London Underground Railway

The omnibus and eabs are the chief i mcans of transportation to be observed in London, but the most Important factor in the intramural trafile is the underground railway, with lines running through tunnels under the buildings and streets of the city, radiating from lts important suburbs. The immense traffic which flows through the conveniently located stations below the street level is for the most part coneealed from view. The figures teil the story, however, for the number of passengers carried in a year amounts to a little more than 100,000,000, and their fares average less than 5 cents each. To enter one of the dimly lighted underground stations and then be whlrled along in the darkened subways.through a continuous cloud of smoke, is an experience which requires frequent repetition before one's patience and forbearance, not to say physical condition, are able to submit to the ordoal with gracc. In America, outside of St. Louis, there are few railroad tunnels vhich, in proportion to length, can be held responsible for so much of illhumor and physical discomfort. Still, the underground lines of London have mush of facility, and an economie imnortance suffleient withal to offset