Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
VALUE m POUNDS d. SOME o. LON
ooNs,s GREAT plAcGs.

We cane to town on the UNDER
ground. "Two Thousand yards Of this
railway" said my friend, ''cost 42,-
900, 900, OF, if you like to have it 90.
ESQ on inch. If you wanted to buy this
bit now, you would probably be asked
E5, 0OO, 900 for it. There is another mile
on the same line which would cost you
sumething like SO, 900, 600, having cost
third of million to lay down. But
that is comparatively moderate. II the
electric railway were put up to auction
and you were fortunate to get it at cost
price, you woEld need the wealth Of
seven millionaires to buy it. These 8h
miles Of railway are worth quite el2.-
00O, 900 as prices go nowadays.
'.Get out ut this station and look at
the monument. You would not buy it
for EGO, 900. In five minutes You will
he ct the Mansion House, which cost a
mere e70, 600 to build, but is now worth
nearer e75O,O0O. The Royal Exchange,
as building Of bricks and mortar, is
worth e200, 900, but it stands on land
worth e2.000,O 900. Not long ago land
in this neighEorhood was sold at Che
rate Of $4,000, 900 an acre.
"The Bank Of England would prob
ably fetch $4,000, 900 in the market,
but as there is always EGO. 900, 600
worth Of gold in the cellars its standing
value is about 24,O00,O0 Go west
ward over Holborn viaduct and remem-
ber that that short stretch Of highway
is worth over e2.00O,O0O. You would
want nearly So. 900, 900 to buy the gen
eral postofice, which you have just
passed, and the law courts, with the
land on which they stand, are worth
e2, 10000
"Walk along the Strand aud stand
for five minutes en- Waterloo bridge
The property you see here would make
dozens Of your friends millionaires ut o
stroke. Two million pounds would not
buy those two hotels, and Somerset
House, at building cost only, is good for
100000. The bridge you are standing
on was disastrous failure when it was
built, but it is worth now more than
the 81. .O00,000 which it originally cost.
There are seven bridges on either side
OF you, which cost between them over
81, 100000. The tunnels underneath
the river are worth millions as ccm-
mercial property, and the embankment
is now worth probably double the e2,-
600, 900 which it cost to make.
"f St. Faul's were private property,
you might induce the owner to sell it
fer elO, 900, 900, but tho likelihood is
very remote. Those tattered banners
which ycu have seen SO often would
arouse pretty keen bidding at the sales,
and if you got one for el0, 900 you might
think yourself extremely lucky. West
minister abbey is difficult to value. 1t 10
one of those things that cannot be
bought, but the sales give us some idea
what historic treasures are worth in the
market. aud I should not be surprised il
the abbey-put up in lots-realized
ESQ. 600, 900. Fancy putting ticket cn
Jacobs pillar or the royal tombs!
"You have admired the magnificent
exterior of the houses of parliament and
the splendid interior, but you will per-
haps be surprised to know that you could
not erect these buildings today for e5.-
600. 600. St. Thomas hospital, and tho
Albert embankmcnt running along the
front Of it, are worth together over 81,
600, 900. and the bridge leading to it
cost e250,O00.
Perhaps You have never reflected
what a privilege you enjoy in being
able to visit 60 many places free. The
British museum, which anybody can
see for nothing, could not be bought up
by all tho millionaires in America. II
it were absolutely empty, it would be
worth 81 500, 900, aud it is full of price,
less treasures, one collection alone be-
ing worth nearly e25O,OOO. The Ma
tional gallery is worth milliona It cost,
with the new Tate gallery section,
$3.50, 600 to Luild, and has one picture
which cost Ella an inch and SO others
which cost 81, 700 apiece.
Tho Albert hall and Royal aquarium
are each worth about e250, 600, but the
Crystal palace cost more than three
times the value of both these, the bill
for the palace being 81, 500, ,OO0 Earl's
court, the great show rivaling the pal
ace, has millions worth of treasures
which you Gun see for shilling, and
even when it is empty the 25 acres Of
gardens and Buildings are worth $780,
900.
1.-The Eotels and public houses of
London could not be bought up for e2O,-
600, 600, to say nothing of the land on
whieh tley stand. Two of them pay
e450 q week between them in ground
rent. Buckingham palace is not very
gorgeous. but it is worth e4, 1000, 900 as
it stands. and if you wanted to rent il
you would have to pay "a, 900
q week for it. Devonshire House and
Lansdowne House, in Piccadilly, would
cost you 81. 600, 600, but you would not
expect the picture galleries thrown in
ct this price. They are worth hundreds
OF thousands. London Tit.Bits.a
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