The Music of the Future
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Railways, Sound, Music |
Discusses the proposal to give railway whistles a musical pitch. Believes this will be welcomed by 'excruciated travellers' and 'tortured householders' who live near stations, but hopes this will not be 'a pretext for raising the fares'. | |
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