The Expositor, 1869-03-12, Page 44
THE SEAFOTITI-I EXPOSITOit
Lonelori Underground Railway
1
The corsespondetit of a contemporary
furnishes the following iutereiting par
ticulars of the Wonderful ttendergroun
•railway of London, England.
The railway is intended to make
complete eircuit of the metropolis, wit
branch 1,niss running to points which li
at some little distance .from the grea
centres of population. _Some paats b
the railway have been op6n for fiv
year past, but it is only -within the las
-
month the extension was . completed to
two or three crowded districts, and the
-older lime brought into consmunication
with it. The result is that the line is
new available for the inhabitants of
nearly every part of London.For ex-
ample :—I live in -South _Kensington
tn.
. Forarly, if I wanted to go to the erty
squickly, it was necessary to take a cab,
;at coetssf 3s., the otnnibuees being
ven)1
rally 'all full iuside ' Now close t
my ouse I find a large . and hanclionse
railti:-ay station, and by paying sixpence
(12cents) I get whisked off to -Moorgate
street in. half the tinae the .cab would
have taken.
Well, but the reader may say, how
about -the line, and .what •sort of
• carriages de. you have - to go ini Isn't
it very disagreeable travellingl To the
•last question .1 must answer no, and I
do not speak rashly, for I have spen
some days in tunnels of - the - railrwayt
, without even the advantage 'of. being
carried .alone- swiftly in . the trains. I
Ld
Lave gone and about in them,
and if the air had been very lead it
strikes me that I should have found it
out. Bat, although the length of the
line running actually under the roads
6 ,
and houses is sometimes considerable,
I have never experienced anytaing but
,the ' raost trifling consciousness of a
ohmage of 'atmostphere. In the first
place, there is .a very fair draught Of air
through them. .In the next, the eng-
ines_never let off steamin the tunnels.
They buinea, fuel which is as nearly
smokeless as any thing Oat can be em-
ployed—namely, coke, specially pre-
pared for the company, ,and carefully
picked—and each engine .is fitted up
with a condenser., There is therefore
a
h
s u r prisingly
Of the tunne
mg occurs,
built in the Open air. At such., points
the engine driver opens his desmpers,
iatS Lis fire blow out, and gets al' :snug
for his next runthrough the tunnels.—
About 700 trains a day rai . over
various pats of the line, and in one week
nearly- 800,000 passengers were carried.
The trains succeed each other at. inter-
vals of from three to ten minutes, and
so beautiful is the systam of signals
which has been adopted that not one ac-
cident has occured. and instill one does
occur 1 elaall believe. it is impossible,
(itir after hour I have_ passed in
watching meolvanisra and action of the
• signals, and anything more ingenious
or:complete it would be defficult even
to imgiue. tiNflithout diagrams or Skett
ches I coull asotjhope to make this rae-
chanism clear to the reader, but -this at
any rate, may easily be etincleestood
The stations, with two orthree excepti-
ons, are built im the open air. Besides
the usual semaphore signals, a -double
• set of lights are used in the tunnel.
The colours.,are two—green. and red—
one denoting caution, the other danger,
etep. The signal -man Works pue of
these lights, the porter at the i station
another, and these two Men are not in
conimuninati—When a train. -letares
a station the lights are kept at station
until the /Rain at the statical aliettd
telegraphs that the train is in sight, and
the green lights are put on, The lights
;are at some distance a.part. Suppose
the first one t
tunnel is red.
„ up to the se
the tunnel, W
too. In that
• Ala f.,r0 a. yar-
it.ehanges` to green in front, the guard
looks back, and ices -that the green
light is there also, aivl on the train
goes again. • Even such. sligh t delays
are very- unusual, but' they render a
collision almost an impossibility-.
The light placed in a railway carriage
F.,enerally' sufiicient to - make
:kIrtrkneis viibe, But here, on this.
vidergroutIcl ritilevay each carriage Is lit
with two burners of gas, nue at each
end. The effect, is that you can read
- finite as comfortably as if you were sit-
- Lig in one toWn 'room. There- is no
necessity to hold the newspaper under
the lamp, or to strain the eyes under a
light not equalto that of a candle.
The two burners make the carriage as
brighi-s aud «heeitql as a comfortable
1ittle_room, The consumption'of gas is
of course enormous, but tbe arranve-
,ments connected with Its supply are at'd-
.frnii'able. A train can be emptied of its
ttassengers, the engine changed, and the
vas reservoirs refilled in two minutes.
No accident can take plaee with the gas.
st r -d alonv6 the roofs of tne cart
;I:tiageS i.ii an iadia rubber cloth, which
-eloth is again . encatedin a box, A
. :plate of iron attale top of the bag presses
7
slown.---through the burners at an equal
rate, 71se burine are shut in with
ittle smoke or steam in any
s; Now and then an odene
d most athe stations are
Fie driver comes totin
Ile drawshis train gently
ond forther on in
perhaps, liefinds red,
ease he stone, a4ct claire
urther. • Th en ' presently
lialf globes Of thick glass, and carefully
locked. The supply is amply suffiCleat 1 ,
t 1 tat th but an index There
o ae u e journey, .,
outside tells whether the bags 'are; full ion about one of Cleopatra's breakfasts.
or emptyif empty, the large' pipe It was the most costly that has ever
communicating -with the woe- been servd to a'single human being. I
brought to the carriage—each car willtherefore, tell %what I know about
having a seperate bag, be it nuclei it. After having partaken of Cleopa-
-and in •a few moments the dial bra's necklace, Mary AntonV determin-
Expenoive Breqcfest
seems to be divereity of opin-
15
iage
tood
nce
more marks ,full.'fl ed to device the costliest breakfest ever
given.—After several days' of gastro-
• The tunnels are all as fine spee'roens nomical meditations, not havinv found
• of good, .Substantial brick wor1 as what he was looking for, he summond
could be met with anywh•ere. 1 vtery his cook to his preseace, and told him
rarley fouud water drippiag t-hrr:t;h that if he could get up a dainty break -
any of them, they were mcstly per-
fectly dry, and in excellent order. The fast for a lady, which. should be com-
posed of as few and as small dishes as
very best rails and sleepeee have been possible, and, at the same time, be most
laid down, a large staff of plate -levers costly;, he would reward lihn according -
and road -menders are constantly at work be
-
i - -
the engines and carriages are carrfufiy Several weeks afterward the cook en -
examined every morning, and several ted Mark Antony's study and told
inspectors ale constantly travelling 11P himthat he was ready to serve the dainty
and ,elown the line, examinieg every breakfast asked of him, and that it was
arrangement, and taking care that the
ules of the line are faithfully observed. composed .ofone olive only. At the ap-
r'pointed hour the cook entered the die_
You can hear the traffic of the street ing-room followed by one hundred men
over head from Many parts of the rail- =Tying
way ; but in the street itself you can the olive (inius artificial envel-
ope) on. their shonlders. They deposi-
never hear the trains. Near the part 'tea it on the table made for the occas -
of the town where I reside, the he • is ion, and fifty earvers were set to work
serried under houses, and even through on it. After several hOurs of hard work
private cellars, and the inhabitants of the triumphant cook placed the olive
these _insca.ded places never coMpl... of lpefore the EgyptianQueen, who look -
experiencing the least annoyance. In ed at it with amazement, still with per -
our pt..i, under the Portland -road, the
reverber :ion!. But perhaps, imaginati-
on had something to do with it, for of
late they have not said a word. When
a man is told that a train is running at
full speed beneath his feet, he will find
it pretty easy to persuade himself that
the gtound is shakiug. •
Any of your readers who happen to
have gone _mild: about. London, will
have seen a long steeet which, I always
maintain as the most hideous thorough-
fare in the -world. Its aspect is poverty
stricken and gloomy, and it is impossible
to pass through it without somehow
feeling dirty and miserahle. It leaves
on the min.d a sense of coming mis-
fortune, and long after one has quitted
it, it haunts fee imagination like some
dreadful dream. Tlift thoroughfare is
called the Euesen road, the most re-
volting piece of -wcrk inan has yet pre -
timed either in modern times. It is a
street of toombstones, funerals, dejected
looking people, aud these melanchely
houses which Bri' 'eh architects once
loved—straight up and clown, black
brick, narrow windows, and doorways
shaped like a coffin. The underground
railway has savedmany of us Londoners
from the nesessity of •cravere'ng i this
'most deplore; ,0 region: Is there any
man in his eenses who would not rather
make a journey under the Euston road
•than upon it? --Well, the line rims
along the extreme length of the road,
dodging the sewers and gas -pipes and
all other kinds of piles in its way. It
ce of tunneling;
of money to cc
struct. Burs there were, other parts
which presented still graver difficulties
—parts wheee the water would come
thr4ugh in spite of all exertions' to keep
it out, a . ., where a complete tunnel
hacl;to be built, under the ground as
well, as above it. Iinmense - smt s of
• n
moey wet e spent in buying h uses,
which hacl to be pnlled down, Or in
compenstaing owneis of property. Then
there • were junctions to be made, so as
to form coun 3ction with the existing -
lines of railway. A man might now
tak-e the undergrotind road close to his
own house and be carried to Edinburgh,
or Liverpool; or any other place with
which railway commuhication is estab-
lisheel, and he saved all trotible of run-
ning from cabs to stations, and stand no
risk of loosing his train. Tl -e: traffic in-
creases with extraordinary rapidity. In
1868 the company's.receipts were Only
£400 or £500 a week. Now, (with an
extension of the line, of coulee), the
weekly receipts averge about £7,000..'
they must necessarly go on increasing:
When people once use the -underground
railway they will not be able to do with-
out it. By and .by a short eatension
will complete the road to Charing Cross,
and then every important part of Lon-
don will be accessible ly the Hue.
is a long, straight pi
and cost a great d.ea
The fares are low, and there is little
or no waiting for trains ----t\ to poiicts of
great importance. There is very little
tf me lost at any station, and if passeni,'Ters
do not 'hurry up' they are likely
to lose' there trains. Punctuality ie
closely observed, and if you get to an
important station cnly just in time to see
the train go, it is a comfort to think
that, another train will be up in less
t.'14.an five minutes. The stations 'are
very large and comm.ediousand civility
to pa esengers is strictly aeajoined upon all
servants of the conapany. I do notthink
that any one who travds by our under-
ground railway is likely to be dissapoin.-
ted with it. The general manger
• looks to me very much like an A
can—at any rate he has all the shr
ness and quickness of an Araeric•
his face. He is about the lisle, or
pouring over papers relating to its aina,n-
-ageraent, from 'morning till night, and
•the present state of ihe road rausert be
acknowledged to be a striking proef of
the efficiency of his services. !
ert-
wd-
n in
fect delight.
The olive had been prepared ii the
'following • way : After having een
stoned it was stuffed With a rich cu tarcl
then put inside of a boned canary, w ich
was used to stuff anortolan. Thal tter
was placed inside of ahened oriole, which
wss used 'to btuff a thrush, whichthrush
stuffed a boned lark. A boned snipe
was stuffed wish the lark and placed in-
side of a robin, which was used to stuff
a plover, and which latter bird filled a
quail, which was then placed inside of
a pigeon. The pigeon filled a wloodcock,
the woodcock a, partridge, the latter a
grouse, the grouse a pheasant, the phea-
sant a chicken, the chicken a guinea-
fowl, which was placed inside:of a. goese ;
the gbose filled a turkey, the turkey a
swan the latter an ostrich, which was
used to stuff a sheep, • the sheep a calf,
the calf an antelope, the -latter a pig, the
pig a deer, the deer a bear, the bear a
hiefer the latter an elk, the elk an ox,
the ex .a hippopotamus the latte
elephant. The olive was then ro
in its envelope, wbich envelope
thrown away and the olive only , was
served. — rio•re Blot, in ilTarch, Galaxy.
•
THINGS IN RED RIVER.—The
Western says: At this time of distress
and fatnine am. on.g so many of our poor,
It will afford considerable comfort to
our beople to know that our Council
has doubled the salary of the Sheriff of
• As.sinnibeia. That remarkably worthy
official, whose whole duty consists in
being the right-hand supporter of our DO
lbSS worthy Judge during two or three
days in ea.ch quarter, and in signing his
name to perhaps a -dozen legal processes
in the course a a year, has had the snra
tifty pounds added to his salary. The
office under, the present management
of affairs in this :Colony, is alrrost a -
sinecure; and his services Would be
oyee paid at twenty pounds per anurn.
Doubtless, some raay imagine that the
dignity of the office requnTs a little
more than a merely nominl • salary.
But the-plealalLs to the ground in this
instance; as there is no possible ckignity
attached to any position under the
present effete administaation of Govern-
ment in this country. Under pres-
ent circumstances, a good, efficient
police constable is .worth more . to this
• people than half a dozen of no -GI -sing -to-
do sheriffs. It would have been far
more seemly had our council invested
all the money in the public chest in
geed seed wheat for our suffering farm-
ers in the spring. • When seed time
comes and there is:fotrad to be a scat -
cit' of of seed, we would. ask our people
if fifty Pounds' worth of pride and dig-
nity are of much account in feeding the,
hungry Will it make their fields
smile with a harvest, acid -will it fill,
their granaries for a winter to come ?
And, oh, people of Assinniboia' reilect
that this money was dra\wn from your
own pockets during this season of
scarcity, and judgo of the wisdom of
your rulers itt augmenting the day of an
official(who has next to nothing to do)
during a time of famine, 'with the cer-
tainty of a scarcity of seed grain. This
-
people of Red River, is -what can. be ex-
pected from a GO ernmprit -which- is not
responsible to • th people for wastingi
the people's mon y.
an
sted
was
DIED—At Ottawa, on. tlse 30th Jan-
uary, after a violent attack of indiges-
tion, Regeal beloved andonlydaughter
of Nova Scotia aged 2 years. The re-
mains will be interredin Hants Ceme-
tery in the course of a month. Joseph
Howe and other friends of the family
a&re respectfully invited to attend.
That Repeal's collapsed beyond
doubt.
E'en Antis must allow—
You ask how this was brought about 7
John A. will tell you Howe !
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THE HOWE SEWIND MAC INES,
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TAKE NOTICE
THAT JOHN HALDAN, -has b4n
appointed Official Assignee for the Cou4y
„ ;
of Huron. -• .
Office at SEAFORTH,---J. S. PORTER'S. '
Office at Gonsamn,--Dieeetlyoppositethe
F• oGstod°effiricche., March 5th, 1868. • ' .13--tf.,
111010,.-- •
PL3
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WALL PAPER,
WALL PAPE 0,
• JUST RECEIVED,.
AND FOR SALE CHEAP,
A Fresh, Stock of Wail Paper.
Also a splendid assortment of
FAMILY AND POCKET
BIBLE
TESTAMENTS,
PRAYER BOOKS, ,
St" HYM N BOOIKS.
A CHEAP EDITION OF THE POE
Byron, Burns, Scott,
Shakespeare, &c.,
,c.
SCI -1001.1 3300I -K
SLATES,
PENS,
• INK,
• PAPER.
COPY B0003,
LITMSDEN'S:.
Corner Drug Ste.
Scaforth, Jan. 8. 53 -
For J3'41:allies and Man • bn4zs.
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• L. C. AFENDON
iv -a 3, Rossin House Block, Kg Street
_LA 'West, Toronto, awl St
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eSatfroerte 1'11
St Catharines. Wanch Agen v
—Wm. N., WATSON.
THE HOWE LOCK SU ITCH
-LETTER A—Family LINfaelsi e„
LETTER B—Family and. llarnifactnr'
MachineLrT
ErE: C—Best Leathe and: Cloth'
ManufactUring Machin e.
LETTER 1—or Cylinder fachine, for
Harness making, Boot and hoe Fittings,
and SadcllOy Work wnere the form of the
work must; be retained_ whul titeaing„ is
the most coraplete and peAeet n the world.
.-THESE WORL.7 RENO 1 SED ;YEW- •
ING MAOrtivEts, were awar ed the High-
est Premium at the World's V ir in London,
18667.
2, and Gold Medal at PamExposition,
18 •
They aim -.celebrated for d ing the . best
work, using a much smaller- eedle for the
same thread than any other ni lune, and by
the !introduction of the most mpl.fived ma-
chinery, we are now able to Su ply the very
best machines rn the world.
THE QUALITTESI WILT IT, RFOO
31.12L111) -THEM ARE : 1. Be uity and Ex-
cellency of Stitch, alike on .1 oth sides: of
the fabric sewed. 2. Streng b, Firmness
and Durability of Seam, that will not Rip
or Ravel. 3. Economy of thr ad. • 4, At-
tachments and wide range. of ipphcation to
purposes and materials.
The above can be haAl at the ran Office
in Seaforth, -from. W. N- "KATI; INT.
Who is also Agent for tt e celebrated
WANZER SEWING ..MACII N ES, which
for facility), of management, leatness and .
durability o titch, and wider nge of seams
and unrivall cl as a Family Sec( lig Machine.
Thread, Silk, Twist, Shutt os, Bobbins,
Needles, Sping-s,. Oil, and al inachine :ap-
pliances forsale at the Branch Office t Sea-
pfoartiireid., Wheirt machines may e neatly- re--
• W. N. "VVATS N, Seaforth..
April 16th. OM.
• SADD4ES,
SADDLES
$DDLES.
MHE subscriber begs to inf n the public
_L that he has just received great vatiety
of Saddles and
• 'Which he is prepared; t sell
At Pricefr Almost tin e1arallefed..
LOOK HE Fi
A. Saddle, Bridle and Mart aale for the
' small SuEi of
8•00ft
In the way of HarOess,'
OF ALL KINDS, I
He is, ras heretofore, in a position to give
his custoraeT as good value for their 'money
as any ot er establishment in Ont‘io.
, Quality of work and material employed
indisputable.
CV -SHOP OPPOSITE -KIDD &
JOHN CAMPBELL.
Seaforth, Feb. 12, '69; 63-tf.
FRANK PALTRIDGE'S
Old. Established
PHOTOCRAPH GALIERYrI.
EMOVED
•*ff' GO TO
T. J. SIMONS'
FIUTIT OYSTE
Ds M CPT I H
For Fresh Oysters, Sardines, Lobsters,
Cakes, and Sweets of every detcriptiok4
CALL AND SEE
His Fresh Stock
• Opposite 'MeCANN'S Old Stand.
Seaforth, Feb. 12) 1869. •
. 1
Y nuraerous cnstoiners and the Public
geneialily will please not 'forget that 1
have Removed from the Old Stand to the
I
OPPOSITp, SIDE OF THE STR11TiT, .
Into Scott's New 3 story Brick Biock, next
to Kidd & 11I'Mulkin's store, and dilrectly
south of Hickson's new store, win re 1 have
built the hest Gallery in the County especi-
ally for ray owA
l work, being large and com-
modious, andl with the proper actenic light ;
being the only Gallery in Seaforth construct-
ed on truehotographic principles. 1 The
oak light tha can reflect the true Peatwje.8. I
flatter myselfthat I can satisfy all who may
call.- Remeniber, I don't want your Money
for nothing; I am bound to please or no pay.
As many have had pictures in Seaforth, but
were dissatisfied, having confounded my
name with another, I would request if you
want a good' picture, properly made and
-durable, thatyou ask for Frank Paltridge.
Don't ask for Paltridge's, only, but Frank
Paltridge. I tam thus explicitibecause!manY
think they are going to get a picturemade
-
by Frank Paltridge ; but by a raista e, in
!
not going to 'Frank -P.'s, get. sadly 'sap -
pointed.
4
PrASIC FOR, :AND, GO TO FR
In the Brick Block, up one flight of stairs,
and turn to the right hand. I
My specimens at the door are all my own
make, and are not bought or borrowed to
decoy the public.
Come any 4ay, Frank is always at holm
andin Good emper. •
Pictures ofl deceased carefully copie into
any kind of picture desired.
• OFFICES TO LET. RemeMber,1 it is to Frank Paitride!s you
havt -bozo to get a good Photogra,ph. New -
and. rich Fir9iture Scenery, &c.t., thlat
New Brick Block. Apply at -t sending to rottr friends. Who doeS not
McCAUG-HEY & liOLMSTESSIet. I know FRANK PALTRIDGE ?
Seaforth, Jan. 27, 1869. 0-tf Seaforth, Jan, 6th. )53-ly
WIli
FOUR excellent offices to let in ggitt'S make your picture look rich, and worth
The ariCat6
Figuie, to youtIself
stone that god
-1.1, spiral
twis
way
fdtloiewnvio et caved flasks
fail) tiy r-urph d upon
unsil in your .
,loose the. gre.teful light
-slov;-1.v, by- lanternlight,
•steps zalting 'a tiark an
vrowifainter, and sl
Inasetinrv e the f-OP.114,1 of s
-e
fancy the celd hurnidit-i
the -crevicrs, and distill*
our around -your person,1
to the edge of tdarkness
our feeble lantoin wiul
light a peal. Here yaw
ay -lout -4 of a. tong gallery
enetby one, the. lights I
you, and which suddenly
observe then—Then
march under a high rc
til SUIRICD3y StaD
01)OD which is s
ond ihtse lisnits they
,asvaittug- the realizatie
hope: Beyond these si
moats, this city of the dt
.ward; and 011 'collier it
into- streets, and soinetir
• to Iarae svares and ton
ed with sbignantr founte;
pillars. Religious an
dates relieve the wane
your side rise up in.- oil
-decaying bones and
skulls of those who die
The bronzed skulls arra
set in a serried wall di
Iong lines of other osf.
.disposed in artistic fit
ecuriotity, rather than pr
There is a wonderful di
skulls. Some are colt)
thought with broad ex
sometimes knitted into
row between the eves
contracted 41
indicate the former aboi
aind undeveloped facalti
• These Catacombs ar
• be seen once, ?end there
lutely revolting or terd
-Arnie ern scarcely- invest
-ed frames with imattita-
seem so quiet and respe
themselves so readily tc
• rangement, that illusi
..are th.ormghly
-
damp chill air freezes 1
cholv sentiment, and y
witb s, sigh of relief t
nouncement that, 4i•
to the outer world
11.-A yon zlowly istrese'
•
an, as it comes to us fr
- above, seems like a met
rent crystal, and the fea
-full of the splendors
spheres, pointing to ti
waits us within the sary
not made with . hande,
. 13 ea vens.—ileardi, a42.4
'VIOLENCE IN A. CHM
•:a, great excitement
4,Church in Auburn, 1.
ary 21 A large TIUM
lassetabled at 8 O'clock
f..tion of Bishop McQua
.their,old. pastor, the R
aierty, who has labored:
-years, and to whom a; 1
:the Catholics of that t
• -attached. • The people,
• resolved themselves in
nnanimously tondemne
the Bishop and refuse(
,or his appointee, Reve
to say Maas. A large --
'their vray to the Altar
• latter by the slim, lei
-ehurch. It was feari
would be committed
the interposition. of Ft'
it was prevented.
and Father Kavanagl
church, the assembly.-
-snlved to hold another
<fele*. At that tinse
tholics "aseembled, an
tof resolutions cleclaril
tion to stand by their
condemning the action
and expressing their
longer to submit •to
they termed a one -me
United States.. but
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