Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-03

Institutions of Belfast-Its Churches and Schools
Commercial and Industrial Enterprises-Ihe
Pan-Presbyterfan Council.
GCorrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
BELFAST IRELAND, June 12.-My last
was dated Monday, June 9th, in sight of
Holyhead. At Ills we reached Liverpool,
and after considerable time spent in exam
ining the baggage, by the Custom House
officers, had mine conveyed to the Lancas-
'tershire and Yorkshire Railway depot. AT
ter good dinner, at the Royal Hotel, I set
out to see the sights of the city. Providen-
TALLY, in New York, formed the acquain-
tance of Mr.. David Douglas, linen mer-
chant. Thirty-six years ago, Mr.. Douglas
the city of New York. In the pursuit of his
business, he has crossed the Atlantic one
hundred times. He is well acquainted with
all the large cities, both in Great Britain and
on the Continent of Europe. Toa raw trav-
eler, such man as Mr.. Douglas, is of incal-
culable value, especially if he is, like Mr..
Douglas, disposed to make himself agreea-
BILE and useful to his friends.
The first thing that engaged my attention
was the Liverpool Docks. These are sever
al miles long-all solid masonry, of the most
substantial kind. I had no idea that there
was anything in the world to compare with
New York; but my conclusion in that as in
many other things, was not only erroneous,
but grossly absurd. might have expected
Liverpool to surpass New York. Liverpool
was an old town when Manhattan Island,
on which New York is built, was sold for
the small sum of twenty-four dollars.
The first thing that presents itself't to the
A -, Epo1op1 10 tho poocci vanacc Of
everything. The houses are not only large,
but they seem to have been erected so as to
be the contemporaries of time itself. The
walls are thick and strong, as if designed
to Withstand the fierce canonnading of hos
tile foe. Iron and stone are used in Eng
land where wood and sand are used in
America. I do not know what are the facts
in the case, but it seems that fire in Liver
pool must be a thing of rare occurrence. In
the materials used in the construction of by
far the larger number of the houses, private
and public, there is nothing combustible eX-
cept the flooring. The walls are either of
stone or brick, and the roofs of slate, so that
a fire might be built on top of the houses,
and all around them, and ogreat danger be
incurred.
The country between Liverpool and Fleet
wood, distance of about forty miles, is
uCllSAUluls 1iO lCtll llIo elAS oAA
worked with greater care than vegetable
gardens are in our country. In fact, the
farms are generally nothing but what we
are accustomed to call vegetable gardens
or truck farms. The principal thing that l
saw growing is Irish potatoes. A very
large quantity of the land is in grass. The
grass lots are separated by hedges of haW-
thorne and privet. In these lots herds of
cattle and focks of sheep are fed. The
thought occurred to me that the stock of Eng
land must be better disposed breed than
what we have in our country. l DO not be-
lieve that our cows would be restrained by
the hedges, which certainly are very weak.
The horses used in Liverpool are the most
enormous creatures of their kind that l
have ever seen. They are fit for nothing
but drawing heavy loads. They are aWk-
ward in their movements and ugly in their
appearance. Their legs are like huge posts
and are covered with long, coarse hair.
Their feet are larger than peck measure.
feel safe in saying that saw several horses
in Liverpool that will weigh near three
thousand pounds. Three Of these huge an
which resembles in size railroad freight
car more than an ordinary wagon. The tire
on the wheels of these wagons is very broad,
and the whole wagon is so constructed as
to make it, in every respect, as strong and
as ugly as possible.
The streets of Liverpool are very irregu-
lar, but very fine. They are paved with
stones about the size of our bricks, and fully
as neat in appearance as our bricks. The
sidewalks are all paved with smooth, broad
stones. Liverpool is constantly alive with
moving men and women, but there is not
that rush that is seen in our northern cities.
In New York everybody seems to be in
a hurry. Such is not the case in Liverpool
everybody moves along briskly, but not in
a run. Generally the people, even the la
borers, are we'll clothed. The laborers are all
white. l saw only one colored man in Liv-
erpool. took good look at him, for con-
fess that his black face caused me to think
of home 1 had not seen a colored man
since leaving New York, all the servants
colored man that saw in Liverpool SEEM
ed to be out Of place. Evidently, he felt
lonely. He looked sad and Woe-begone.
There was none of that sprightly pomposl-
ity which the colored people of our South
ern towns display.
In England, the system of railroads is very
different from what it is in America. The
roads, in their construction, are far superior
to ours but in the manner of operating
them, the American system is far superior
to that of the English. The beds of rail-
roads in England are better constructed than
they are in America. The crOssties are lar
ger than those used in America, and the
rails are heavier and appear to be of the
best material-all steel. The clamps which
fasten the rails to the crossties are very diff
ferent from those used by our railroads.
The crossties are placed nearer together than
-, pI a
clamp on every crosstie. An English loco
motive, in its external appearance, only
family resembles an American locomotive.
The wheels, except that part of them which
rests upon the rails, are concealed in an iron
casing. In fact, the whole engine is envel-
oped in a covering of iron, so that none OF
it's movements, except those of backward
and forward, are seen. The passenger coach
es, or carriages, as they are called, are enter
ed by side-doors, and not at the ends, as are
our coaches. The passengers are not all
placed pell-mell in the coaches, as is done in
our country, but each carriage is designed
to carry eight passengers. Theseats in these
carriages are, like the seats in the ola
American stage coach, so constructed that
the passengers face each other. The seats
are comfortable-in fact, they are very COM
fortable-with the exception that one half
OF Lne passengers are utl!'tl tiie p'lilt' nv
cessity of riding backwards and all are forced
to gaze each other in the face. AT every sta
ton the conductor comes round and an
nounces the name of the station. There is
no chance for passengers to get out at the
stations and stand about on the platform
until the train starts again. Before the
train moves off the doors of each carriage
are locked by the conductor, who retains the
key. The arrangement about baggage is
very defective, and calculated to give tray
elers greatuneasiness. The system ofcheck-
ing baggage has only, in some few instances,
been Introduced by the railroads of Great
Britain. The baggage is all put into what