Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-04
c,.ar Palace, Built With Wander.
biIt Millions, Filling With
Water.
STANDS OVER UNSEEN STREAM.
,,dv Mary Writes Particularly
Breezy Letter to Readers of the
Saturday Evening News.
s,,,lsl Correspondence.

nNDON, May 26.--Despair mas set
tied upon the Duke and Duchess
l. OF Marlborough, Their oeautl-
mi London home, the ducal pal
-. upon which they have spent i've
rellon dollars and no end Of pains is
,bs source OF their bitter disappoint-
mont II Is finished, the majestic pile
occupyIns the whole of one small block
/. absolutely completed, and to the
smallest detail lts furnishings are per-
,sctlon within, large retinue OF
,he most capable servants add the last
word Of comfort to the wealth Of luxury
there 10 be found, but 10 the Marlbo-
roughs all this is as nothing Pleas
u,e in their London home has departed.
for they have lust discovered that they
bullt not upon a rock, but instead-upon
The bed Of a river.
WATER SLOWLY CREEPs.
And into their home. now that all
Is finished. day by day and hour by
hour creeps water, so perslstently, so
INCREASINGLY that pump must always
be used to stem its encroachments.
How bitter is the disappointment OF
The Marlboroughs none can really mag
inc for weeks and months were spent
securing the fashionable quarters In
Tendon for a suitable site wherein they
could build their ducal palace. And II
was no easy victory, when at last they
obtained permission, backed by many
ihousands Of pounds 90 pull down the
famous and fashionable church In Cur
ION street so that they might erect, un-
def theIr own supervision, a modern
mansion OF stupendous luxury, There
we're drawbacks 10 the site from many
points Of view, but what could they
dO2 II was the best available, and no
one thought Of looking up the old
Physical Biographies Of the place.
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
Nor was this startling discovery made
20 time to save the palace or when the
plans could have been altered The
interest pill Of all comes In the fact
that this monstrous trouble could have
al been avoided, When chapel stood
on the very spot where the Marlbo-
rQlgh's palace 10 now erected no one
ever dreamt that subterranean river
had once run It's course beneath It's crypt
and at It's deepest foundations there
was no sign Of such resistless ele.
ment Had the same depth Of founda-
ton satisfied the Marlboroughs ali
would have been well, But 1t did not.
TO economize space, to give greater
area TO state rooms, receptions. bed
rooms, etc, not one inch OF the palace
That appeared above the surface of the
ground was to be given up for the ac-
commodatlon OF servants. Retainers
there would be In plenty. but these
were TO be accommodated elsewhere.
AS In many another London house the
basement OF this ducal palace In Cur
ioh street Is given over to kitchens,
etc And then below these. still further
removed from the light of day
tomes another floor which is divided
Up to form the bedrooms and sitting
rooms Of the domestics. Where or
ulnary people have their cellars, In
,1elf London home, the Marlboroughs
looge their servants. And having dug
70 deeply into the earth, they have
touched not the bed rock but an ever
moving strata washed by the ebb and
Dow OF rivers tide.
The free use Of the pump Keeps the
water from rising, but the necessity
lor me everlasting presence OF this
usetul instrument worries the Ameri-
gan duchess and her duke bitterly. for
y makes the house damp. threatens
20 weaken the foundations, and is
place,
why they should have the mlsfor-
m we 70 have pitched their tent upon
uNs very SPOT Is beyond their COM
gIehenslon, for the site is not the most
desirable In Mayfair.
MORE DIsApPoINTMENTs.
The only really good outlook
Spon the gardens Of Wharnciffe house
s sppvste' mas perhaps sufilced for
nNM as Wharncliffe house stands
wv seu PACK from the road, the gardens
Nv Nv my separated from the MARI
w. palace by the width OF Cur
~ sug street itself, so 1t might almost be
se,t own Last year, too. on the
boaal VI the owner the house was
M'sn' oy no less a parsonage than
~ Tatl OF Crewe, so that the Duke
ANY, Duchess OF Marlborough. had for
c Spposlte neighbours the Earl and
sS ss or Crewe, the latter being the
S Sc OF the Earl Of Rosebery. But
NV YET another disappointment for
w Mariooroughs. Within a year OF
W. purchase, Lord Crewe has nut a
So'nlca'ion IN the proper quarter that
slls,"N w De GLAD to dispose OF Wharn-
Il house. Folks are asking why"
that The deep foundations which
gsSe brought about such disaster TO
Wv Marlboroughs' house have upset
" o'ners IN the nelghborhood
~ ~ IL py no means a novel thing to
f H upon the beds of old rivers In
,,'ul, Tor nowhere did so many
SEAMS sneains' large and small, meet the main
nYsr on It's course 10 the sea as round
is ABOUT where London nov is. sub
~ '~lean rivers now flowing under
,s y metropolis are utilized as sewers.
=, ~ lne Edgware, which was n stream
a. considerable dimensions. watered
su or Mayfair on it's way to ioIn
sa'her Thames. '
HAS TAKEN TO MOTORING
lazy Curzon is the latest OF the
AZ ne'loan society women In London 10
slrs motoring. She has been whiz.
Xxx aoout from Deal TO the other sea.
Fs,, p'aces IN the vicinity OF Walmer
rs.,e 'ot which her husband Is now
ele,,sl curing the past week, and ex-
us al the interesting spots. IL
NJ, wy on the advice OF her physician
'Ae rejected cycling for motoring.