The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-04

makes the least bend and every time 1t
passes through an open space or is inter
cepted by a square, and sometimes they
change the name ''just for luck" The
natural result is that Londoners never di-
rect to place by street and number; it is
''on' such a terrace, or "off' such square.
or Sin" such a place, or down" such a
way, and so on. Exasperated Americans
declare that all this is maintained to COM
pei the wayfarer to hire cab, and it GER
tainly does have that effect.
1t was so bewildering for me to remem-
Der the names on the route to my room at
Bedford place-"off Bloomsbury square"
that curiosity led me to try street one
Sunday morning, and though it was COM
paratively straight the name changed nine
times within less than mile. II there is
one street which runs quite straight for a
mile it is not laid down on any map. and
all the lanes, ways and thoroughfares
which maintain a tolerably uniform course
as far as half across the city do not exceed
nine. Of these the most uniform and prob
ably the most noted is the great east and
west route. Where it enters the metrop-
oils on the west it is Cold Hawke road, but
in few squares becomes UXbridge road;
1t then takes on so many titles of square, y
place" and terrace" that there is not
room for them on the largest city man,
after which it is known as Oxford street
for quite a distance, with only minor varia-
tions here and there. 1t then turns a very
little and is known successively-as Hol-
born, High Holborn, Holborn Viaduct and
Newgate street. There a small square
breaks it, and it is thenceforth called Cheap
side, Poultry lane, Cornhill and Leaden-
hall street 1t then forms a junction or
Y with Fenchurch street, and eastward the
one thoroughfare is known as Aldgate,
High street, Whitechapel road, Bow road
and Stratford road, by which last name it
leaves the city; and yet it is practically one
street all the way, with only slight bends,
though many of them. Oh, it is all very
distressing, butt is money into the pockets
of 'cabby," who knows it like primer
and whose assistance you are bound to
have.
BY natural selection and survival of the
sweetest our Americans soon divided into
little squads, and my particular squad
proceeded to take the most important
sights Systematically and in this order:
The Tower, Westminster Abbey, Parlia-
ment house Ghey call it. New Westminster
Palace'), Hyde park, The Thames to Green
wich and return, Whitechapel and after
that every fellow at his own pleasure. OF
all places in London Whitechapel is the
most disappointing. | was SO certain they
had not shown US the real thing because
ladies were in the parity that went back
next day with but one companion, and
when we had rambled two hours among
the alleys and viewed the scenes of some of
'Jack-theRipper's" murders my friend
lifted his hands and exclaimed, "Grcat
Scott, Indiana, is this all?"
Apparently it was all, but I can find
worse places in any city of 100000 people
in the United States, and some in much
smaller cities. New York city can beat it
out of sight as far as i'll looks 60 The
street pavement is very hard and smooth,
and is swept daily. The houses are mostly
of bright colored brick, and so the whole
quarter has a clean and bright look In
fact, did not see a street in London as
dirty as Broadway between the Aston
house and the postoffice. The Whitechapel