The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
BY RICHARD CRosLEY.

mate friends that the allied army had
been defeated. The dismal news spread
like wildfre. and there was tremend-
Gus fall in the funds. Nathan 's known
agents sold with the rest, but his uu-
known agents bought every scrap of
paper that was to be had. 1t was not
till the afternoon of June 81 that the
news bf the victory of Waterloo be-
came known. Nathan was the first to
inform his friends of the happy event
n quarter Of an hour before the news
was given to the public. The funds rose
faster than they had fallen, and Ma
than still leant against his pillar in the
southern corner of the stock exchange,
but richer by about million sterl-
ing
Since those stirring times America
square has fallen on evil days and like
the other city squares, has given up its
residential character Hotels, chiefly
patronized by the captains and officers
OF vessels lying in the docks. gradually
usurped the houses occupied by mer-
chants and substantial city men.
railway depot displaced several
houses on the east side, where now
survives the only house In the square
which is still used as n private resi-
dence. This as occupied by woman
who possesses the unique distinction OF
conducting the only. private girls
Scn0Ol In the city or London. Her
tenancy has extended for forty years.
In the center of the square stands a
stone obelisk, which has been the
cause of much speculation as to its or
igin,. no inscription on the base af
fording any light on the subject. There
can be little doubt, however, that tho
supposed memorial is in reality one Of
the stone pedestals to which brackets
were fastened for holding lamps in tho
days when London s streets were light
| ed by oil. Within few hundred yards
of the square may yet be seen an old
lamp bracket, fastened to the front Of
an ancient house, which still preserves
ITS original bow-window shop-front with
little square panes, as seen In the days
of our great -grandfathers.
Few of the railway passengers who
pass out Of Fenchurch street station
over the arches at the end of America
square are aware Of the fact that they
are travelling over what used to be
known as the London and Blackwall
railway-that primitive line originally
worked by an endless rope attached
to stationary engines at Blackwall and
London. This is how passengers were
conveyed in London in those early days.
"A A train starting from London is
so arranged that the Blackwall car
riages shall be foremost, and the car
'loENo WI Gil SbdGlOu5 Slul-
ilarly placed in order At a signal,
given by means of the electric tele-
graph, the Blackwall engine begins to
wind up the rope. thereby drawing the
carriages attached towards it. On ap-
preaching the first station, the car
riage destined for it is detached from
the train by the guard and stopped by
a brake, and the same proceeding takes
place at all the other stations. Whilst
drawing the train the BLACKWELL engine
has at the same time, OF course, un-
wound the other part of the rope at
tached to the London engine, which, in
its turn winding up, draws back the
train with all the carriages, which be-
fore starting have been attached to
the rope wherever they were, SO that
: they came in with a rather curious
looking want of unanimity; but Of
course they all do come IN by dint of
sufficient winding up Of the rope, and
so the carriages are again collected to-
gether, -
Close by America square also was
Holy Trinity church, now called the st.
Botoloph q institute, where there arc
memorials OF the Washington and Legge
families. All round, therefore, America
square has historic claims on the at
tention of Americans with interest in
the activities of their ancestors