Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-21
LYON COUNTY TIMES.
The WALLS or QUEBEC.
Lord Dufferin's Plans for Rebuild.
ing the City's Fertifcations to
he Carried Out. SIZE

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[Quebec Correspondents Detroit News.l
When Lord Dufferin came to Que
bee six years ago he went wild with
enthusiasm over the splendid
scenery and the Old World aspect of
the city,g The Dominion Government
had succeeded to the property of the
Imperial authorities and was in full
possession Of the Notifications. The
CITY Council. had bscome imbued
with the idea that the walls ought to
come down and the gates be leveled,
and accordingly down came the
gates-Hope, St. Louis. Prescott and
Palace. From Palace to Hope gate
the ramparts were leveled to breast
hight and the stone used to macada-
mize the streets. The vandals were
about to level all the walls and sell
the stone for building materials when
Lord Duferin interposed. He would
not permit the town to be sacrificed
to the mistaken sprogress" of the
French Canadian notaries and Irish
ship chambers mainly comprising
the Council. He sent to England for
architects and engineers, and had
them make q survey of the city,
with q view to the "restoration" of
the Notifications and, their embel-
lishment, aud the creation of series
Of improvements by which Quebec
might be made the show city of the
continent. Then he betook himself
to the citadel, appropriated the big
gest half of the officers quarters, an
immense granite structure browning
Cape Diamond, transformed it into a
palace or castle, flung open his doors
and commenced dispensing bound
less hospitality. He covered great
bastion-the "King's" with dancing
platform and gave delightful al fresco
hons, while bis favorite tipple, De
Venoge, flowed in foods. For over
a wear there was one continued round
of festivity shared in by some of the
brightest minds of America.
The architects and engineers draft
ed wonderful plan. All the gates
are TO be restored, with the exception
of Prescott, not in the style in which
they were built, but after the early,
pointed French, with turrets and all
that sort Of thing. A great boule-
ward is to run all around the walls,
beginning with Durham Terrace
and ending with the citadel. The
gaps left blythe breaks which have
been made for new streets are to be
covered with ornamental bridges.
The Notifications are to be restored
to that point of completeness In
which the Duke Of Wellington left
them when he growled that the stones
of the walls of Quebec were ce-
mented in gold. Broad drives and
walks are arranged so that one may
take in all the beauties of the city
and its surroundings with the least
possible trouble and delay. Great
avenues have been provided, by
which the Inconvenience of the
narrow, crooked streets of old-world
French intricacy may be avoided,
and the aforesaid streets, at the same
time, not be swept away. On the
whole the plan was magnificent one,
and Lord Duffcrin was as charmed
with it as were the people. ~
The Legislature of Quebec resolved
to do its share by constructing cost
~ and extensive departmental build
ings; the City Council voted SUBJ
sidy, and the Queen on being asked
to subscribe, animated that she didn't
mind giving 100000. There is now
every hope Of speedily seeing Lord
DufYerin's plans carried out. Lord
Duferin will probably never view
them himself, but the Marquis of
Lorne and the Princess Louise will
have the pleasure of experimenting
the work, while Quebec basks in the
presence of royalty.