The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-15
NEW ORLEANS

the new The old is persistent and al
most irrecOncilable. 1t is untlelding
and is being replaced not modified
| The French residents Of New Orleans
never acquiesced in spirit TO the sale of
Louisiana and the hostility to Ameri-
can customs and American dominance
is inherited by their descendants. The
crossing of II single street brings you
from the new TO the old, though the
the French quarters. 1t is invasion, not
the hand of welcome, which is respon
sible. 1t is said there are many French
pt Jple who have never crossed Canal
street, the line Of separation. 1t is a
sullen rather than an active form OF an
tagonism.
New Orleans has been called the Paris
Of America Certain it is that much at
tention is given to etiquette. The guests
at the chief hotel dress in conformity
with the dictates of fashion, changing
regularly so as to meet social require
ments. intellectually there is no arts
tocracy.
New Orleans is a great city, a type of
itself The wharves are u busy place
and the river in their immediate neigh
borhood is crowded with boats almost as
much as the East river in New York
They are the scene Of constant hustle and
activity. Pandemonium reigns there at
times, The shouts Of the officers of the
boats, the tramp of freight handlers, the
rattle of heavy wagons, the screech of
whistles ana various other noise produc-
ing things make din almost indescrib-
able, but it is "a sound of industry and
stirs you with the desire of doing. And
yet great, fat negroes sleep on cotton
bales throughout this turmoil.
One cannot notice in New Orleans that
the surface of the river is above the level
of the city as the levees are continued in
to the streets so that the grade is hardly
perceptible.
All the old streets are narrow and are
paved with large blocks of granite about
eight inches thick, the surface being not
less than four square feet. These fire.
quently become tilted and in places give
the street the appearance of stone pile.
The surface has become polished by at
triton, IA circumstance which adds to
the woe of the poor mule. as heavy
| load Is rarely started without repeated
falls on his knees ON the rocky pave
ment followed by punishment for the
religious posture inflicted by the negro
driver who has no more sympathy with
Hopping than Jerry Cruncher had
| Broad boulevards are common in New
Orleans. The center of these boulevards
are used by the street car lines. They
do not greatly mar the beauty of the
grass plat as beauty in this respect is
lacking Canal street is the principal
street of the city and is the line of de-
narration between old and modern New
Orleans. The transition is abrupt and
the change is apparent in the general
appearance and the veriest details. Can
al street is so called because through it
Mt one time ran canal which was filed
up years ago 1t is II unique street IA it
il the heart of the city Every street car
| line in the city starts from this street,
there being four tracks on it for its en-
tire length 4 track runs from here
through every intersecting street and
the car returns after its journey is com
plete, to set out again after traversing
u portion OF Canal street On can fancy
the procession of street cars there is. II
is hewildcring and those familiar with
city's ways, but not with those Of New
Orleans cross this street with precipita-
ton or a degree Of caution which would
by no means, ward off danger if the mo-
tor men were not slsillful and extremely
careful
Asphalt streets are being put in now
and the large and unsightly blocks of
granite will soon he a thing of the past
| went out TO Lake Ponchartrain which
lies few miles beyond New Orleans
The intervening land though heavily
timbered, is u swamp, But beautiful
shell road extends all the way. There