The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
MANY AMERICANS STRANDED
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Los DON, Aug 81 The ordin,-r
mOsphere of "A London shipptns -.
~ OF calm and sristOoratic -.cr,.,,.
Clustered close to the clubland Of D.
Mall, these abodss Of peace -a.,, y, e
Nssimilated something Of the dignity -
the bishops Of the Athen eum and n.
staid Statesmen Of the Carlton and -.
Reform. but in the last few weeks ~.
have lost their calm.
The spacious Offices Of Oceanic Ho,,..
where the American the White S,a, "a.
Atlantic Transport and other lines h,y.
their homes, are suggestive ~ h,r1,,,
day at a dry goods store II IL i'm, A..
same at the offices Of the Cuna-d ~.
HamDuTR-American. the CanAdlan Pacie.
the North German Lloyd and every 9TH,
line that carries passengers from Euyo,.
to America.
Telephone bells ring every minu,.
telegraph and messenger boys are in and
out in a constant stream and a veritahL.
bread line Of would be customers stand.
along the mahogany counters from IN.
hour that the doors are opened until
they are closed. Abandon hope all '.
that enter here might be inscrib.d
above the portals.
Now and again some one departs with
triumph cleaning in his eye. but for IN.
most part rage. despair OF Tesignatioo.
according To their temperaments "a
painted on the countenanoes Of the IN.
fortunate travellers who cannot 20 hon.
That il the trouble. In London Par.
and half a dozen other European centres
there are thousands OF Americans uho
cant get home.
Every day at least a couple Of pas-
senger boats are leaving Europe 70,
America packed to the limit. but they do
not suffice. II they could do the round
trip in three days they would be as busy
for the next month a. the London buses
in the rush hours.
We have nothing till the end OF septem.
her. and very little in October said q
clerk In the Cunard Office
Here, as in other Offices, you hear Of
the same people coming every day ana
twice a day. in the hope Of finding that
some one has given up a berth at the
last moment. Every year there 10 a rush
az the end Of the holiday season. but il
never has been like this year
i am told there has been no German
heard in Oberammergau this summer
said clerk in one OF the German otices.
-all the United States seems 90 have
moved to Europe: and they expect 20 get
hack in one month. when IL has taken thru
months Of full steamers 20 bring them
over.
Next door a story was told Of gentle
man who for an hour tried 10 persuade the
II. al AVmf IA
him as a stoker. He had TO be in New
York by a certain day and this was the
one steamer that would do it. There was
no steerage. every officers room was it,
and he prayed TO he stoker; but he had
TO wait.
In another ONCE there was q certain
amount Of depreciation OF the idea that
t@ople would not get berths.
Why" said the clerk with much pride,
we have two vacancies for September
I6-
He confessed they had only Just ben
given up on account Of sickness. but
boosted that last week. on only a few days
notice. he had got a man and his wiis
across who were very anxious to ~
home by q certain date. OF couns
they could not go together. The vii.
got second class berth in one boat and
the husband was able to follow. third
class in the next.
Some Of the British boats are taking ~
many ~ a hundred first and second class
passsnge in the steerAge The LUST
iania and Mauritania, absolutely fun
these days. OF course. have been practi-
callv full since January.
I try 10 persuade ladies not 10 go third
class euphemism for steerage said
one agent Il tell them to wait and that
I'll get them over. hut 81 course II they
insist on going | don't lose them Some
Of them. school teachers. saw they just
have tn go, and cant wait hut ] don't
like to see them go third class
We cannot do any work TIL closing
time. said one clerk
Then he explained that II was impossible
10 do any correspondence
While you are writing letter nan
dozen people have TO 10 attended 10, ana
they don't go away easily. he went on
ID Some 81 them are nice and good naturei'
hut many get very angry They seem N
? hlnk that We say there j. no room just 20
annoy them However, We clnse the
doors at $50 p VI and then get 20 wors.
often remaining TIL IL or II
This was in the North German Lloyd
office. which has every berth booked ti'
the end Of October The idea ~ HIRING
season does not seem tn hav" occurred
TO any 81 the transatlantic hneH Nv
2 hev are busy with their eastern trin1c
or -thsy would he too slow wer" 'H'
n the Oh ieCtIons raised 90 the -ugg"-'l" n
In the meanwhile ANYWAY IN" strance0
Americans have to get home. and IN me-
own good time the Transatlantic lines VII
got them Their"
-PeopI" should book their return "a.
-n 60 and stick 10 IT. laid one c'"fs
- They often com" m here and give W
their return paSSag"S. and " the date
W. can offer them 10 tn" tim" do not JHs'
suit them they say they II leav" II 'l~h
Then they come GROUND and want ~ g
home in n hurry and find they ha'" 10
wait two or three weeks
In an excursion around tn" ShlpphE
offices II was said that IN IN" al '"s
years transatlantic passenger trad" h9l
developed notably IN two directions IN
n" first place great many NOR" Euro-
1"ars ara visiting America than us"h ~
le IN" case EnRlish PEOPLE IN pariIcuN
are beginning To go across IN the ehtN
.pring and return for the Summe'
secondly. a Younger lot OF Americans arr
,ominE 20 Europe More people are
ringing quite young children. school hoys
md girls and more young men and wnuea
are coming Independently
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