Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-08-31
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Our Foreign Correspondent Writes
Of Trip Abroad
BERLIN, GERMANY.
JLlv rs, 1910. !


Tor at the time OF my last writing to
you | had no idea of visiting these
parts. | remember, quite well, OF
SAYING in my last letter to your val
liable paper that should 1 never
write you again that would be-
soon enough" but as time works
wonders in many instances, 1 find
myself here once again, in one Of
the most beautiful cities OF Europe.
l wrote you last year a brief des-
cription of many Of the cities OF
Germany, and the principal places
Of interest to visit in each. This
time will not dwell many moroents
on that particular line, but viii ex-
tend my visits TO different sights and
scenes. Yet to have a beginning
| must tell you how l arrived in
this land OF flowers. l left New
York City July 18th at IL a. ~, on
the steam ship President Grant"
OF the Hamburg American Line.
The Company deserves considera-
BILE credit for the wonderful prog
ress they have made in shipbuild-
ing. The COMPANY al tnis time own
aud operate 3S7 vessels, among
which the President Grant" is one
OF the largest and smoothest riding
boats l have ever been on. She is
built almost entirely of steel. is IS2
metres in length, a depth Of 20
metres and breadth OF Is metres.
and has a gross tonnage OF $4,000
and average speed of 143 knots per
hour. The crew numbers $50 and
she can carry comfortably 3, 700 pas
sengers The fire boxes burn 200
tons Of coal every "a hours and the
engines are 5000 horse power. At
the present day the Hamburg Amer
lean Line. SO humble in it's incep-
tion, has grown into a shipping COM
pany of vast proportions and indeed
has no superior in the whole world.
After ten days and nights of the
most beautiful weather excepting a
slight shower now and then, the sea
and the very deceptive English
Channel being almost as quiet as
mill pond and the ship moving along
as if she was on q CREASED track, the
23l OF us first class passengers, after
having one of the most agreeable
trips any OF US ever made, arrived
Sunday am. July 23rd, at Cuxhaven
where we are conveyed by special
train TO Hamburg, and arrive at
1870 in this beautiful city. Ham
burg, unlike most harbor towns,
possesses many fine streets and no.
tells connected with every part OF
the city by an extensive network Of
electric tramways.
wrote you more particularly OF
Hamburg last year, so as my time is
limited l will move on, only remain
ing day in Hamburg. l start for
Berlin by rail, ride OF four hours
only and once again | am in the city
which is the capital OF the Kingdom
OF Prussia as we'll as that of the
German Empire, also being the
third largest city OF Europe The
Berlin OF today has grown rich in
what must attract and interest the
stranger no matter what the object
OF this visit may be. The first n.ea-
ton of the place ever made occurs
in document dated 1244. under the
reign of the founder of the ROYAL
House now ruling, the Great Elec-
tor, Frederick William. The town
had barely 10000 inhab tants and
at this day the population has in
creased to 2.111 &c.. or this num-
Der S5 per cent are Protestants, 10
per cent Roman Catholic and 5 per
cent Jews, Only some 40 per cent
of the total population are natives
OF Berlin, Around the city there
are clustering not less than 90 CON-
munities, a. vet not Incorporated,
with a population of fully a million,
so that the Greater Berlin would
figure with more than 5000. 900 in
hab;tants. To give faint idea of
the extent OF the city within it's
present boundary, the following
may suffice: 1t has Al, 200 dwellings.
l,OS3 streets and squares, 70 bridges