Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

but hardly equal to those of our draw
ingroom or par.or cars. The first
class compartment is more expensive
ily upholstered and more roomy than
the second and third class. Usually
| it is arranged to seat only six per
sons; the other classes eight. The
first class is comparatively lite used,
and lSen chiefly by persons who want
seclIsion or who ide on passes or sea
sol tickets. The familiar remark
that only royalty and Americans tray
ie. first class in England is hardly
ipertinent now My own observation
lis that Americans generally ride sec
ond or third class. Both are sufficient
Ily comfortable, and are seldom crowd
! ed long trains being uniformly run,
and Americans excepting the uniniti-
ated on their first visit) generally
consider 1t a mere waste of money to
buy first class tickets. The s>"ond
and third class compartments are botH
| upholstered, eontrarv > the continen-
| tai syst EN-, where third class means
a plain wooden seat. The casual
glance sees no difference between the
British second ard third class, but the
second has d better quality of uphol-
STEERING. Some of the railways have,
however, dropped out the second class.
and use only first and third, the sec
ond being so little used. None Of the
railways traversing this consular dis
trict provide the second class. Near
lily everybody rides third class. 1t is
essentially as good as an ordinary
American day coach, and therefore the
fare of about tive cents a mile is low
er than the usual fare in the United
States.
But the multiplicity of special ex-
cursion and weekend rates make it
possible to travel almost anywhere,
at almost any time, for fraction of
the regular fare. These low rates
usually apply to only the third class,
in this locality. but sometimes are ex-
tended to the first, when one may trav-
el first Class at less than ordinary
third class fare-that is, for less than
two cents a mile in a compartment
nearly equal to the American Pullman
or parlor car, For instance, the
regular fare from Nottingham to Skeg-
ness, a seaside resort 70 miles distant,
lis $2.37 first c,ass and $3.50 third, one
way. Round trip weekend (from
Friday to Tuesday, tickets cost s1.94
first class and $121 third, or one and
one-third cents mile first class.
Every week one or more special
attractions in London give &C. aston 10
offer low excursion rates, and in addi-
ton, every Saturday round trip re
.duced rates are given on Oh o-half day
up to six day tickets. The regular
third class fare from Nottingham t.
London, 125 miles, is $2.49. The spe-
cial round trip fares are $1.03 for half
a day. s1.S2 for one day, 1921 for two
days, $2.67 for five or six days, and
$340 for eight days. Only the half
day tickets are limited ID special ex-
custom trains. The others are good
on ordinary trains. Most local peo-
pie who can arrange to return within
the time limit go to London on these
tickets. AS would naturally be ex-
pected, people who do not intend to
return often buy day or halliday tick
cts because they are cheaper than the
regular one-way fare, and sell or give
away the return coupon in London:
but in spite of this the RAILWAYS cvi-
IDENTIFY find advantage in continuing
such rates.
Similar reduced rates are constant
~ being given to both nearby sta
tons and distant points on the islands,
and for the round trip are less or lit
tie more, depending on limit OF ticket,
than the regular fare one way. In
short, if the traveller can suit his con
venience to the particular days of the
week when reduced rates are given,
and to the trains, of which there is
often a choice of several, he need
never pay more than half the schedule
passenger traffic on English railways.
The acme of cheap travelling in this
country was reached this summer
Once or twice each week railroads
give excursion rates from London and
provincial towns to seaside resorts
which range from five to nine miles
for penny 1.-TWO cents). These are
not on slow way trains, made up of
obsolete cars, but on fast Expresses, !"
some being nonstop and composed of
new corridor cars Taking account
of all these reduced fares, it is prob
able that English railway travel is the
cheapest in Europe; and, witha1 the
English railways and their service are
inferior to none.