
their places. Many OF the streets We're
narrow, but no piles OF brick nor steam
| ing mortar beds filed one foot OF the +
| space Of the thoroughfare. NO deliVerN.
wagons backed UP to "a cur y Il anu ',-s9H
liberatcly unlonded while q process ION OF
vehicles formed In limo " to await ti's 81
convenience Ola lazy ana I'M pru zen "
driver From curb to&curb the streets g II
london are absolutely reserved for traf
nc No city in the world has SO stupen-
.dous a ira f1lc, and In no city are horses
40 rapidly driven, yet accidents are SO
rare as to be aim lost unheard5 of.s q
Trufilc holds to the left instead Of ato h
the right, as In our. country and In most
others. The driver who swings g 1901
across tho center of8 the street Is liaple 81
To arrest and severe punishment y 81
all crossings Of consequence are isles ls,hs
Of safcty"-oval raised spaces In which
the pedestrian can stand unit the va We
Is clear for his passage. New Yorlk
/ chicago and other American cities II aia n
in the infant class so far q $ the regnll -sg
tion OF street traffic is conc erned " esl \
one watches the clockwork precision s.o ON
London's swarmns highways n RI "A
] M Ana who directs this n1lracies ~ hs e
4. r ondon "bobby'-tl,e clubless, llnarrned ~
Silent and undemonstrativeyLo nd on pc ice ,$5
man. first saw him at work When Tue ~
cabby turned Into Trafalgar Square CIV
cled past the National Gallery #aiid vas
about TO turn into tns y
lls and behind ussawas an unbroHen f1lns S
of cabs, buses and vehicles OF all descrp
tons. To the right another Suffering
| line was swiftly passing. "a We had 1usl
|Sreached the angle formed by the straHn
4 and ST, Martins lane when man wear
A ing an oilcloth helmet and Ions ~ste ,.
4 proof cape raised the forehnser OF ,t's
4 right hand doubt II the dtas ,s ,, asas
a ened the reins, Even the CAP hosses
4 know what that raised forehnser means
Il Wa stopped right then and there Ihs
entire line halted like q toy railroau
train which runs against Parior W., 4.
Across the opening my companion pp'.', ,., n
Y to a prancing team and a carrlase WV n
a slitterlng crest. IN, 4, sa,d
I
Il ..It would have made no dllrcrehee WIZ
Il the eapago Of the Prince OF NNa s.
III was MS he said. Rich and poor. l'lgn
ard Low. ar 'stocrat and g7lebelan SAM h
on one democratic plane when u comes y
10 crossing n street In London. pnly tl,a (
King has the right Of way, and ne SCI
dom uses 1t. Through the pared stream
4 NJ tratllo the foot passengers passed 4 ~
safety. like tho Children Of Israel whel! &
. Noses raised his wand and par - ll,'
waves OF tho Red Sea. Thus on hnnufeas y
OF street intersections r~hlcles yield %
pedestrians and pedestrians to vehicles,
both great tides checked lntermtttentlY 70
move again steadily and swiftly on.
.All OF these drivers cannot DO para
CONS of virtue and discipline said :"
nv London friend, as the officer gave the
4 signal that va might 50 on, 'supposs
4 our caeby had dlsresarded that ralsea
forefnger? lie would haze peen atFes'su, y
I presume .t,.,,S. a., a
wrhat would lave stopped frame ailA
I.nothingBis permitted 10 DO thai, ,ls
Enflser would haye taken his number, q " 7
Ihe Sauld have hnep arrested fotn'ofeoH5 \
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