, 1870-05-01

mora HnodnEtnl than -ha rehicul.,t-9as9 =, ns
he :1.ttar .aanittedl1 ia Mr-Es1soea I'll. ~.
n that IN 1Sne houfs out Of on. day IN aha:
g l. N. 70 8 p. n. } SIS. .Ooo uersons eutofe.
The city; that on ~ hours Of ons day in 1ssu
the nunoer reached tho stupendors.f ssln !
.o,"" "a o whon s2S Sooo 9nnGa 9nf.a rs1ths
o. shs people came ne on en'is iaS: adr 4a'f
being II or on vehicles. 4t-thoes
u reietence to foot-passengo9sSS;e follow
W. WIG . maIt On tho eide- e-parements- the
nE n4Mpefe wt1o presented at Cit day OF
Iapa tn!efs into the city, IN l6, ,6)O !;
M1wensy-1oaf hours !; A1detsgata stahopssate
s4raa' Z, p @RaveTent, 2l 900 isc, 81, ,doo
Temple bar, 5000; Mdeste.,e y oo9 n Hi
na1s, $1,000 and London II the civ :: and
Aeee were persons who cRft it, there we1o
~ a6ont an equal numtcd into and ont Of
a;AbHo persons who ra1tc1ies alone, But
me aty a thoee Cit the city boundMy, it
ss5 e.;i, = tnla throng heazt Of the city itself,
a,shEs - ~ srea.ef N uto understand how it
e:niahonn& :ih& ns eae3111own, and JoaeA, or JACK,
sn md Bll, md Hc.. Just look At The asnia-
against a u one t, Moving Ag1uea. The relate to
f1a1yss fanis q ne n TO P ny Of enc day in
To-, ana those who werc riding In or On
Particular spota were se!ected, III
~. hS..ntca,SssinF thoroughfa1os, and the number
Of Of 1eels-ly counted; " Malb.Sek, i7,@s1'; ,s';
Ihst, q, 600; Lombard etroet, $1,000; New
70 street, 3, 900; LeAdcnhall street, g, 0OOi
tornhi1l, 4i,000; Fenchurch street. 5000;
Fleet street (neaz st, Ezido's church,, G., 000i
Poultry, 5000 The busiest spot IN
tho dty-perhaps in the world-for foot traffic
il the north side Of the Poultry It ovetpowess
the south side in the ratio Of about eight to
seven Along that wonderful foot parement
Of nine feet in width, there pass By moro than
. hundred pe1gons per minute in a continuous
stream for twelve hou1s. The average Is above
q hundred; there are certain periods OF the
day when tho number very much exceeds
hundred. There arc certain very curious m
equAUtles in the number OF passengers on
tho two pavenents Of the Same street Why,
for instance, are there thren tines - mhny
1asseneers on the north pavement Of ThroG.
morton street as on the south7 VIII echo tel!
us OF must We aak tho ei1ty-ive firms Of
stock-brokcrs and stock -jobbers who have their
ot1icea in that favored ss1ect7 And why Is the
north pavement Of Lombard street trodden by
so per cent more boots and shoes thAu on tho
south7
Nj. Haywood very fairly pointa out that it
cannot be expected 10 avoid 3ostling another
On pavcmenta often only four to FIVE feet wide
Wood street, Cheapside, has actually got lessa
than yard for the width OF each pavement,
at one part): Two adulta Of average hze
cannot pass each other, il walking straight
forward on three feet si1 inch foosvay, with.
ont touching; and even when it is four foei
vide they, a. rule, should nothing prevent
it, do not pass without one Of them stepping
into the cauisge-wsy, where vehicles inter.
pose; OF, II the wheels Of carts ovarhsng tht
feotways q frequent occurrrnce), they will
difficulty ayoid joetli9g eaeh other. Such foot
IN arJ weather, Int stil1 more 80 during Eaia
for IN average umbrella is,when opened, threa
feet six inches in diameter, And it should b.
borne in mind thzt, upon the average, thor!
are quite three dayn IN the week upon whicl
rain falls, more or leas, in London" He con
siders 1t surprising that accidents a1e not NOR,
frequent than 1t present, in some Of the bus
narTow streets where tho vahicu1ar and the pc
deshisn traffic make up together An a1noa
hopeless uuddle Of excited men and horsea.-
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