Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-26

seen along the wharves. The enormous
cargoes brought here every day are car
ried through the city In wagons pulled
by draft horses which have not their
equals anywhere. These are Clydesdales
or Shire horses, They are not 30 heavy
as the largest Pcrcheron or Norman,
but seem much stronger than either. |
have never seen such loads A single
horse will walk of with from two 20
five tons with apparent ease, The one
horse wagons look like billiard tables
on wheels and the two.horse wagons
are much larger, some weighing as
much as two tons. The ordinary load
for two horses Is seven or eight tons,
and, with the wagon. team sometimes
carries as much as ten tons through
these streets. ! know these statements
win be looked upon as exaggerations In
the United states, but they are true.
The ordinary bale OF cotton weighs 400
on 500 pounds / saw n team carrying
30 bales as one load this morning or
from six to seven tons. The bales were
PILED up to the height Of our hay wag-
Ons when In fun load at harvest time
! saw equally large loads Of merchan-
disc tobacco and lumber The horses
apparently had no trouble In pulling
them, and walked contentedly alOngdi-
rected BY their drivers, who moved on
foot beside them.
These Shire horses are costly The
price tor the average work animal Is
from so 20 100 gulneas or from $3.50 to
$500. Some sell as high as $50 guineas,
there being one man IN Liverpool who
uses horses only Of this class.
The cart drivers are noted for their
care Of their horses Indeed, It Is said,
they treat them much better than they
do their wives The harness is kept
shining the skins Of the animals are
Ike satin and their names and tails
are often braided The hoofs are kept
oiled and BACKED and the legs are
washed down several times daily The
horses are not pushed and they look
uniformly we'll on the lst Of May
the time Of the draft-horse parade. the
carriers decorate their horses with flow
ers and ribbons and prizes are given TO
the best team
The streets Of Liverpool leading up
from the docks have tracks Of flag
stones about a foot wide for the heaW-
or wagons, but much Of the hauling Is
done on streets as rough as those Of
New York,
LIVERPOOL IN 1902.
am delighted with Liverpool It Is
one Of the best built OF the English
cities and is more like an American
town than many Of the others. Its bust
ness blocks are Of three and four stor-
les. made Of stone or brick. One Of
the finest office structures Is thp White
star buildings now owned by the
American shipping trust 1t is COM
bnaton Of red brick and sandstone,
situated not far from the docks.
The city pOstollice of Liverpool Is next
TO the London postoiiice. the largest In
Great Britain, having cost about a mil
lion dollars TO build II IS the govern
ment telegraph Office as we'll and con-
nected with Il there Is government
telegraph school The telegraphs here
belong TO the government and
In this postofice the teleg-
raphers have their own dining
room, with a kitchen, scullerv and a
grocery store, There are t~latic
tubes running from the telegraph de.
partment 10 the posioflce. the different
newspaper Offices and thousands Of
kilograms which come 10 the press
daily are thus transmitted more quickly
than 10y messengers.
Among the other great buildings Of
Liverpool are the cotton exchange.
whore the brokers meet % buy and sell
American and other cottons. and ST..
Georges Hall which is used partly as
q courtroom and partly for public meet