The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-09
rHE tNDERCRot ADIN LONDON.
". z. Mandeiiek. secretary of the Com.
psn,. Tells Of Rap.a Transit There.

poo1s hths W hAptI
William Z. AIsadelck whom almos,
everybody from the Holland House cafe
to the Plaza tea room knows rs Billie.
got here from London yesterday to spend
his usual Christmas vacation vita his
family In London Billie u ". {
Mandehck ESQ secretary % the Under
ground Electric Railways Company. which
Is the com pany that operates what u
termed locally the underground" IN
London and Sc, eral Of what are called
the tube
The business Of the underground
railways was much upset when I left
owing TO the elections. said Mr. Alands-
lick yesterday az the Waldorf The
same is the case with most urban railway
business over there The reason IA that
at election time everybody seems 70
rush out OF town The condition rs only
temporary.
The English people are becom ing
more accustomed 10 underground travel
ling and are taking more kindly "a n
They we're slow 10 take 70 the TUBES
Nov. with the rapid service and tine up
10 date methods OF operation begun hv
Albert Il. Stanley. the American manager
Of the underground system. Who used
to be general manager Of the Public
Service Corporation Of Ner Jersey.
complete change has taken place N travel
conditions
People Of the working classes. who
hung back a long time. ore now riding
more ON the under ground than on the
buses In the tubes We have a service
Of forty-eight trains an hour and lately
We h. We started an express service which
has proved very successful We have no
four track route in London. a. between
the hours II A and : o'clock in the morning
and and : o'clock at night We operate
wha, we call nonstop trains For IN
way will make no stop between EArls
Court and Victoria and then only az
Chariag Cross and the Mansion House
after that On the tubes four or Eve
STATIONS between the OUTLYING districts
and the city are cut out with the result
'ha, ~> gain five or six minutes IN the
tubes nd ten on the District railway
We have applied 70 Parham ent for
leave 20 MAKE extensions, which are much
needed One such on the CharInS Cross.
Charing Cross 20 the Ernhsnkment station
at rhe district A. 'he tmhsnkmer'
station We contemplate putting IN eSca.
ls-ors IN place II lItts or elevators which
VIII he novelty over there
The earnings of the District Hallway
have increased beyond ali expectations
during The las, three years In lso7 the
DIsrric- RAILWAY was unable - raw inter
es' 90 irs debent,;res Now II IS no,
only able 10 paw this interest IN FIJI but
also the interest on first preference stock
II hopes this coming wear to paw 'nteres'
IN second preference stock The District
Railway Is doing the biggest business II
any ~ the under ground railways Since
smoke was eliminated frotn the tunnel
and electricity Tas introduced rhe popu-
lsrit- Of the -osd has grown tremen-
dotn-ly
OF The tubes rhe most popular is the
P,ccai!l'v tube. which runs from Finsbury
Park by way Of Picca lilly Circus ,.i Ham.
mersmlth Women are coming IN lIss this
IN an enormous extent when going shop
ping and alec when going to The theatre.
IN spite Of the competition OF cheap taxi
cabs when ths lsrSeS-Spavsr tubes
were opened il ras dificui' - get people
n Use hem for The theatre Now they
are realty fashionable
OF course when the IgElts are foggv
and street trafiC - quite Or nearly ~ \
standstil the tubes re5p hary est, and
the theatres. which usei On such nlghrs
- have scantv audiences 10 not su.'sr
from the waIrher
MIR stanley has hecom- very popular
over there. and ~ L. practically owing
10 his management that III. s9-srnrlss
has turned t.le corner Things looked vs-v
black a few yea ago Tho Underground
Company. which - holding company
- rsaplng the beleHt II iacreas ~ earn
ings f'om tn District and the tubes. and
the interest paid IN income bonds las
year will he continued and in very short
time y III he increased