Show Londoners Cheered by Hope 1 1 Of Better Telephone Ser Servi Servit By W. W G. G United Press Tress Staff Corre Correspondent LONDON Feb 13 UP UP After After years of ceaseless complaint and much wear and tear on the nerves Londoners at last have hopes of getting getting getting get get- ting a n decent telephone service Telephone and telegraph companies compan compan- ies jes throughout hout the British Isles are arc government t monopolies and the serIce service service ser ser- vice Ice so to speak is conducted by the tile department The Thc British public makes no secret of ot the thc fact that It is deplorable Why the thc government persists in running the telephones and telegraphs tele tele- graphs is a mystery even to man many of oC the officials themselves They make no money for the thc treasury Indeed they annually Incur a heavy loss The telegraph service for instance is now some son in the thc red Not only that but in matters of speed and efficiency both services arc are arere re regarded as a joke albeit a grim one if you have tried to send a wire to northern Scotland and found that it takes a day or sometimes two days to deliver it it- The telephone service even within the thc confines of London if it often little short o of maddening For years therefore Londoners have been trying to get et the thc services taken token out of or government hands and put into those o of private companies The Thc late Labor government felt I this tins was inimical to its Socialistic J tenets But now some ni of oC parliament have signed a t peti pt tU paving the way for the sent it to the prime minister Down on the Thames v at the thc eastern edge of the city great dark cavern where a r i r could become lost Here are itc Ik gallons o of wine The cavern Is known a as 33 the C cent vault and it is the thc show r i of London It is years old as au casks stretch over three and a a acres Men with lanterns wind 1 t t tway way through the eerie darkneSs 1 ping each l leg keg es twice a day They tell by the sound whether It sprung a leak Wines Vines of ot every cry kind in the Wl arc are stored in the Crescent vault some of oC them have tome come iron fron other side o of the thc globe Everyone enters has to carry a lantern wi number for besides lighting his his' it lets the thc overseer know just J I many people are arc in the huge cells cell A restaurant in Chelsea bears burs sign DINNERS FOR DOGS bowl for Small Dog old bowl for Large Do Dot Dog bowl for Outsize Dog Raw and cooked meat ha bread and vegetables |