Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

lNG NEWS. SAIU RDA
river level The streets generally are
poorly paved with stone, and are very
filthy, and the sewage system is some
thing awful The new residence dis
trict, which lies out ST. Charles street.
along the river above the city has many
very beautiful homes. There are sew
eral small parks that are very nice. In
the parks are a number Of monuments
That Of Gen. x. ~ Lee out at the ST.
Charles circles is the best. II stands
on great Corlnthian column fifty feet
high and represents the general stand
ing watching some important army
movement. The Jackson monument
stands in little park IN the old French
district Just In front OF the old catne-
dral II represents the general on
horseback. Just as he must have
looked on the day of his famous Vie
tory. The John McDonogh monument
Is interesting because OF the story CON
nected with Il. II was erected by the
school children OF the city and consists
Of life sized bust which the children
are decorating with flowers, MeDonogh
was an avaricious. grasping old money
lender who at his death left all OF ms
fortune to be used IN establishing free
schools for the children of the city.
Mother Margaret kept a shop ana
made money which she left for the
founding Of hospital, and they have
erected an appropriate monument 10
her memory. What Interested me most
IN the city was It's cemeteries me
old st. Louis cemetery was originally
lust outside Of the old French fort bnt
Is now in the heart OF the city. ~
occupies walled enclosure ab0nt nan
as large as one OF our city blocks be-
cause OF the presence Of water near
the surface, the dead are all buried IN
tombs above ground. Some Of these
are very beautiful. Generally, however,
they are built OF brick 10 or IL feet
high with spaces left in tiers and one
above the other into which the cOillns
are inserted, a marble slab Is then plac.
ed over the opening and sealed up. J
understand this graveyard Is the proper
ty OF the church and that tomDS are
rented for term Of years, at the ex-
piration OF which the remains are taken
out. | did not like TO ask what became
!. OF the remains, but in a secluded spot
saw heap OF old partly decayed
collins. | was told that the bones were
thrown into a hole when they did not
find their way into the medical college
Omitting these latter features the sys-
tenn has some advantages over ours, es-
pecially where our cemeteries are 10
Gated on hillsides above our towns.
visited the bathing resort at the west
End. The water looks like 1t had
drained from the surrounding swamps'
The bathing might do all right for New
Orleans, but II would not do for
Utahn who had known Salt Lake. They
told me everywhere that I should not
fan to see the old French Market and
the marble room In the new federal
building | was interested in the mar
ket, but the marble room was dlsap-
pointment. 1t was dark and gloomy
and the marble looked smoky and dirty,
The onyx work In the city and county
building beats II all hollow,
ON THE MAGDALENA RIVER.
The little town OF Dorado is now
practically the head Of navigation on
the Magdalena although when the riv-
err is high boats can be taken up TO the
foot OF the rapids nearly 10 miles FUR
Their and small boats are sometimes
drawn UP through the rapids, with
block and tackle and can then run up
the valley for nearly 200 miles. Dorado
Is situated on the edge of wooded
plain that extends back some distance
from the river. On the north the plain
opens out into the hilly slopes, but on
the south Is a group Of steep sandstone
buttes connecting with a range of hills
that comes down from the western Cor
dilleras There Is a narrow gauge
railroad running from Dorado to above
the rapids at Honda, "a miles, Leaving
Dorado we run for a mile or two
through dense troplc Jungle we then
pass the hills for a mile or two and
come out into a region Of rich grassy
pastures extending along the river for
several miles and back a mile or two
TO forest covered wales that stretch
away westward between ridges Of alb
rupt hills. About ~ miles from Honda
iutting spurs of high hills come right
down to the river bank and we wind
along the slopes until we reach Honda.
On our left all the way up is the river
and just beyond Il a steep hill rising
from the waters edge to a height OF
1900 feet or more.
AN OLD SPANISH TOWN.
Honda Is a typical old Spanish town.
Marrow stone paved streets, and brick
and stone houses with tile roofs. II
lies along the Magdalena and the
Quail, a little rapid river that comes
down from the western hills. The
houses are mostly one story on account
Of the earthquakes which are quite fire.
quent In these regions. The town was
founded a hont 1EA0 uud I,trit,et he ..avt
200 years was quite an important point
as much of the gold from Peru
passed through here on its
way to Spain. One OF
the most important relics OF
the old period is the stone bridge over
the Quail. 1t was wrecked by an earth
quake more than 40 years ago and a
few years ago a portion OF Il fell down.
The remains are still to be seen in the
river A new iron bridge now spans
the stream.
A $l2 BREAKFAST.
am up early on the 9th, and after
breakfasting on a cup OF chocolate, a
biscuit, and two eggs, for which l pay
N2 paper j take a walk out on the
Maraquita road, that goes out over the
mesa westward Leaving the town be-
hind the road follows the edge Of the
gorge in which the Quail roars along
On its way TO join the Magdalena. on
my left are grass covered benches. AZ
ter mile or two | leave the road, go
Ing up through bush covered pasture,
! climb about forty feet up the steep
side Of the mesa; before me now is a
grassy pasture as level as a floor be-
yond which from quarter to a mile
are rocky spurs Of hills about 700 feet
high. II was here that the city lara
hemla Is usually supposed to have been
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