The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-16
LESSONS OF TRAVEL.
Talks in London With Several Ameri-
Oan Tourists.
London Tribune.


They are to be found in every great
hotel and in many private homes.
They are knocking at the doors OF
cabinet ministers, and Of less mighty
experts in all departments Of life.
These studious visitors carry big note
books, and jot down masses of facts,
figures, opinions, and personal reflec-
tions. ......... 49,. .. .
Mr.. Samuel Morse FELTON,, president
Of the Chicago and Alton railway,
having inspected the London and
Northwestern's shops at Crewe, and
looked into the English lines general
.ly, says that so, far as he can SEQ
Aemrica and England and solving
their respective railway problems in
tie way best suited to their different
conditions. .... ..
1T do not believe" announced this
plain looking giant cf man, "that
the American railways, property con-
siderer, are more careless, and hencc
more dangerous to their passengers,
than are the English. IF we kill more
people, it is because we haul farther
and fight with harder conditions
not because we are wantonly neglect
full. The English lines are fenced in,
guarded, elevated at crossings and in
cities, double tracked, blcel signalled,
and built on fully-settled ground.
Here population and wealth are COM
pressed; in America they are expand
ed over an enormous area. We cannot
wholly escape the effect Of this diff
ference on our roads as compared
with those Of England, but millions
arc being spent at this moment to
bring the American lines, so far as
possible up to the English level"
New Worlds in the West.
"IIow about America today as Il
field for the ambitious young MANI"
"Well," answered Mr.. FELTON,,
"some people tell us that the splen-
did opportunities of our early days
are gone. It is nonsense. The
Canadian and American railways arc
continually opening up new worlds.
The absorbing drama Of developing
civilization may be seen today in
thousand places in the Far West, just
as IL was seen years ago in theMiddle
States, and just as it was seen still
carrier on the Atlantic seaboard.
What shall T do9' said young Eng
lishman to me. He was only just out
of the university, and was wondering
if he ought to tackle the army, or
the navy, or the law, or business. Go
West I said. Pack your traps and
do not stop until you are at the farth-
er reaches Of the Grand Trunk. Set
tie there, and grown up with the
country I told him, what I honest
ly believe, that those great, open,
stirring places are god Cor individual1
ity and for manhood. | told him that
to grow a full-size man in London
was like trying to grow a monarch
oak in the strand.'
Mr.. George E. Hooker, secretary
Of the City club Of Chicago, an organi-
cation dedicated to municipal reform,
has finished careful study Of the
transportation question in London.
He is of opinion that the electric
train will finally beat all other fronns
of locomotion in cities.
i'The motor-omnibus cannot COM
pete permanently with the tram,"
said Mr.. Hooker, "because' it takes up
too much room in proportion to the
number of passengers it carries, and
because it wears out too soon. More
over. the tram is much cleaner, less
noisy, and less dangerous. The motor
omnibus will probably hold tic own
in districts where trans, presumably,
cannot run, but these areas will grow
steadily smaller as prejudice against
the tram disappears. The deep-level
tube is make-shift. imagine it will
fall quite behind in competition with
more accessible means Of transporta-
ton. It appears already to have
reached about the limit Of its posi-
bilities on the financial side in Lon
don. This town is supposed to repre-
sent almost chaos in matters Of tram
sit, and it certainly is, strongly sug-
gestive of British muddle; but must
say that the muddling has been 50
we'll done that in two weeks OF con-
slant travelling. at nearly all hours
Of the day and night I have net once
wished to go in any direction with
ont finding seat going that way
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