Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-20

ueFOteu 10 The furniture business ant
the glass door bears in beautiful letter.
ing the words Eingang yum Lader
entrance to the stOre). Below thu
number Oh the building is a direction
which signifies. "Thc Entrance to the
tcncmcnts of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l /.
around the corncr-thcre" and a paint.
ed hand points the way. Passing
around the corner in the direction in.
dictated. we find ourselves on tho
| FriedrichStraSSc side of the same
building. Here we are assured. by
another sign. that this is the House
entrance to KIcincw allstrasse 1. GeOre
Bremen Up one flight" Less thar
three feet away is the entrance to No
) F'riedrichstrassc! Klcinewallstrasso
meets but does not cross
directly opposite the end OF
Observation-Disclosures stands typewriter
store. 1t is number II; while, on the
opposite side of the doorway. we are
Informed that number 10 is Five
houses further. The intervening
buildings bear numbfrs on other
I streets.
But here as elsewhere in Germany
| the administration takes care that he
| VINO reads may run in the right path.
"A dock is provided with plate, ON
one OF the corner buildings. bearing the
name OF the street. Below is another
| plate showing what numbers are i'm
| That block. For example at the soutb
chd OF GcOrSstrasSe a corner building
bears the clear inscription Georr.
| StraSsc 3J-1 and painted arrow hoIn,,.
| SHOWS in which direction the num,,orc
| between 30 and ! are to be found
hueihinclstrasse and Aegidienda,nm
approach at an acute angle Tbo
corner house on KuemmeIstras is
NUMBER b. 1t has an imposing front
anu entrance on Acgidiendaun how
'>'r' ana here. lest any one mako :,
'i9 natural mistake. there is a largo
""i't, p!atc ON the house bearing tho
'''''i 'p'i"h kucmmclStrassc g." The
next door is No. Acsidiendamm,
III large squares. Called "Pla.tZn', m.
Iiaces.' the buildings are numbered
.'HsecutiVeiy from right to left around
tne square. Noticing one building
"hich. contrary to the general scheme.
pore three numbers, l mentioned il to
German gentleman, as being an in
consistency. "Eo," he replied; "there
IL no inconsistency there. Originally
tnree houses stood in that location.
" men those lots were purchased and
the large building erected, it was prO-
'ldcH with three numbers to avoid the
hec' ssltY OF REMEMBERING the whole
square"
This scheme of house numbers is not
now universal here. For example: In
LINDEN, just across the lime, many of
the streets ar" provided with odd num-
perS on one side and even numbers on
the other. In Hildeshcm some years
ago they took notion to number con-
scrut1Neiy all the houses in the CITY.
regardless Of streets. SO that through
out the whole place there should be but
one house bearing a given number. a
HannoEeran merchant told me that
"nen he lived in RilGeshcim his house.
number was fifteen hundred and some
thing although it stood in a short
street. Subsequently. they laid out
new streets. numbering them after the
old Plan still in force in Hanover.
In defining addresses the Germans do
not speak of "Storics," as we do. count
Ing the ground floor the first story.
up one flight as the second etc. In
steal. they indicate the ground floor by
the French "Parterre." The floor above
thiS.-our second story"-is their
"erste Etage" (frst etaGn) which they
partially GernaniZe in the pronuncia-
ton. That is. they pronounce it in
three syllablcs placing the accent on
the second. wirt%e they retain the
French sound of the e. Sometimes they
substitute the more purely German
word ''Stockwerk."
Hanover is remarkable for abund-
ance of light and air and for cleanliness
of the streets. house more than five
stories high is very rare. and few ex-
coed four. Probably the majority OF
the buildings are of but three stories
two "EtaSen." Higher buildings than
those now existing here are not allowed
by law. A "Skyscraper'' is regarded az
menace to life and limb and would
not be tolerated. AS q result there are
no dark streets. even among the ALLEYS
of the Altstadt. A large force of street
cleaners is constantly at work, and
even on the paVementS Of stone blocks
their work is ideal Throughout the
newer portions of the city and in many
Of the older streets asphalt serves as
paving. Its use is being extended |
more and more into the Altstadt as re.
pairs become necessary. The asphalt |
pavements are so smooth and so per-
fectly curved that the work of the
streets-cleaners here is especially light, |
while thorough The broad concrete
sidewalks are smooth and firm. Many
of them have an outer edge. two or
three feet in width. which is a well |
laid paving of mingled earth and
small stones with Il smooth upper sur
face. Beneath this; border run gaspipes. |
telephone and other electric wires. |
which can thus be reached for repairs
without digging up so much of the con-
crete and asphalt. AS this border is |
easily and quickly replaced. the econo-
my is considerable.
In the lighting of streets Hanover is /
particularly successful. Gas and cleo
tricity are used in combination. Num-
erous electric lights shed straw tinted |
glow over the scene. while from lamp
posts of the old height and general /
style a bright illumination falls upon
sidewalk and pavement. These lamp
ro cot fraouapf INF nd