Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-01

Endeavorers we found the hotels full
Of American visitors End delegates.
Indeed the European hotels, in sum
mer, are principally supported by
American tourists. On cur way TO
Italy we spent four days in London
and three more when we were return
ing. What the English term Inner
London" covers 720 square miles and
and is 80 miles in diameter. Twenty
thousand cabs are at the disposal of
the travelling public, and a two mile
ride for two persons costs but shil-
ling. Thousands Of omnibusses have
twenty-four seats each on top, and for
one, two OR three pennies long rides
may be taken along the finest streets
of the city. The river steamers run
on the Thames for a few cents fare
every half hour, going as tar as
Greenwich, one way. where the
Naval Academy and famous OBJ
servatory are located and to Hampton
Court the other way these two places
being 26 miles apart. We took
steamer TO the charming town OF Put
ney for six pence each and returned
ten miles on an omnibus for four
pence each. A man can ride al day
on omnibus lines in London for thirty
or forty cents and see the city from
the best standpoints or sitting points.
If he is wise he will get close to the
driver, and treat him to cigar or
two; and that official will explain each
of cnapia1 inf an fbr 1onfr
route. | became the chum of a num-
Der of these drivers and invited them
all, on parting with them, to visit the
parsonage at Morgantown. Inde-
pendent of the dogs known TO have
owners the London police say that
there are thirty thousand ownerless
dogs in the city. | had thought that
our little city had many of these ca
nine Migrants; but since leaving Lon
don | have said nothing about Nor
gantown dogs. The city has fifteen
hundred miles of sewer pipes and ev-
cry hour the people use one hundred
millions of gallons OF water supple
mented by the drinkables of seven
thousand bar rooms. A great under
ground belt railroad is used for what
the New Workers call aRapid Trans
it.. The six handsome parks known
as Hyde. st, James, Regents, Green,
Victoria and Battersea embrace fif-
teen hundred attractive acres. AT
the western end of st, James Park is
Buckingham Palace, the London resi-
dence of Queen Victoria. Close by are
Marlborough House, residence of the
Prince of Wales, Clarence House, the
homes of the Duke Of Edinburgh
Stafford House and other notable pal
aces. Bordering on Hyde Park is
s'Rotten Row. where the nobility
generally live in great mansions, and
where the most celebrated horses, car
riages and persons of London may be
seen, every fine afternoon. The Re
gents Park is three miles ia circum-
ference and here are the Botanical and
the Geological gardens, --elaborately
stocked with elephants, rhinoseroces,
hippopotami, all manner of wild
beasts, monkeys, seals, and aquar-
iums. Victoria Park has a num-
Der of handsome artificial lakes and
the great Gothic fountain presented
by Lady Burdett Coutts. At Ken
sington Park is the Albert Memorial,
the celebrated monument to the
Queens late husband 1t is $50 feet
high aud is surprisingly majestic and
beautiful. Around the canopy are the
words, "Queen Victoria and her peo-
pie to the memory of Albert Prince
Consort, as a tribute of their graft
tude for life devoted to the public
good. The English people gave $780,
900 for its erection Opposite the
monument is the Royal Albert Hall,
seating 5000 people, its organ being
the largest in the world. 1t is seven
ty feet high, sixty-fve wide. and forty
deep. 1t is supplied by wind by two
steam engines. The orchestra plat
form has 1900 sittings 1t was our
privilege TO attend concert of music
given under this vast roof, under the
auspices of Queen Victorias great
ARTILLERY Band" But more con-
corning London in another article.
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