Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
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:. FEN. DAYS IN LANCASHIRE.
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Written by Rev. Churm.. No. s..

| most populous counties in England. lit
is,bbunded ION the east by Yorkshire;. :.
| onitheq eqwest bv;i the Irish Sea; ION the
nerth' by Cumberland and Westmore-
land; and on the south by Cheshife. i; >.
In going-te this..eeunty from Shrop-.
shire. if entered on the south. side, the
traveller has to pass through Cheshire, a
livery pretty county, well populated and
der.cultivatinn;Df the highest order:
In passing through Crewe in this county,
which is very important railroad CEN
ter, noticed that one, lofz the loeomo-1
tiyes: had inscribed on ..ite.as a. name,
PRESIDENT Washington. I'll Strange that;
engineers and manufaeturersrs should be
satisfied with such a name in a. country.
| SO intensely nionarchial lin its. govern
Ismept. a,i;f :idi' jEilc .ia.,i:,f sia
As pretty places as have seem were
Alderfv Edge and WiFmslow, VERY near
| to Stockport These towns are beauti-;
fol for situatio1r,z and with surrounding
country, made one sa4nost longnfor
| rest In these quiet; ~ deli glitfal spots
But returning toIourL subjeet-the; area
of iLancashireiis estimated at, 1907 1926
statute acres, <afwhile Its population
Plumbers I'M the neighborhood of IA 000,-
/ 600 souls! t The. increase within the, last
|iteniysea has NOT BEEN far short of 1O0,-
00o.. ,;iAfereuaIabe Bay separates an
/ toutlying portion from the main portion,
called Furness, whose greatest length is
l25iiniles andgreatestb breadth is l6 mifes.
1.-The larger, hvisadnais .ii1tersected in
the north and east by branches Of the
!hill system, whichi runs southwark
through " the: counties of York and
| Derby, while FIIrness has on its eastern
border the Cumbrian range.!;. Towards
the coast on the west the s,itfaceis fiat.
The chief rivers'are the NIersey, iRibble,
Lune, Ieven:anel BuddaW LII he climate
is mild but moist ;sthe soil is peaty. in,
the upland district, but a fertile loam
| for the most part in the flats. Oats and
potatoes archie general crop. Coal is
the chief mineral product; the coal
fields being estimated. at 400 square
miles in extent. 1.-The whole. surface
is covered with a,oerfeat network of
canals and railroads, which connect the
principal manufacturing =; towns and
commercial centres. ..r+ea
Lancashire is famous for its immense
cotton manufactures; 1.-THE center of THE
| cotton trade being the busy city OF
| Manchester-@Th The. manufacture of all
kinds of machinery is extensively caE-.
ried on, and, ship building, sail making,
and kindred 3tradesare ia: a Hourishing
| condition. TAeio population around
Manchester is denee, one town;inter-
lacing another: until it becomes hard
matter indeed.to .tell.-where one town
begins and another ends. For instance
Stockport is practically joined to Man.
Leicester ii and this in turn u to-; Bolton,'
Rochdale, with many intervening towns
of smaller Importance. /; ~ i. m oJno
liverpool the great seaport, is in tl1is
county, and atday OF two in this city is
| never lestj'idslis situated on the left
bank of the; Merser, and after iLondon
| is the next4argest.eity in England, and
taken in eonneetipn with ,Birkenhead
on the opposite side of the Mersey,, it
ranks in maratime Importance: before
the great metropolis. Its; gigantic trade
has given existence to- the magnificent
| system of docks, which 'eAtepd along
ithe margin OF, the riper. for NEARLY FIVE
/ miles, containing over 80 docks. and
withal covering an: area : of about 260
acres, s,and haying!ever 20 miles, of quay
i space. ,AHfof these: docks, with a few
i exceptions, ,hayel been built, since 1872,
Several railways run in the town, ner
| tably the l.. q n. W.. East Lancashire,
| Great Northern, Midland &C. Manches-
ter and Sheffield q. Lincolnshire, The
Great Western only comes to- Birken-
head, from. thence. passengerslaretra trans
ferred across the tMersey y.ferryl boat.
| There is: now altlnnel railway running
| to New; Brightopj ,Birkenhead, &c. The
/ station is ON St.James St. The .passen-
ger stations in Lime street, R'pe1agh
and 2Iithebarn; streets are :; large and
Handsome buildings, The architecture
] of the tewnihas some place of Imp por-
| tance in the journal. of almost. every
1 writer. In the: eastern part there are
several large squares and number rof
thoroughfares lined, with the mag gnifi-
| cent residences. of the commercial aris-
tocracy, merchants and tradesmen. OIL
| what may be termed. official buildings
there. are the, Town hail., St. Georges
| hall, Public offices, Custom House, &C.,
| while the various literary and educa-.
ltional. edifees claim attention. such as
the free library and museum, all in one
building, where T spent, with Mrs
Churm, one whole. afternoon, and we'll
repaid the time spent. This was pre-
sented to the city by y9sif William Brown
at a cost of e40,0e0. The Walker Art
Gallery adjoins. the. free library and
contsins:one of the finest collections of
paintings in the world, and was present.
ed to the city by A. B. Walker, Esq, at
a cost of $50 600. Besides these build
ings are the. botanic gardens; observa
| tory, exchange, &c, That the inhabi-
tants are not nlggafdly in their benevo-.I
lent gifts is, proven by the prominent !
fact that there are over LOG. institutions
for the alleviationpf the various evils to
/ which heshis heir. TO. The buildings
dadj6at all to Jla nts arnl II, L oan-