, 1873-01-08

plains TINT Btrotch out far into and through
Of Vionia not nntinaed with tho abipping capnolly
Of tho Danube Canal, which, bning tho aoutlior~
most branch Of tho main river, takos ita course
through tho city, and divides the lattor from tho
Lcopoldatnat and tho preter, has gono to work
gng for 1t now bod, and thus alterlilg ita
eoiruc. III this work, wiiol, is eallod the DAN
,.be regulation tho aonoral Govorhmcnt boar5
the largest share Of the oSponso. Alrcndy does
whicl, is close to tic Exposition grounds. This5
regulating Of tho Dnnulo will bo Of
imn,onao commercial advantage to tho
Imperial oty ,;,. - large sseaMefs IT, 4; nd
which they cannot do at present III tho canal.
THE COURSE OF TRADE TnnouaIr VIENNA.
Although the corso Of tralo from tho Wost
to tho East Is not by any lneanB limited to tho
hgWnys onang hrough vS;nna IT. 9scs
tho Viennn nlorollanta IN making strenuous Of
forts to facilitate tho transit Of merchandise.
Tho whole through trado Of Austrla in 1870 was
nearly 10l, 0O0, 900 Of forins. Merchandise from
Southern Germany took it's course through tho
Tyrol to Austria'a seaport city. Trieste, thcnco
to 10 Slipped pia the Adriato to tho
Levant. Goods coming, however, from sa3ony,
prussia, aud Bavaria, Inostly tuko thotr courao
and Saxony occasionally Bond their goods ria
Triesto, Rallroad froiyhts aro, all over tho
world, higher tLan son or river froightB, but
moro especially no III A.,atrn; hcnco, whorc
tho chof course Of Trade will surely bo. but,
as havo no spnco to dwell at present upon tho
commercial statiGtics Of Austria, shall pass
on to Il short description Of
y1ENNAfs BIOGRAPHICAL AND MUNICIPAL suDDr-
VISIONS.
Vienna, up to tho ycnr 1850, consisted of tho
innor city, and thirty-Bi1 suburbs {Yorstadto)
surrounding it. II WEB then consolidated
{{!nezirke), The Old nnor city was named s,. tne
Erdbergor, Jaogorzoile, and othora OIL tho nortll
and northeast Of tho city, wero named the Second
Circuit. All tho suburbs cast Of tho city wore
consolidated into tllo Lautlstraaso, or Third Cir.
cult and SO on. Tho limits botween zach Cir
cult aro we'll defined. Tho corncr~houso OF cach
street in euch particular Circuit bcnrs a tablet
upon it with tic nnnlo md 1i'lnbor OF tho Circnit
It ia iu, aa well aa tho nano of tho street. Tho
ing ,coora around tlom one Circuit ip repre-
ote. ' Thia T Is tho.' h' 1 easo with tho lit ii.
TIC tablets on oach house, bearing its
number ana tho name Of tho stroot It ia on. 1n
no othcr city in tho world can q stranger find
his way NJ easily as III Vionna, Tor oach holno
will at once toll him the part OF tho city ho
il in.
There. arc, rs I atatod nbovcc, nearly. million
onna, in about 10, 900 houses. BY q Vienna house
il n,eant u largo Two Or Bix~story building with
n great many tncanta In it,-somo OF them hny-
ing MS many Us 100 to 500 Of them. Each tonnnt
laH q separate suito OF rooms, which include,
according to llia or ler neaps. creator or leHsor
number, either in tho SECOND, third or my or tho
uppor floors. Az general thing, tho first floor
in occupied BY Etoros, cafes, nd9a=i's, and roAa-
rants. Most Of tho old llonastores anl converts
OF tho City of Viennn lnvo boon turned into ten~
cmont houses, somo OF thonl containing az many
MS q Thousand tenants. These. however, belong
moatly to the poorer classes.
Tho 722 BlrcotB Of Vienna are nearly all cit!.or
walks aro harrow, except on ttto Ningstrasao, tho
Boulevard surrounding tho innor city. aud on
tho site Of the old walls. It costs Vionna au-
nuully noarly q million Of Aorins to repair hor
payolnonts. All Austrian vohiclcs being no hoavy
and cun,lborsomo, tue ,srnuito parolnont weare'
out within tho short timo Of two or three years.
A. good many, trinls are boin1g msdo
with various kinds Of payemeats. Only
oy ysar trgg ng0 ~ IN Eng' ne1o Company laid
tho mucll-froquentcd Kornthnor street, tho So
cnllol ashphaN con1primo; but it already giyoB
signs OF the wear which tho heavy traffic Of thas
locality subjects it to. An American firm Mt
to'npted to introduce the Nicolson pavement;
kinds OF woodon payemonts, especially ginco
tho Chicago fro.
THE SEWAGE AND WATER
of Vienna were, until recently, tho poorest Of
'go ErGpoan sty A. As to tho fqTsr 3
eru into tho sluggish littlo sstruom chilled tho
the most populous Circuits OF Vi
onna into tho Danube Capal, also within tho
out Of wolla filled with filthy surfaco-wator, or
else from tho public fountains that nro boing
supplied from Tho Danube. Such u state Of
things could not last long without material in
Jury to tho intorcsts Of Vienna. A now and olli-
in hnirf i1t unr1
Tho Wicn, IN it's whole longth through tho city.
is being archod over to prevent its oxlalation,
as wall as to carry on It'll back O. circular ateatn
railway: A gigantic schome for supplying tho
ing cnrried' out, and nears It's practical
tomber, Vienna will haye tho purost
end finest wator on tho European continent:
on the aquoduet that il to bring tho water from
The KniHorbrlnne1, situnted Bono 40 milos dis
tnnt, among The hills Of styria. 30 RnxloNs aro
tie Vionnoise to got tho water that they haye
voted /. bonus Of 900, 900 forms to tho contrac-
tor, provided 1lo finishes l1ia work q fow montha
easlier than tho fixed timo.
Now only word or two more about Vionna
j. BRIDGES,
and shall 1onvo the rest have 10 say for Bub-
goquout article. Tho communication botwcon tho
city and the Ieopo1dgtclt III Effected by mcanB OF
light bridges across tho Danubo Canal Some OF
these lridgos rs tho ABpon and FerlinAudH,
nro very hno. 1Ioat OF. thom aro suspension +;
aomo arc intended only for foot passengers,
whilo ono is o railroad bridge. But BY far tho
handsomoAt bridges In VioraM arc the Eli.abath
and Schorarzonborg, both spanning tile Wien.-
the former connecting tho city with tho Wiedeu
mud Margarothen, tho Fourth and Fifth Circuits,
LanastraHBe, or Third Circuit.
GENERAL NEWS ITEIS.
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