Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-21

NYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUS
TRALIA-We feel at home in sgd
~ ney, capital Of the State Of New
South Wales, Australia and the largest
city, as well as the most important OF the
commonwealth. II is the most nearly
American city we have seen. II is about
the size Of Boston or st. Louis, with
population Of SOO,O00, the same population
Chicago had when I went there, and it IS
about AS far south OF the equator as
Memphis is north but its temperature
averages four degrees cooler in the sum
mer months. Only six cities Of the Brit
ish empire are larger-LOndOn Calcutta.
Bombay. Glasgow, Liverpool and Man
chester-and south Of the equator thers
are only two other cities-Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina
which are larger.
Our first glimpse Of the city was from
the deck Of a steamer as 1t passed
through the heads which guard the en-
trance 10 Fit. Jackson. and I can well
imagine the satisfaction of Capt. James
Cook, in 177e, when the magnificence and
beauty of the harbor burst upon him.
Man has mOdernized both sides of this
wonderful port. and its score of bays.
coves and inlets, but he has not spoiled
ton that a Sydneyite asks you is, What
do you think Of our harbor?' and it re.
quires neither courtesy nor fattery to
answer in words that crafty him. Rio,
San Francisco, Nagasaki and Naples
alone can claim harbOrs equal in beauty
TO that of Sydney.
Numerous islets, marked by lighthouses
or signal stations, dot the waters outside
the channel from the heads to the
wharves, a distance Of some six or seven
miles. One Of these Fit Denison. is the
site Of an obsolete fort which was built
In a panic in 1889, when the authorities of
the then convict colony swoke one morn
ing 10 find that two American memo
war had successfully passed the heads
Of the port during the night and were
placidIy anchored in the stream. The
islet was cut down to a fat about TWEEN
~ feet above the water and guns mount
ed to command the channel caretaker
still maintains lonely vigil over the an
cient cannon and the ruins OF four soli-
tary stone cells which were used in those
days for stubborn prisoners.
MOVEMENT AND LIFE
ABOUND IN HARBOR.
Everywhere, coming up the harbOr,
there is movement and life. Up-tO- date
between the city and its beautiful
suburbs across the bays, along the shores
of the coves and inlets. Sailing ships
and steamers Of all sizes and descrip-
lions and from many ports are anchored
in the stream or tied up at the wharves.
Sydney Is a port Of call for about 800
vessels of all descriptions each year, max
ing it one Of q e chief ports Of the world.
A skyline OF buildings eight nine or
ten stories high, rising from the grounds
surrounding the bay, greets the eye, and
san6.Siched in between their walls are the
roofs oe much lower structures. Later.
from a hotel room high above the stI eet.
I was tc discover that Sydney is city
of corrugated iron roofs. the monot my
being broken by more modern roofs Of
slate or cile on the recently put-up struc-
lures
CIRCULAR Quay, at which the ferries
converge, is the principal artery of the
city's life. It is there that the thousands
who work in the city, but live in the
seaside and other suburbs, come and
60 and TO it lead the main streets of
the downtown business section.
know some American city planners
who would throw up their hands in de-
spair over Sydney. No. engineer with
transit and lew laid out her streets.