The evening world., 1911-09-09
marlborough Manager Hedley
Found London and Paris
Tubes Far Behind Ours.
NOTHING TO A US.
1--WE Are IS Years Ahead of
London and Lead Paris More
Than That" He Says.

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"Thc very last word in fractions has
been said right here In New York CITY,"
declared Frank Hediey. vice-prcsident
and general manager OF the INTERIOR
ough RAPID Transit Cor pany. who has
5ust returned from Europe to-day.
After the deliberations and hcsitations
OF n month spent In foreign railway
carriages OF various description. ! bow
30 the truth. let the managing dircc-
tors of the European railroad lines. ur-
ban and suburban, hereafter come to
us for light. We are indeed a miracu-
big pond. Slngularly enough. we cannot
see our advanced position"
Probably no one was more surprised
TO find backward conditions upon the
other side than Mr.. Hedley.
Twenty mine years ago Mr.. Hedley
ssi1 farewell to Maidstone, a small town
in Kent. England. where ne was born.
Upon his arrival here he walked the
streets with twenty shillings In his
pockets. looking for n Job. lie caught
on in the machine shops of the Erie
Railroad at Jersey City. and his a
was S.3 a day. Eight years ago. when
August Belmont secured the country for
the best transportation expert 10 be
had. Hcdley had risen step by step and
was head OF the ievated lines OF Chi
cago. The New York fnancler picked
him to open the New York Subway.
Tts ,Ata $50. y ,.a l.nI 4. -ha-aA
20 revisit England continued Mr.. He'd
ley. Il always had n JOB and couldn't
get away. But after the way some of
che best people talked about the Inter-
Borough. / felt / could be spared. l had
al idea that there was something for
mo to learn across the water. and that
n ] could get hold of the latest styles In
transportation from Paris and London I
might redeem our company In the public
eye.
well. I am back with Q message. I
have carried It al 1.-The way from Paris
and London. II - They need us more
than We need them.' I regret to say I
picked up not . hint or suggestion for
use upon our own subway and Il
roads. We are twenty-five years ahead
OF them. n my time on the other side
was principally taken up In pointing out
improvements Cor tho foreign lines, mod.
elled after our methods Of transporta.
ton.
LONDON TUBE PASSENGERS
"WoRk THEIR WAY"
Arthur Stanley. the managing d.
rector OF the London subway. 10 an
American and has been in London three
S.eaFR had annstdarah ia IN A.. xplth
his selection. HIS problem Is to coax
the people underground. and he Is Just
beginning TO make headway. Somehow
the people OF London prefer to climb
on the top OF BUSES and waste untold
ume getting to and from business. Pri-
vate capital built teh three tunnel sys-
TENS OF London. and tho stockholders
average about 2 per cent. on their In
vestment. II the British metropolis
ever gets any more subways It will build
them itself.
STANLEY operates under two-m,nute
Roadway and attains thirty-nve miles
an hour between station. But the pas
sengers are really noi employee
OF the tube. for they Ia, open and
shut the train doors. wattA for their
stations. n II they are carried by
~ Is their own fault. You can ride ST,
miles for six cents In London. as against
sixteen and a half miles for Ave cent,
IN New York City, Every train is a
local. for these foreign subways hav,
but W tracks. You buy your tickle,
At the booking office. let a man punch
u as you go out on the platform, ant
you open the door OF the car. keeping
your ticket. When you get TO YOU
destination you must open the door o
POUR car n hand your ticket to tn,
mar at the gate a. you move TOWARD
the lifts.
LONDON WAY BEHIND US AMI
PARIS STILL WORSE.
London 10 slowly coming to the stee
ear hve to a train. When l told O
oos tsn-sar trains the English oficial
opened their eyes. Each train has
motorman and q conductor. the latte
riding between the first and seoon,
cars. Sometimes there 10 q guard OF
h rear platform. No bell is passed
When The conductor makes up his min
everybody is aboard he waves a gree
flag or a lantern at the motorman. EN-
ployees wear blue uniforms with plent
Of gold braid.
In Paris. where tho midway. mr.
owned and controlled by the govern
msnt. but operated by a private CON
pAny. conditions are far worse. Til
cars are principally OF wood. Nobod
the name stations. and 70
must watch out and be ready to wor
Tor the company. as in London. 70
pay for as far as you ride. Employee
are slouchy looking. in red jacket
dark-blue trousers with a gold strip
and funny looking f~at-topped caps A
yea medals which must have ooi
from hve to ten cents each.
II was so Disguised with the Frenc
method OF subway operation tina kel
above ground In Paris. Taxicabs al
90 cheap there, Sixteen cents for u
hrst mile Is the cost to American mil
lona,res. Parisisns ride In them eve
more cheaply. ! venture.
But to return 20 the subway.
night say that none of the cars a,
equipped with fans, and the trains a
not clearly marked as 10 their destinI
tion. nor are the stations clearly markt
either, In London or IN Paris.
"ouble-decked trolley cars and bus,
are the means OF transportation in bo
Liverpool and Manchester. There a,
horse trans all over England, and
Maidstone the same old ark which DIRE
the to the station twenty-nine years al
T. rocking over two streaks OF rust. "
lead the world In transportation here
New York as we'll as In everything els
and II really does one good TO find IN