Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-07-06
number of public bathing.

halls turn16n Rmusement Ior tne populace.
There are at least half dozen parks and
public gardens. Several lines Of street
cars are in operation, and more are pro-
jected. In the meantime ompibusses &C.
commodate the travelling public. The cara
are very cumbrous in comparison with
American ones. SeatsI are placed on the
roof, where persons may ride a penny
cheaper than in the inside. A great many
men take advantage of this, but women
are forced by modesty to take inside seats.
Tramway is the English name for street
railway.
The streets of Liverpool are generally
paved in a substantial and lasting man
ner, and are kept very clean. They are
not long, and but few are wide. Lanes,
courts, "gardens," and the like, are in
every part of the city, and are hardly
wide enough for single cart to pass
through. Nevertheless there are vacant
lots visible everywhere. The corporation
is constantly making improvements in the
streets, and propose to make them more
regular. The houses are not numbered
systematically, nor are the streets named
with uniformity. In several places each
successive block of buildings creates
new street with different name from
that of the preceding block.
The dwellings are almost entirely built
of brick or stone. I have not yet seen
wooden building larger than shed. On
this account fires are unfrequent. The
color of the houses are dark and give to the
city sombre appearance that is disagree
able in comparison to the bright colors OF
American tenements. Bituminous coal is
in general use, and the dense smoke
arising from the chimneys occasionally
hovers over the city in masses sufficient
to exclude the sunlight. The smoke is
doubtless the cause of the color of the
buildings, as houses that are painted out
side assume the usual color in a very
short time. The days are long, the sun
rising early and setting late. After sun
set the twilight, unknown in America,)
ldsts eeVeEdi uOuis, consequently -
nearly II p. m. ere darkness arrives in
reality.
Private residences of the wealthy in
habitants are mostly in the suburb dis
tricts, only few are in immediate prox-
unity to the city. The mansions on the
outside are not go deliberately decorated
as are those of the wealtbier class in the
United States. Much more attention is
paid to interior adornment, which is
finished in more tasty manner than is
common in American houses.
There are half dozen daily papers in
the city, only one issued in the evening.
A number of weekly papers are also
published. If I were to criticise these
journals, my criticism would not be
strictly impartial in every particular
for am in all probability prejudiced in
favor of American newspapers. To simply
say that they are English is sufficient;
when this is said of paper, it indicates
that there is lack of what Yankees style
enterprise" In my opinion proprietors
here are over-economical; on the con-
trary, English journalists brag of occa-
sional little expenses for news that are
of the most common occurrence in the
United States. There is system of
collecting local matters whereby all of the
papers are made nearly alike; if you pur
chase to journals published in the same
city, they will be found dissimilar chiefly
in the selections of foreign intelligence.
Special dispatches are rarely found in
provincial papers the metropolitan jour
mails almost monopolize this branch of the
business. The telegraph columns are few
and consequently the items are rather
brief or of small number.
The hotels in the city are rather COM
mon-plsce, with one or two exceptions,
however. There are only three which are
worthy of any notice, viz: the North
western, the Adelphi, and the Washing
ton. The first named one was finished |
recently, and is built over the station of
the Northwestern railroad company,
which is said to be its owner. The loca-
ton is the best for the purpose in the city
and is directly opposite st. Georges Hall.
The furniture and apartments are of the
first class, and the price is likewise go.
Business is done with much formality, and
accommodations can be had at all prices,
being given in accordance with ones
finances. The two other hotels named are
not far from the first and nearly alike in
quality, though neither is far beneath the
Northwestern in the matter of style. All
were built with regard to the distance
frem the railway station, which is the
principal one in Liverpool
New Brighton at the mouth of the
Mersey, is to this city as Coney Island is
to New York. The masses are enabled,
by its being close to Liverpool, to enjoy
days relaxation from business at moder-
ate cost. Bathing is the one great attrac-
ton, and large wooden platform over the
water, is the other. On this platform,
called the "Pier," is band stand, from
which music is given for visitors who de-
sire to dance. There is also an eating
room, an observatory, etc. The beach is
not extensive, and the town has a very
common appearance. 1t is built on a
sandy hill, which but for the houses
would be blown away by the slightest
breeze. In consequence of the unusually
cool weather, bathing is not practiced to
any extent. 81.
THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE AT NEwl
has now been going on for
Just year upon the bridge which is to
,pan the East river and marry New York
and Brooklyn. The enterprise is an i'm /
mense one, but according to the reports of 1
the superintendent, exeeptionable progress
has been made. The first material was ,