Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-08-12
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written Issi a. We were leas mag
t,osruemossth tar London aad had
hoped 70 write to yps os London while
There Bot # vpa ever vi-ii the
netrup0h-. the Largest city IT Inc
world yos will hnd how little time
soa have for wrstlng Really yea
feel that u j. alInast a waste of time
u cal for vog know vog are missing
some grand, old sight
Whai Do ! think of London /
can only say that II - grand, weR
doriul Ne went with the Iuten-
tiou of seeing ali that II was PossIble
to see IN thc time we had aad eau
assure vaa Ne made macn of our
time
know fun we'll it wall be impos-
sihie o. give voH an ldea Ia a let-
ierJ how magalhceut London j.
! thought from wLsi had heard !
hal iairiy good notion Of what |
could see. but the description dad
not do II Justice. the hall had Ger
tainly not been told.
We reached LonAoa Just about
noon getting into Waterloa station.
Here We g1i on bus, which Is the
principal means OF conveyance 10
those who wish 10 see the sights OF
London Oar destination was Ok
ford Circus. which Is the opening
burned by The crossing Of Oxford
and Regent streets. These are two
OF the most important streets. On
them you hnd the largest Draperv
and Millinery shops and here too yoa
fnd the latest and grandest styles OF
London and Paris set out ia all of
their beauty.
shall not tell von Of the things
we passed while on the bus from
the station for that did not satisfy
US. We went later and inspected
them more closely, bun | must tell
vou llitle about the traffic which
Is So much talked Of. In the city
there are no tramwav cars The
bus and cab takes their place
1t is really marvellous 90 see how
thoroughly the police handle all this
traffic All vehicles keep to the left.
and those coming from the four di-
rectloas must each wait their turn
There is no Rushing To pass one
another, in fact you would think
that the horses and all were on some
kind OF machinery and that the
police pressed a button and they all
began 10 move. At any rate when
the policeman raises his hand all
traihc on that street stops instantly
and when the others have passed he
raises his hand again and the hun
dreds Of vehicles move merrilv along
as If there was but one. In the
center Of each crossing is a large
step called a refuge and ON all OF
these the pedestrians wait for am
opportunity TO get to the walk.
thought there seemed such a
large ndnber of cabs They are all
numbered ! saw some numbered
over 1000, then over 5000 but when
| saw one numbered ls.229 stopped
trying to find out how many thou
sands there are.
Being in London during the great
Ascot races we saw thousands of
carriages gong to them The
ladies and gentlemen were. of course.
magnliicently attired, 50 we saw
! some OF London beauty and stvle
After reaching our apartments and
having had luncheon We started out
I to see London.
! do not know whether all visitors
/ 60 TO Westminster Abbey first or
not but that is where we thought
we would like TO g. wish |
might give YOU our exact route
but that would fill too much
space. We passed through Trafal-
I gar Square, center Of attraction
which commentaries the victory at
Trafalgar in lSO5. In it is a granite