The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

BYNLA MARQuIsE DE FONTENOY.
ING ALFONSO, having endowed
his capital with a magnificent
new boulevard. q mile n ana
$50 feet wide. known as the
Gran Via. starting from the Plaza de
San Marcial. and having also assumed
the initiative In providing Madrid with
a soreiy needed. up-to-date THOR
oughiy modern hotel. at the opening
OF which he. as well as the two Queens.
was present the other day. has now
taken seriously in hand the regulation
and canalization of the river Man
zanareg, on the banks of which the
Spanish metropolis is erched.
nary river. which has its source IN
some of the most sombre recesses of
the neighboring Guadarrama range or
mountains. about twenty miles above
Madrid. and pours Itself INTO me
low the capital. Sometimes 1t is a
river of considerable dimensions. at
other moments a raging torrent. out
usually a mere rtyulet,A which coca
surface OF the bed, water being only
found after digging to a depth OF three
or -four feet In the sand. lis sudaen
changes take place without warning
and without apparent cause, and one
would be almost tempted to belleEe
that5the sudden floods result from the
retaining walls of some natural reser-
voir in the mountain recesses giving
| way under the pressure OF water ac-
cumulated from springs and melted
But the normal condition Of the Man
| zanares is that of a rirulet. and as
such IT rs somethins VERY VERY t n,acn ma ahln
lones. The late Count T~attenbach,
who died the other day as German
ambassador at Madrid. was wont TO
declare that II he prefeyred. the MAI
cause it was .navigable by carriage
and on horseback" Lord Byron
causes Don Juan" to light his cigar
on one OF Its banks from q ex-
while Tirso de Molina .surnamed It
"the Duke OF all Cutters" When
Alexander Dumas. the elder, was at
Madrid. the river had completely $urlea
up, and he; had his little joke In grave.
hotel at which he was staying q glass
OF water, requesting him TO carry "
down to the river god OF the Man
zanares. who, he insisted WAS pauty
Yet three stately bridges, span the
river bed. the two Oldest. OF stone.
being known as the Puente de Iole1o
and the .Puente.ds gos1a, wn nneidge.
bears the nan OF the Puente de "a
Princesa. Charles III. built a canai
which, leaving the Manzanares JUST
above the Toledo bridge. AYERS tne
southern part8o the metropolis, ana
Joins the Jarama River at the ylllage
OF Vacia Madrid. But It Is .d,tncult
to understand theGobject Of thisscostly
piece of work, since the can rs. Aat-
nd"refuse8whenever the water te
sllackinn in.the river Manzanares:
The work which King Alfonso Is
now Initiating has for rs op3snt ~
canalization Of ~ aItger hat Il Ia
say, providinglt the stream with uaall )
fetal bed and removing lhoSe. roth n
obstacles at its source winch heep. :
waters pent up y, en- snlon =; g rs rsiars
Leading hydraulic + 81 M n
present time are convinced. that ~
this means, and byaa very siInpae sSS vi
81 TEN Of locks, the ~ s. ~ oinnk
n. rendered not merely 8ahrespectaple 5looh.
ing river at all times, sput. even :
navigablerone all the year rouna., aas
this View comedies with plans n itnI1 =
ceenssiyed in the rsi anharles h If: Nh III,
ia fuphflips1 shS had al tie misfo1tunet I,
sa,b1miit tie %nrroiect to ascouncil.5of tn
crown. Which pronounced ans 6 : !
on the GROUND. that 2 q ttt ~ IN,
M ,Sis,isa ab pmo g 5 s e 8Babel, since Il,
AlInighty1 had wished the Man ;4 IS,
to ia navigable, He would e ceftalni
&h eTS = s Nmonav Necessary for. King AZ
foaso's project has already ar,yas ss e sohess
: ~ 4 rain all the .oA !. \,
q City, though, OF course. tno e IN Nh Il Il j
age. ,nto ne ] M Ma 3 thfs IS eompletet
y tns firther Improve the Jarama 81, 20 :
J the Tagus Rivers y g In, sHs fhwa t1ssasy be :
tween Madrid and Lisbon:
l oneen MarinsPia's exile from P 20
,Ga11 Tn remainder 81 ne
days, under the hs,a ;mSsa. ,gistass Frinoe .
t nneenr+1h at the ChateauSo
3 Monoallere. near Turin. ssryea n ,lG rs 3
! call the faet that she "a Ssas whan 81
I a az i At Lisbon, al the age OF .barH 3
sixteen. she found her s ~ rch Who.
she had never seen 1 4 her liie; IN ~
: srnarriage ceremony, nag e. ,all e Ia,
Sformed1a at Turin prior W her # ! sna
ture FOR Portugal and , y, w 1s shs
Totally appointed anlhassaaor IN Il, rtht
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