Evening star., 1921-09-05
HULL A CITY THAT
HAS LOST ITS NAME
Officially Known as Kingston
Upon-HuII, Modern Times
Bring Abbrevati0n.

"The city of Hull doesn't officially
exist" says a bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society. dealing
with the town in England near which
the United States Navy's giant dirig-
ible balloon exploded. Hull IS the
name of a small river emptying INTO
the broad estuary of the Humber and
the official name of the city at It's
mouth is Kingston-u -upon-Hull.
wrapped up in the name is the
history of a more or less profitable
real estate dea! by King Edward l OF
England. who, though he conquered
Wales by force of arms. acquired tne
city on the Humber by the more
peaceful process of trading some out
living acreage '::h the monks VINO
owned it, He = visions. which hare
since been justifHd, or tne to"m ma TO
coming an important port. anu 10
make the place Immediately more
popular with settlers changed us
name from 'Wyke-upon-Hui 10
Kingston But genera
ton, impatient of long names seems
as in America. and the cit! Is NV
almost universally known merely as
Hull.
Great Port Of Artificial Basins.
Hull has nearly 100000 inhabitants
1t is about twenty miles iron. em
omen sea at noint where the estuary
of the Humber is some three miles
wide. There are many shallow areas
in the river. and the tide at tunes
makes a marked difference IN tre VIZ
ter level Because of this fact nun
important harbor-it is sixth among
the scores of ports of Great Britain
is almost entirely a matter OF art,-
fetal basins. entered by locks. IN Which
the water is kept at hish tlue ies
The town is situated on nat. low
plain. and large numoer OF 'nee
docks. aggregating hundreds OF acres,
have been scooped out. \ ring ef them
practically surrounds the old part OF
the town. so that a forest OF STACKS
and masts seems to spring from its
highways. Beyond the chain OF pa
sins is the newer part OF the CITY.
Led n. Fishing Port.
Hull was at one time the head
quarters of the North sea fishing IN
dustry. The more important cen csn'ef ef
now is Grimsby. on the other side OF
the Humber and about ten miles near
er the sea. But even now Hull hoios
second place. being the home port OF
the largest single fleet OF steam
trawlers in Great Britain. 1t owes its
Importance in this respect 10 its sa.s
uation. close at once to coal mines
and to the western end of the famous
Doggsr banks, which are to the fish,
ermen of England what the New =.
foundland banks are to those OF
America.
IN other industries besides fishing
Hull is tied closely to the sea. II
builds ships and manufactures sail
CLOTH ropes. cables and chains AS
a general freight and passenger snip,
ping point, it is one of the prlnclpai
doors to and from northern Europe.
especially the Scandinavian countries
There NAV be a poetic justice in this
for it was up the Humber that most
of the Scandinavian raids into Brit,
ain were conducted in the ninth ana
tenth centuries.
Germans Raided City.
Located opposite the German coast.
the mouth of the Humber, too, was
raids by the Germans during the
world war. Only one Of the raids.
that of March. 1918. occasioned any
considerable loss of life or destruc-
ton of property in Hull itself. but
the sweep of great Zeppelins across
the sky and the whir Of their en-
c.ines became commonplace sights
and sounds to the dwellers OF the
city. VT, :.
known to many as the birthplace ana
home of William Wilberforce: mem
her of Parliament and philanthroplst.
who brought about the abolition OF
the British slave trade and organ
lied one of the first societies whose
aim was to compel the stricter gen.
eral observance of Sunday. A column
to this pioneer reformer stands in one
of the public squares of Hull"