The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
MEAT TRUST HITS
 SNAG IN LONDON
Municipal Cold Storage Plants
 to Be Provided
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
History and Literature of the City of London Is to Be Compiled for
 the Benefit of
 Students


 apparently succeeded in forming world wide concern able to dictate to the people of all nations what they should eat and what prices they must pay, Is doomed to meet with a great disappointment here in London, for the greatest city in the world is seriously thinking of placing the meat business entirely under its own control, and as first step in this direc- ton immense municipal cold storage plants are to be constructed at the Smith field market. where practically all meat consumed in London is handled and sold.
 A committee has been formed for that purpose and has been empowered not only to prepare plans and estimates showing the cost of municipal cold stores, but also to obtain information as to the existing private cold stores which the city might find advantageous to pur- chase in order to secure the complete management of the cold storage around the market
 The establishment of municipal cold stores may have far-reaching results upon the meat trade. In order to appreciate the situation, it is necessary to remem- ber that when the city built the central meat market 15 years ago, nothing was known of cold storage and refrigeration, both of which are modern innovations, and have quite altered the trade of the market. When the market was establish ed nearly the whole of the supplies were English; now about 80 per cent are for eign. Cold storage and refrigeration have enabled foreign meat to come to this country in good condition, and cor poIxr lao 1,ov do hou In building the market the city used the basement for an underground railway station, so that, the supplies could go right into the market. This was at the time regarded as a brilliant achievement, but the advent of cold storage reveals that the utilization of the basement in this manner was a mistake. The result now is that the city cannot provide cold storage accommodation below the mar ket, and the situation has been met by private companies providing cold stores outside. There is still room for more accommodation, and that is why the whole subject has now come up for con- sideration. If the city can acquire the private concerns they will have the com plete control of the trade.
 Preliminary steps are being taken in the great task of indexing the history and literature of London.
 It is proposed to collect in book form references to everything that has ever been written about London from the earliest times, so that the student can dis cover without a moments delay where he can find whatever has been written about any district of the metropolis which boasts distinctive name.
 MT. Kenneth H. Vickers, a we'll known lecturer on the history of London. has elaborated scheme for the collection of the references, and great assistance in It's execution Is being given by Miss Had ley, records clerk at the London county council. A body of about 20 voluntary workers will shortly be at work getting under headings the contents of all the known works on London. These works will be indexed under the heading of General Books on London" and then each will be analysed according to the districts. But the scheme goes further than the mere indexing of standard and lesser-known books; 1t is intended to delve into all the published review and magazine articles dealing with London history and life, and to give these a place in the comprehensive index.
 When it is mentioned that this great work involves the subdivision of the headings to information where not only typographical information, but facts as to social life, ecclesiastical history, dia- lects, etc., may be found in published writings, some idea of It's magnitude will be formed.
 | The palatial new clubhouse of the Royal Automobile club in Pall-Mall is | now almost completed, and will be opened
 next week. It's long facade Is an impor-
 ant architectural feature of clubdonK- l u,ta oS oJt he to
 the interests of every special community and is striking evidence of the conquest | of the motor car.
 Its elevation is severely classical, with
 a row of attached columns having Ionic
 capitals. The material is white lime l stone. The parapet is surmounted by | four huge metal urns.
 | The new club house stands where the
 old war office was, and has a front of
 230 feet, and an average depth of 150 feet. | The cost of the building will be a quarter | of million.
 | Without question 1t will be one of the
 most sumptuous club houses in London. l The principal rooms are on the ground | floor, opening from a central vestibule. | There is a restaurant to which ladies will
 be admitted, the club room and the
 lounge, these three rooms opening on a
 terrace which overlooks Carlton gardens | and St. James park.
 | The great building includes, besides a | dining room Con the first floor, over the restaurant), billiard room, card room, li- | brary, a marble swimming bath, Turk | sh bath, gymnasium, a photograph studio and dark room and three racquet courts. The third and fourth floors are | occupied by a hundred bedrooms. Arrangements which may benefit En- glish horse breeders as we'll as provide most excellent spectacle, are being made with Russia by the directors of the In coronation week. The secretary, who recently toured through Russia and at- tended an astonishing show at Moscow, found the Russians very enthusiastic. The Czar was immensely pleased at the victory Of the Russian officer at last years Olympia, and has assisted in the greater representation this year.
 The Russian entries are likely to be of three classes First the government is sending a number of army representa- tives, probably a score. Secondly, some famous Russian trotters are coming, and | in the horse affairs of the world there Is no such rivalry as exists between own CTS of AmeMcan and Russian trotters. We may see in these trotting events
 keener competition between both horses and drivers than any yet provided. Thirdly. it is hoped that a body of Cos
 sacks will come to show their unparal