The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-28
IN 1901,

MS nice town Of that size as you win
fud anywhere. II Hes tu a uhe hathur
In a nest OF hills on the banks Of the River
nerWent, backed hy a mountain, the rocks
OF which look Ike the pipes of an organ,
The town Is laid out MS n equarc, and it,
wide streets cross one another at right
angles, but II runs M hill and down and
takes a jump here and there out into the
The Hobart Street Car line.
went from one end OF the capital to the
other one day on the street ear line. This
is run by electricity and tho people pride
themselves on having established the nrst
electric railroad system In their latitude.
wish | could show you the cars. There Is
nothing like them In the United States.
lock as though they had been pounded ont
by crossroads blacksmith. They are
enormous douhlc-deckcrs, their Sides pins.
tered with advertisements. ! rode on tho
root right under crcgt steel bow, which,
pressing against tho electric wire. takes
the place OF our trolley, Tho electrical ma.
chlnc Is under the he'd of the ear IN a
boN made for that purpose I kept time
nni found Tint the only speed We made
was going down NIL. The motion was a
succession Of icr6s, as though the clcc,
tricity was splitting out It's force I'm spas.
medic hts' The faro IS cents a trip.
Tasmanian Newspapers.
Tasmania has It's daily newspapers.
There are several published In Hobart aud
also in Iaunccston, the chief town on the
north side OF the island. Bulletins Win
the headlines OF the news are put ont daily
in front OF the offices and tho reporters
tomr around and Interview YOU much as
theN do In America.
There are good book stores, 4 fair mum,
hpi OF hugint IS buildings npd "A ,,.f Of ,rny
eminent offices. Indeed all these southern
cities run to government offices, spending
q great deal on such structures. At Iiu-
bart they are of a fine yellow sandstone
and are fairly well built. The most of Tho
II sidences are of brick and stone. with
gardens about them. and the stnres arc not
nhlke those of town of the same size Ia
the United States.
The names on the stores are oueer amos
! ann told that many of them have hecn
adopted within the past fow generations,
anu That the names of tho oldest iuhnhl
NUTS nave been changed from those under
which the founders of the family were
sent out as penal couylcts.
/ In Convict DAYS.
I It was right near here that the CHIEF
i penal colony was. It's name was Port Ar
4 thur aud You can reach It by short boat
! ride down the river some of the buildings
, ~ which me convicts We're confined are
stu standing, and one can get gulde
there who viii describe the Terrible tor-
+ lures they underwent. They were SO nun.
/ iShed that many committed suicide they
I were uOgged, tortured With dripping water
,Nu tvaneu win heafN cnalns. They we're
kept m dark cells, were used 60 pull The
cars on the convict railway aud were sub.
4 leet 70 All snrts OF inhuman treatment To.
day there are many good families IN ras.
Z mania who are the descendants ~ these
\ tpnNcis Some az them win Acknowledge
u, but II you ask them The crime for WHEN
their aneestors We're transported they viii
I invariably reply that it Was for stealing a
iuaf II bread. Indeed. Il would take a
e4ed sized hake-honsc running steadily "a
/ Supply The many loaycs which are said "a
have been stolen by these early Tasma,
A Plous Country.
Tic Tasmania ~ today i rather pIous
than otherwise. The great majority Of the
people are either honest Immigrants Of
the descendants o. such Immigrants from
England. ireMnd aud Scotland OF Austria
Ma, Transportation. ceased ia iSsA and
since then the bulk OF the people have