The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-09

IN is!i . :. ss3s.s m3G
In 1861 Iee>
If the eight cities Of Buffalo, Rochester,
Albany. Pi,tsburg, Newark. Providence,
Portland and Milwaukee had been taken
up bodily in 1851, put on shipbosri, con.
yeyed across the Atlantic, and deposited on
the fringe Of tho skirts Of London, they,
with their united populations, would not
have added to London no much as London
quietly added to itself during tho previous
dcecnnial period. Every twelve months q
new city springs into being along tho g'ob..
ous verge Of London equal to tho city Of
Cleveland.
The author Of the uEpriclla letter." d.
vidcs the people Of London into two rnces,
the solar and the lunar. BY some recent
estimates Il appears that these races arc
now even moro distinctly separated by the
emotions Of commerce than they were In
Southcy's time by those Of fashion. Sew
cral years ago tho metropolis, like somo
fabulous Cyclops, sprawled out upon i's
couch Of 7e,0O0 ncres; but tho original
e,iy, the venerable parent OF this gigantcan
monster. Ia still content with that pigmy
bed of 723 acres on which il reposed for
thousand years. The city, though 80 small,
is still the centre Of the trading, financial
and journalistic life Of London. and has, It
seems, day population of 2S2,5D souls,
and night population OF only ll3fs'
souls. Thus, every morning there como
rushing into tho city from suburb and rurnl
cottage and country villa, to toll and get
rich within the narrow walls Of the old
city, l7O,l33 persons. while there arc 5O9,.
Cli customers and clients who enter the
city every day to deal with them. What
tremendous energy, then, must be In tho
systolc and diuslolc Of this Cylopean heart,
whose throb can suck in and expcl every
dsy alonr iis veins and arteries living
str.am Of 72S ,0S6 human beings!
One troublesome problem Is that OF in.
grcss and sgrcss. Every morning nearly
million Of men make rush to get into
SPACE of seven hundred acres, and every
night they make rush to get out Of It. NO
wonder that in addition to streets on the
level Of tho houses they are compelled 10
build streets under the houses and streets
over the houses, and That In n few years
there must inevitably bc three continuous
cities Of London-terrene London, SUBJ
terrcne London, and supercrcne London.
lIut the swollen and congested state OF tho
veins and arteries Of tho mighty town Is
not tho only source Of anxiety. What
shall London do for lungs2 A meeting as
sembIcd at the Mansion House some timo
ago, under the call of the Lord Mayor, to
consider the peril arising from the disap.
pearancc of commons and open spaces in
The ncighborhood Of the metropolis. Tho
meeting was addressed by Thomas Hughes
and other gentlemen Of note. The most
important speech wns embodied in soine
very startling and amusing estimates OF the
future development Of London presented
by Mr.. Benjamin Scott.
Mr. Scott thought that in dealing with
the question before the meeting they should
not confine their calculations to 3.0OO,OOO
inhabitants. lie found that in 1861 there
wers 3,222 III persons living within mn
AREA Of sixteen miles, taking Charing Cross
as the centre. An increase Of population
had been going on within tint area during
the past half.century at the rntc Of I'D 6-IO
per cent every ten yenrs. ln finy yenrs, at
This rate, the population Of the same area
would be $3.50, 900 souls. What would 10
their position fly years hence if they were
~ a''owea .' suy W. 'a ~" e,"nI ,h", IN iS0I
!" ,,, :" ."..,, auh, ,..,o ,wo,,w vards from eocb
.,' uu pI,s ,ss, S .hon, ao,,,:cn v.ris and in
Gs, 'Snn ,.,",~ 'rn, ~"s "~.r nine v,!d. If mi,
,,,,; ,sW snc'""s .. Wv. ,".m, - On car CAV vc.rs
nore, they would be moe closely packed
than his audience were at prcsent-in fact
.i. ..,.,,II IL, mn st m m, ~ roont f0r Them
thcr wou,a e "o s'a"':nS..oo" W ~ % ~.
we may gr' so'ne '"p'cSIo" W wv
present maen."ac " 'S' y ''s
ut lew details oi 1s co'ossa, s~,'. ',Iio
Than 3ocVoC houses are eq"IIea ~, I;s h;s
giant to 1--we m ana, that nc "ay my n'S
walks AMI drives with con'ion, he nas ,a,'
out and paved number OF @iocu, Wnicn'
u placed ~ Tine: wou'd oA.c"a !Ion' Law
erpool to New fork; hs he NO, ono y,
those good glan's VINO arc en,y !" Uu anu
early :" rise. ne mas oeei oo'esG eco Hoo 20 eIect
Tor i'fs noc,ufnal guidance 'v'UU gas'
lamps along nls a'ec's, anu 70 .eeP Mem
burning al nign'' mus cSnsusnInE, , nn e'e.y
tweniy.io''r hours about l3'VV'ooo cuo,e
feet Of gas. 10 bati'c his person, TO WASH
his clothes, and TO supply the various vulgar
needs Of his kitchen. as well us TO furnish
him occasionally will, beverage which bs
h rnihrr too much inclined to dcspisc, ho
,,.es ABS, 32s gallons Of water per day.
lie seems to depend good deal on srtif.
einI hen, for a variety Of purposes, and Is
sccordinclv compelIed 10 shovel into his bin
& nm .OO3 ion, OF coal every year. Though
S. H.. no, ,ivays dress with great