Leader (1850-1860), 25th August 1855, Edition 1 of 2, Page 816, Untitled Article

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  , AWQBD TO OUR TOURISTS . Bx this time a multitude of our upper clashes , and not a fewr of the middle classes too , are © itf the Continent . They will probably firstspend aweek in Paris , torturing the nerves of theirimperial allyj orerfesiiing the Eng-MbE Amtossador , iana sityjjikyiftg subjects for JC £ iic&tutea- --iiot , alas ! to the Cfinrivdri , hilt perhaps to some English humonrist who has not yet grinned delight at ; the door of ImperialvgreaihedB . A « er the tribute to the entente cor Male , the Rhine , Switzerland , and
  
  Italy will jpeceive their annual aboala . We ^ wish that abdut three ^ fourtbs bf these tourists would remember ^ for their own sake and the credit <> f their Country , that touring through beautiful scenery or precis of historic miterest is an inteUefetuat pleasure , and can only be enjoyed by people of some refinement ^ df feefing- and some cultivation of mi nd . A : great deal of money would be saved which cannot convenientlyj perhaps not honestly , be spent , and the real tourist , the man o
  
  taste and cnHayttfeidiij ^ wonld be seated many a painful scene and much that mars and alinosfr- ^ destroys pleasure . ' We do not want to cdifine touringto the ricli—we are exc ^ diaijglyglad that it is i&ot confinec ! to the " in \ t > ut tee do-wish' ^ to confine it to the educated , because the educated alone can dferlre-from it any real benefit or enjoyment . The mind finds everywhere that which it brfiiffs . ** ? I ? o Newton and Newton' a dog , "
  
  flays GABlfTLE , " what a different pair of universes f Yet \ $ he linage 6 n the retina of both was the jaime . " Bui SFewton ' b dog ^ dVibtdt expect the stars fo make him astronbtmcal ^ asr 'butf ' tourists ^ xjiect tke Alps tb Wa ^ e 'feni Wenimie ^ at ; Oan yb < i feel a j > vih&ekf ~ Then ' you-may feel scenery . Have J yoiil a - taste for history ? Then you may -appreciate historic places : If you have no senttnieiifc anil . have read nothing , or read irip ^ hmg but yonr s < jhool-bobks and the newspaperisCi * ; & iiiVaiii that- " you < ' post through ~ Eurd > ne , t * Mitrray " - in - handl J seeing all" the ¦ JLJt % AM . \ JLt % 2 y + ** . ¦¦** Jl ttT -IJLi AJWUUJ MVVIU ^ M ** * . * --v {
  
  ' ortfcoabi tnmg& HxH br fine ; by day or ^ ^ ght ; tb . ^ a ^ ybu have seen them . In Vaiit f' you : do ' j our Shine , your Alps > ¦ your -Goino ^^ ottr Venice ,- yont Oa-pitjbl—tfo your Parthenon even , or your Pyramids - ^ tkmieb ^ Tt ^ great 7 deal poorer , arid »<* \ & bit ¦ Better thanydu set . out . . Better in no way , Jndt even : in health . " In having hd real intel-Secfcal interest , ydii think of nothing but ; the' table # ' n 6 te , and the miscellaneous eating ; and drinking ' cpunifetact the JbenefhV Iriiich 1 ^ oili i W ealth ' migWt derive ^ om'ffie increase of ^ xeri&seV ' : ' 111 : w ' . - " - ¦"• " ¦ : •¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ *¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦/¦>
  
  ' "' ¦ It is difficult to say ( wh y touring is so 'dfdvouritfc an ftmUSfetnent with Englishmen , < wnether intellectual or 'riotj Our iilsUlar $ &itibti , r # rbbablJvV reacts upon ' usj stimti-* latHiig bur curiosity to visit the Continent . Tb ^ idd le closes ape filie higher' Wealth , ^ ttip t ifc Wrld or' sense- ' of 'duty , finds it ¦ bl easaiiter . to lounge' away life abroad than ' at' home , freei ! ' ffrdm ^ tlre restraints of Engiishs ^ cietyi ' and' enjoy itig f 6 r t \ U time the ; rights of nr ^ p ferty ^ wit / Hbot the aunoynrice of its' cWfcies . flttt ' . there hpatiit be ' a reatlessneBS 1
  
  in ' the''IBrfglish ' 'teni ^ eranTtent , begbist ^ n perhaps ' pa- rtly "W the ' niiiious and ijteejaattilt tur ^ uft ' bfM » J ti ^ ich 1 rendeiatJhe whirl'and dJstracttori df ' tkv 6 llittg ^ b ' grtttefulr ' •! A Certaitt 'tJottsttl Uaeil % ht- oaytliat DS 4 igli «( hWttx always seelnecl io ' MiA ' tb bomb ^ thertt riotto ttee < " > iJh 6 "XJa [ k& ' , ' * bttt 'td < &tbh th ^ 'etebniefk r Apd b 6 it ( is , ' They J ) 6 a « ' atonf t' « k Jf' they eXi-• Wei&ety ^ ' tratfellifag' fast' ' eficyugti / ' U u rtm ' awa ^' frfdhV' thfeiiid ^ lV § 9 . JLef t 4 < em' takip » a lesson from thfe'rihiegWtttib Obntin ^ ita l , WhbBe ^ iii ^ f ^ h ^ rgy Vh ^ y fcleapiaeVbtit wlibfftt i ^ uie ^; ' aiid toritdnteW m ( hd li « 6 ' nsfcreHgth lof jka'own e W » i 4 iH M to ' tadt , 'ftn'd ^ tdBtea '/ what JthG ( y 1 ' 6 ltt ^ oil ^ te ; I the < Wcatiurea of . repbtiei ii > ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " i I
  
  - In three cases but of four ,- tho rbest-advice to persons about to make tours would be that which -Bunch gave tb' persons about to marry ^ -ifen */ . But if they will go they may at least forbear to make their country odious and i'idiculpus ^ ' though - ¦ they cannot benefit themselves . They may learn ¦ a little of the
  
  language before they start , ; sb as not to be enturely reduced to paritomimie gesture . They may learn , respect for the people among whom they are ^ and avoid parading- the Englishman abroad ' as they aff ect the fo reigner at home ' . They may remember the trouble their helplessness and their strange habits give , and learn to be civil to those who attend on
  
  them . They may try to hide their selfish arrogance ; if they cannot get rid of it . Then we will forgive them for wasting their own money . ¦¦ ¦¦ - / j i : ; - ; -:- •¦• • . ¦ •¦• . ¦ .-.
  
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  BALL WAY MANAGEMENT AND :. .- ; . ii ' REVENUE .- • ¦ *? y ¦ A iaeqe amount of railway property i » at present in a state which tnast challenge the attention of many people to its mailagemeDt , and we may tell shareholders that they ate at present paying the penalty of violating certain ¦ principles of government and econbfmy . Many men of businea ^ we know-, % ill assure them that they are losing their money befmiAA Hvav have not chosen directors who are cause thehave not chosen directors who are
  
  y sufficiently vigilant , officers whb are not properly economical ; and that is true , but not in the sense' in which the words are used . At the meeting of the North-Western Ballway Company items in ! the account were pointed' out as proving that directors had been too lavish , or that they-did not watch their outgoings with sufficient . care . - It is objected that the large railways arrange loans in the Board Boom * and so i pay 4 £ or 5 per cent , where , if they were to advertise
  
  for tenders in ' the mbre « om « ton and humble way , they might obtain the money at 4 ^ per cent . ¦ Thi& on ^ a lban of ¦ 1 ^ , 000 / ., av hich the Great Western , contracted in' order -to carry out a particular extension , would make a difference of 4750 / ., or dSOOAUn-tlio outlay ; but not one-tenth of tbe dividen ' cl 4 ostlto the shareholders , which is occasioned by the whole outlay of the 1 , 900 , 000 ^ Those who have property in the company have a perfect right iiO ask whether that outlay was justified at till . " ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦• ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ " - ••• : - ¦ ' ' ¦ - ¦
  
  ' There is anotliei * species of' extJ-avagnnrce o which the ; directors fittyc been guilty ; it is extravagauee in the livea- atid liiiibs of her Majesty ' s lieges i and' under the- < law ofooiriperisatibn this may be a heavy item if railway ihanagers are not careful . ' Tho cbtnpensatibu awarded to the parties injured by .
  
  the'Groydbn accident , amounted- ' -to 18 , 000 / i , of wliich 'tho Brighton Compalliy had to : pay 85 per cent ., nnd the' South-Eastern 15 ; each cpmpany had to , pay half tho : expehBCB of tho 'arbitration ^ 4-50 / . ; the damage to its own rolling stock , ' raising the sum considerably above 20 , 000 / . ' This is much more than the difference in interest for loans * But istill
  
  it' i& ' not the \ Vholo cost . The traffic htta Mleii off bn tlie line arid although'that may 'lie accounted fov in part 1 by J tho cbmple ^ ion of ' works 1 , by i tnes e vere ' ' wdather , or the double facbrtieffcax' Quiring the wuri ^ ' « riioroiithon prabahlQthat 1 'the tfrighttWl scene'cniacted'at Crt > yilbn lias kept traffic off the line . ' •( 11 Therifete'n'Ce"t ! hnt war and "^ atagnution * 6 f
  
  trrtde' ^ 'oecntiibii : 'the decline m > railway dividendfe ^ wei'have aliend ^ ^ hbsvn ' to ' rbe-obeut'd . Itt 'mbet ' caaed ^ even' 'in . ' Hftxtoav- oi ' » tho « Hmos- 'A 6 6 tfribtf 6 lydaitwlgodi ' 'tHe gi' 0 fe # eafrii » e « r 6 f '> f ! ftd raMwajye ' hkwe beto dhniniwheld buVi hlightly , ' if * Vb alii 'bb tho jBrightdu lino , the t ? ' « irio has not' i declined upon- 'phetf yoavs ^ - buvb- ' onlyi > in < campa # iAon'with ^ thb ^ groirtilytindro « Bed tmffl <\ < rf thte ' laat ^ yefWfL' OA mofetjo ^ tlMf ohjief ; din ^ S (
  
  the goods ti'affic has actuall y increased ^ which alone would , disprove'the * ullbged ^ ( stagnation of trade . " , The true oausea whichihave xmi away with railway ) dividends are > mosfcnakedly confessed inthe most glaring instance of de * olino- ^ iu the < Great ^ WeBtern . > There ifae extension bf ¦ tho Wbreesteri ; Birmingham , and ; Wdlverhampton line ; acCounta i . fop' -V&& per cent , gone ; the" guarailteed ) dividends to
  
  the nnsuccessfui Shrewsbuiyrlmes' account for the other bne per cents ¦ i Out of every lOOi ! . that a man was 'redeivmg for his proi perty > invested in » ¦ thei ¦ Qveatt Western Railway last year , ho has 1 nbw but' 50 ? ., not be- ^ cause companies have been ; gi ^ mg : » little too much per cent , for ioans , but -because they have been indulging in cfightinrg ; extensions and fighting Inie 3 < . - ; ? •' ' v ;•
  
  In many i of these tjases the outlay is necessarily a loss , for a time at'leasti if not for an indefinite peridd ; > but it almost always happens that thp company- ' irliich undertakes extraneous workj in th « nature , of an extent sion or a guarantee , is ; "ventulring ^ upon a ground not included in its original design , and that it must ' be less familiar i with the ground than the coriipariy superseded was . JPritnd facie , it is probable that the Great
  
  Western Company know Iqss about the Shrewsbury district than the Shrewsbury Gompany . If anything eould induce the Shrewsbury directors to be as' attentive as possible , in order- to repair the essential imperfectioiis of their own . ^ enterprise , it would have beeorthe factthat they might ultimately obtain a profit' ioutof their scheme , j and , at all events , while they worKed it they must have done their beat to diminish , tue loss .
  
  As soon , ; however ^ as , thejr obtain , a quasiamiexation to the-larger company , and a guarantee of their dividends at ai fixed rate , virtually : they Are exonerated firbinf pains and penalties , which are transferred-to-tho alien company . In many cases tins occupation of aa extended ground is ¦ '¦ dictated : solely Jzy the apprehension , that some' other company will approach the * groundy and-. TvilL . compete for the traffic . Thus , to avoid a future and cont ingent loss , arising f ) rom > competition by way
  
  of Sjarewsbury , the Gr ^ t-Wesfern Company have incurred a present and certain loss of one per cent ; ' ; theii ? - ; already declining dividends ; lAgainy in 1 order , to comjjeto with the ¦ NorthwWcatern Gbmpnny ? s traffic to Birroiiighamy they have lnader an extension in that line , wliichy besides previous inflictions upon them , has : this year ; . entailed a loss of
  
  nnorther ' one per cent . ; so that to d . 'iinage ( the- ' Nortli 1 Western , iu : whrrfi probably they have i succeeded , they , i ihavb' damaged themselves . Miistakes of tliia kind , we say , arc not to be tested 'by an , 'ordinary examinjition of the accounts and a petty ) auditing to lind out wlvethcv ! u / humlreu |) ounda have been given . beyond tho markeib : price here and ' there . inc . ¦> ,, ¦ . ¦ ,. > i ¦ > i \ ¦ t . - . < h ;> ir ¦ i ¦ ,. ¦
  
  : Tlie very nature of i railway .- < ondortakinrs removes i thorn to a certain extent from common trading rules ^ and places them iu an iiitoumediivto Btato betwoen trading and Govonnmeiat . Hailivaya have . to a great extent superseded . the . common relations of supply and deniand * ; They bovo 1 volunteered it mipply which lihsi created ita own doinand . Whenonco established , ' so long- na the } ' arc maintained ftt all ^ they oiroj for 'n largo part of ltheir >! ti < aflfi 6 , / cjtfclu'dedi froth tlve common standard * which dufinos i cdmnaorcial
  
  value*thb ><< 'higgling > eiHho . iin « rlbet . Vi : < i It is s < iranpo that they should bo so mvoh > ihx drowd . ot competition , aud ahow . ^ iich ^ - grcodiiH . ' . sd to infliqfci ji \ , yt ) twi ta-. ; Hp < pnsid « r (^ l «)> spanfo pi' their manage , n > on ^ . ia . cpmn ^ e ^ l y ) ^ p ^ t ^ t ^ d " . gwinp 1 flQWPtftftwnrrf ^ p r ^ Tww ^ v fir , thpy havo Bhqwn o- ^ yory ionperf «| ct . intpyjgSBnc <}^ n worlui ^ g ^ ut ^ ifP r ^ Q ^^ aygfiv ^ i . Mthq ^ f ^ meM ^^ ol
  
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- Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 25, 1855, page 816, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2103/page/12/

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