RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 5

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

' NEW SOTJTH WALES. A>JD ENGLAND , ;■" ; v- •■vCOMPAIiED.'--. i '. Sir. C. "Oiiver...!..late Chief Commissioner' of 3 the-New South"/ Wales railways,-.who is , spend--! ~' 'ing some writing to a friend j : in Sydney,- .toiiip'jl'ros -bhe'; faros charged for j short (listanco's.'-oft.toe -English railways with ■ the" charges., iiij New..South Wales, to 1 the disadyantago of tlio:fofm<iri He sajs:—"l have I not'secn a great-deal of tborailv.-.iys, though 5 ' I.have taken. feeVeralishort runs: I liavb seen I iiothiiig whibli'inak'tis.nie feel ashamed of tho r New South-AVal.es railv?ays.- -Indeed, my'exi 'Jioriciico'has'jbeoiv the reverse. The fares nro p nxtravagantly; high,'for short distances;-' iii , <l fact, .up-to-'100';-mii(;s. ; ' Of course ,, thero arc ■'poriod'niil cheap'.excursions; but I refer to or-, j dinary f.-ires; , 'JChc other day 1 paid 3s: Gil. ~ for a first-class; return of nine miles —in all ; 18-. miles. . ; Tho;fSjre'Hd!'Pprinant Hills, which p 'is.'twice , .the v 'distance, fs ,: unddr ,, Bs.'- , "For , 20 miles .tl:ird-clas"iirrotUrii-^o' miles in all— 11 , i-oaid 35.;. wliicli is the. first-class fare from ' Horrisby to 'Bytlney,'- 21 'miles,-or 42 alto- ; '/letbor.- I "ivas ' 'irayoiling on the : Bank " -'lildlidaj - ', the'first .H'or.day in in n ;■ first-class , , conrpart'ir ;h - *. wliich seated nir.e,' '■■■ -.ind was (:;;owded;Aut.b;,-. 21 other.pasrengers. , !. trvh'o' held'third-clijss'-tiokets. Season' tickets' ■ are "equally: all,""' Mr. Oliver' : -.comments,, "thinjjs are not done, too badly in 7 New South- Walesa , -' He adds: "Iratlier'put i: iinyself'iiv ;tr,h'war .of. having the experience i I. liavocleEcrihed'fprth'n purpose" of learnin" '• -.'.Hiafis done'.liero." , .' ■•' ■■•••■■• 1 ' Referring: to.'.tlio ■street traffic in tlio ' vrori:,,.' Mr.- Oliver :ays:—"The' sur'ace stredt-'-trafuc -in London'is n problem. The tubes'arc riding-- good work, but better surf aw provision must be -liiado- - The motor ' buses wore looketl to i'or' meeting the diffi--fiiilt-r to a largoi-.pxte-tt.'-but: speaking gon- ■ crally, they are.-.a".fa lure. They arc dirty,' : noisy, rough; and and, in a nw- : sure, dangerous on ,sli - ,i))o'ry roads. They skid i :ill. over the/place,' orcak down and'break things, at times; oven,'turning' over, and, to ! the whole.; are -t failure financially. A ! traffic commissioner has just, been appointed . ana .the- public .'arn 'anxiously . awaiting "the' . -result.;. Ih'e recently referred to tho motor buso3;as a (Bsgrece to London."-