Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-26
M oruoadencs of the Dssnd News by Frank g. Carpsatsr

rr pritIsh are still worried over
IN ,ba sale OF their greateststeam
shin company to Pierpont MOT
cams trust. Nothing connected
with the American invasion mas
o.soted so much real excite
,snt and heartfelt alarm. The
sale of the White Star Is looked
Nv many as almost reasonable
W. che government has been asked to
'',a.ssre but so far nothing has been
, ,ons The white Star buildings here
wy. ,.on taken over by the trust, and
7. .acss will be remodeled on Ameri-
can lines
,rp1cAN SHIPPING IN LIVER
AMIN POOL.
,,....nool Is one Of the centers Of the
..-'..,oon INVASION. II is the chief port
rngapd. outside London, and the
"a which the most Of our American
80 come 1t has long beeen second
60 tbe English ports, but the trust
aor considering the landing Of some
If the White Star steamers at South
onnton and, II So Liverpool may even
s anft lose its precedence. Southamp-
,c o & within a much shorter distance
~ London. 1t has about three miles
" snsndd docks, and In this respect
Osn handle goods as easily as Liver
poo. , ,.o,,,,o. ho.o ara ono
o,,be wonders Of the world. The town,
wbrh Is the second largest in England,
!. on me doping right bank of the Mer-
,ey about three miles from the open
.sa Just opposite the city the Mersey
i only a mile wide, but farther inland
/, eypands and forms a basin about
,bres miles across. II has two chan
nsls for the entrance of vessels and
me water is 80 deep that the largest
steamers can enter without danger.
The tide mere, however, Is very great.
II has fall Of 81 feet at certain times
Of me year, and this has necessitated
The building Of the docks,
These cocks now flank the Mersey
tor distance Of seven miles. There
are 60 Of them, great watts Of water,
each covering acres; surrounded by
massive walls Of stone and entered BY
iron gates, which can be closed to keep
ont the tide. The gates work just like
me lock u canal, and when shut the
water within them is as quiet as a
mplpond. There are In all 1888 acres Of
such docks along the Mersey and 20
miles Of quays.
THE BIGGEST DOCKS OF THE
WORLD.
There Is an elevated railroad which
lun from one end of the docks TO the
othef, II Is built upon wall high
above the street the cars being laid on
tsmlcynders Of iron. The trains are
somewhat like those of the elevated
railroad Of New York, save that the
cars are first and second class.
took a ride on this road today to
gst a view OF the Liverpool shipping
We went by warehouse after ware
house, and dock after dock, passing
steamers from all parts OF the world.
There were enormous buildings filled
With cotton from the United States,
gain elevators covering acres at which
were being unloaded carloads OF wheat
from New York, Philadelphia and New
Orleans, the largest tobacco ware
house Of the world filed with tens Of
thousands Of hogsheads OF the favorite
weed Of our southern states and on
BY other warehouses, where all sorts Of
American goods were being landed
from the Atlantic liners which carry
passengers and freight. There were
thlps from Australia, India. China and
The Cape Of Good Hope, as well as
silng ships from almost every part OF
ne world About $4,000 vessels come to
Liverpool every year, and the tonnage