Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-06-05


willing 10 pay for 1t. One reason Of the greater clean
ness OF the streets here is the universal prevalence
OF seWerage another is the positive value OF street ufa
here o' ferlllizing Purposes nd Gas is supplied
here to citizens at As Cd. Sl 10Y per thousand feet,
while the good people oil New ork must bend to the
necessity OF paying So So Or more than thrice as much
tor the Ike quantity, certainly of bette quality
but reasoabe TO infer that the Londones can afford to
light their streets better than the New orkers
But there other aspects in which our streets have
decided superiority There halt dozen streets
and places here having the same nane and only sim
gushed by appending the name of neighborna street
as ST. ames place, ST. Jamesst Distinguish it from
several otter st. James-paces, and so This sub
Jects strangers great loss OF and vexation oil spr-
it. have not yet delivered halt the letters OF introduce
ton which given home friends oithe wri-
lers IN this city, aud can't guess when shall do it,
Then the numbering OF the streets is absudv vicious
general lily l, 3 3, &C., up one side and down the
ohef slde SO that $50 will be opposite no. and 42 op-
poste l. and so throughout. Ofcourse, if any street SO
numbered is extended beyond its original limit the re.
suit Is nextrcable confusion But the Londoners seem
not to have caught the idea onumberng by let's at ALL
but to have numbered only The houses that actually ex
lsted when the numbering undertaken; so that if
street happened be numbered when only half built
up, every house erected aierward 10 render con-
fusion worse confounded. On this account spent an
hour and half few evenings site in uitiess endea-
they lived at No 2S Upper Avenue Road which is less
Than halt mile long L found Nos a. %, 80 and 81
and finally found % aso but in another part of the
street, with No. near it on one side, and No. l6 do
on the other-and this street quite recently opened
think New York has nothing equal to this in perpex-
ing absurdty.
The Police here is omniplesent and seems more
eIhclent Than ours. think the OF a common and
cotspcnous uniform has good effect. N o Que can
here pretend that he deied or resisted policeman in
ignorance of his official character The London police
appears to be quite numerous, is admirably organized
and seems 10 be perfectly docile its snperors AL
ways to obey and never TO ask the reason of COM
mand is the rule here; it certainly has advantages,
but IS not well suited TO the genius oil our people,
The Hotels OF London decidedly inferior to those
OF New York. do not mean by this that every COM
fort and reasonable luxury may not be obtained in the
London inns for money enough, but simply that the
style OF living costs in this city than in ours
think IS per day would be fair estimate for the cost
OF living Servants fees includedi well in London
hotel as you may live in first. class New York hotel
for halt that sum- One main cause of this disparity ia
the smaness of the inns here A majority OF them
cannot accommodate more than twenty TO forty guests
comfortably; think there not four the entire Me.
tropos that could lind room for hundred each. Of
course, the expense management supervision attend
ance &c, in small establishments is proporionably
much greater than in large ones and the English habit
OF eating fitfuly soluS instead of at a common hour
and table increases the inevitable cost Considering
the National habits it might be hazardous erect and
open such hotel as the Astor, Irving New York in
this city, but if it were well done and the exper
imeat fairly maintained for three years could not fail
to work revolution Vines Il understand) cost not
more than halt as much here the average, they do
In Cabs and other Carriages for Hire, London is
ahead Of New York. The number here is immense:
lhey are OF many varieties, some OF them better
calculated tor fine weather than any of ours while the
legal rates OF fare are moderate and so out
rageousy exceeded. While The average New York
demand is fully double the legal fare, the London cab
man seldom asks more than fifty per cent above what
the law allows him; and this by Americans, at leasp
is considered quite reasonable and cheeriuly paid. If
our New ork Jehus could only be made to realize
That they Keep their carriages empty by their exhob-
tant charges and really doubelock their pockets against
me quarters that citizens would gladly pour into hem
think reform might be hoped for.
nj T,opI
well governed, but prefer those OF New York The
charges are higher here though still reasonable; but the
genius OF this people ls not well adapted to the ON
nbus system as ours is For example: Omnibus (lhe
last tor the night was coming down from the Nor!.
toward Charng Cross the other evening, when lady
asked to be taken up. The stage full the law tor
remonstrance was Instantly raised by one or more OF
the passengers against taking her; and she left TO
pod her weary way as she could. think that could
not have happened in New York. In another instance
stage fall OF passengers started eastward from HYDE
Park, one of the women having basket OF unwasfeo
clothes on her knee 1t was certainly announcement and
not absolutely lnoenslve; but the hints the complaints
the surs, the sneers, with which the poor woman was
annoyed and tortured throushout-from persons Ger
tanly weil-dressed and whom should otherwise have
considered well bred-were a complete surprise to me-
In vain did the poor woman explain that she was moi
pernted to deposit her basket the root of the stage
as was raining; the growis and wicisms her ex-
pense continued. and women were foremost in :hjs
Iudeness doubt that woman was ever exposed to
the like in New ork, unless she were suspected
having Ethiopian blood in her veins
The Parks, Squares, and Public Gardens. of Lon
don, beat US clear out Of sight The Battery is yery
good: but it is not Hyde Park Hoboken aoas delight
fn kensingon Gardens are and ever will remain so.
Our city ought to have made provision twenty wears
ago, fora series OF Parks and Gardens extending quite
across the is and, somewhere between Both and 5oh
slrees-it is too late now for that; but all that can
be done, should be Immediately to secure byeathna
space and grounds for healhu recreation to the mil.
lions who will ultimately inhabit New York True,
the Bay, the North and East Rivers will always serve
as lungs 10 city but these Of themselves will not
suffice. Where is or where is to BIO the Public Garden
OF New York where the attractive walks and plea.
sure grounds OF the crowded denizens of the Eastern
Wards? These must be provided, and the work cam
not be commenced too soon. H. G.