El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-03

great wide Paseo, but even that does
not satisfy fashionable Mexico 1t in
sists upon a close range view, and
San Francisco avenue is the place for
that
One may have successfully crossed
Fifth avenue or Broadway thousands
of times without danger of being run
over, but If he thinks 1t something to
boast Of let MIN try to cross Avenue
de Juarez on a holiday afternoon
Talk about speed laws II there ever
was one in Mexico City it seems TO
have been shattered, for automobiles
of which there are hundreds in the
city, fly back and forth so/fast that
ore thinks Of an international cup
race Then there ara carriages and
street cars without number, and be-
tween them all. the odds are against
the man who seeks to cross from the
south side of the avenue to the Ala
media
The Alameda
The Alameda. a beautiful park in
the center of the city, practically
marks the end of the old city and the
beginning Of the new. Someone's de-
clares Nthat half Of Mexico is being
torn down and the other half built
up. 1t is perhaps more truthful to
say that gradually the old city is being
surrendered to the empire OF dirt and
squalor, and progress is marching west
from the Alameda OF course such
business streets as the Cinco de Mayo.
San Francisco, and Sixteenth of Sep
tembre, and the cross streets connect
ing them still will remain the nerve
centers of business activity, but the
national palace and the cathedral are
being left in the wake Of progress
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begins at the Plaza Mayo and runs
due west for a half dozen or more
blocks as San Francisco avenue. Then,
just above the exclusive Jockey club,
the street is widened and becomes the
Avenue de Juarez- A half dozen
blocks further west stands the mag
ntficent 30-ton bronze equestrian
statue OF Charles ". said to be the
largest single bronze casting in the
world, and declared by Humboldt to
be excelled in design only BY that of
Marcus Aurelius in Rome At this
point the thoroughfare bends south
ward and widens again into the mag
nificent Paseo de Ia Reforma-
Rivals Champ de Elyxees.
This great driveway is regarded by
all travellers as rivaling the Champ
de Eltsees Of Paris in beauty and
grandeur There are rows Of splendid
trees lining 1t, and it is so wide that
five carriages may drive abreast on
either side of the middle parkway
Along its length are six splendid glor-
iettas, each 400 feet in diameter fur
nishing a site for. some splendid mon
ument. One of these is a magnificent
monument of "CristobaI Colon as the
Spanish call the discover Another
shows Cuauetemoc. the last of the
Montezumas, being tortured by Cortez,
IN an effort 10 extract from him the
secret Of the hiding place OF the Az
tee gold Near the end OF the Paseo
IS the beautiful statue Of Independ-
ence, a graceful white marble column
about $50 feet high, surmounted by a
gilt figure of the winged angel of
Mexican independence.
Chapulfepec Castle
Chapultepec castle is one of the
beauty spots Of Mexico. The park
which surrounds it is covered by a
magnificent forest. Here one NAV see
american cannon balls fmbedded in the
walls Of some OF the smaller buildings
balls which led the way Of Scott
TO the stronghold In little lodge
building a ten FOUNDER went through
the window bars and stopped with
out smashing the window 1t lies un-
disturbed TO this day The West Point
OF Mexico adjoins the castle, and lust
below the rocky ledge Of the hill is
g monument TO the brave cadets who
gave their lives defending the castle