Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

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quays, the ships coming in and starting
out TO various ports, and the little
tugs and ferries darting this way and
that. You can look over the city. Its
buildings are as ragged as those Of the
United States In cities OF similar size
They cut the sky line like the teeth OF
a broken saw, one now and then run
ming up for many stories above the
others although there are no sky scrap
ers with franiewOrks Of steel. The most
Of the buildings are OF less than elk
stories. Nearly all are built Of yellow
sandstone taken out from the quarres
beneath the city Itself, In the business
streets you see many awnings Of gal
yaniZed iron and glass extending out
over the sidewalks 70 shade them.
MILES OF WOOD PAYMENTS.
Sydney covers vast area. It's streets
wind about like those OF Boston, and
II Is facetiously said that the place was
originally laid out by bullock driver
with boomerang Sydney Is noted for
its excellent wooden pavements. Con-
sui Bell, who has made study OF the
subject, says the payements are better
than those Of any other city and that
they are 80 well constructed that they
last for ten years without need OF re-
pair, George street upon which some
OF the chief business houses are located.
recently took up part OF It's payements
after eleven years rough usage. The
blocks We're az good as when laid, save
that they had been worn down about
one-f0urth OF an inch, These blocks are
OF eucalyptus wood dipped in boiling
tar and laid on foundation OF cement
They are fitted az closely as wood car
petlng and they are so smooth that
three tons can be hauled over them by
one horse, and loads Of six tons FOR two
horses and ten tons for four horses are
not uncommon. ! am told that 10000, 900
pounds Of wool go over this street every
year. II has 40 large buses, each car.
rylng from sixteen TO forty persons.
which are always travelling upon II, and
Notwithstanding this the wearing down
Is less than one thlrtleth OF an inch per
year. The wood has proven so good
that similar blocks are being shipped "a
London and other English cities Tor the
streets there.
A WALK THROUGH THE CITY.
Let US take a walk through sydney
The sun il hot, but the iron and glass
awnings furnish protection and we
stroll by great stores with well dis
played windows You can buy almost
anything here you can buy In New
York. and the prices are equally low.
The goods are marked In pounds, shil-
lings and pence, the shilling and penny
taking the place Of the dollar and cent.
There are fine jewelry stores, photo
graph shops and art stores.
sydney has big insurance build
iugs, bank buildings, excellent clubs
and many hotels The two largest no.
tells are the Australia and the Metro
pole which are cross between the
good American and good European no.
tells. The prices are about the same as
in the United States though at first |
they seem cheaper, the extras making |
up the difference There are small ho- |
tells In every block, but the most OF |
these are mere saloons or public houses. |
with a room or so for rent to conform |
with the law providing that liquor shall |
be sold only az hotels
One feature ~ the city II the numer- |
Gus arcades which are cut through from |
one street TO another These are celled !
with glass paved with tiles and decor
ated with tropical plants and flowers. |
They are lighted at night with great 1
arc lights, which hang down from the |
the stores which wall them: they are |
also delightful quarters IN which TO |
shop during the heat Of the day.
sydney has large department stores. |
some OF which DO a business OF several |
million dollars annually and employ
from 900 TO 1000 clerks Such stores |
send out quantities OF merchandise By |
mail, for much of the population Of New
South Wales lives on the sheep sta
tons or on farms away from the rail-
road
FINE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
7 have written of the public buildings
of Victoria. Sydney has some equally |
fine and In some respects finer. Take |
the sydney town han. which n said TO |
be the biggest building OF It's kind In
the world the next largest being that |
OF Preston, England II Is mag
INTENT stone structure. situated IN the !
heart OF the city containing an amuse-
nent hall which viii seat B 900 people. |
and an organ which SURPRISES that Of |
Melbourne. Until this was BOUGHT the
Melbourne organ was the biggest Of the
world. sydney was ~ course bound 10
beat Melbourne. and q has now the |
largest organ ever made II II 50 feet |
WIDE and 30 feet deep and cost $50. 900
IL has sos pipes. Some are OF wood |
slNiy.tour feet long and others vary in
length from the height OF a three-story
house TO that OF a PIN.
Associated with the town hall is the
Centennial Hall Other magnificent
structures are the public works office,
me Offices OF the secretaries OF the
colony and the market. The sydney
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