Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-13

wood houses were torn down and re-
placed by solid structures Of more height
which In their turn were torn down to
make way for the great structures Of
modern Melbourne.
NORTHEAST
AND SOUTHWEST.
When Melbourne was laid out its prin-
cipaI streets were parallel to the Yarra
River and that way they have remained,
so that they run northeast and southwest.
They are wide, just mile long and are
crossed at right angles by wide streets
every eighth Of mile. The center of the
business part Of the city is a mile long
and half a mile wide. At the eastern
and western ends the streets are at the
SUBMITS of gentle grades which slope
down to meet in what once was marshy
gully. It is a regularity Of the five long
streets Of the business section that each
OF them has n poor relation, narrow
streets midway of the blocks that Amer
leans would call alleys, but they are far
from being alleys, for upon them front
stores and office buildings fully as i'm
posing as some of those on the wide
streets. The method of naming them Is
rather confusing, for you will have Col
Inns street and It's narrow street, LITTLE
Collins; Bourke street and Little Bourke
street, and so on. However, 1t is these
little streets which enable the city to
compress into such small district its
really great business, for the five prin-
cipal streets are hundred feet wide
I have Just finished perustng a guide
book to the city Of Melbourne, which
was delirium Of the writer's art Any
one reading It and not seeing the city
itself would think that here was to be
found something magnificent and ex-
traordinary. To me Melbourne is just
like any other cosmopolitan city. Look
ing at a picture of its business section
you would not see any striking differ
ence to a picture of many Of our larger
American cities.
Walking down the street, however, you
would begin to notice little things that
we do not see at home. Its street cars
are operated by underground cables like
we had in the United States thirty years
ago, and they are painted vivid blues or
greens or reds 1t is done with a pur-
pose, however, so that he who cannot read
or who may forget names easily, can get
the right car by picking 1t from its color
alone. The conductors and motormen are
CARRIED in khaki. The former Is decor
ated with strips of paper pinned to his
blouse by safety pins. The strips are
vari-colored and numbered and are the
punch on these tally sheets the money he
receives for fares, The different colort
represent different distances and differ
snt fares. The cheapest ride Is two miles
for cents.
Traffic direction in Melbourne Is dou-
BILE affair, for at the street intersections
stand a policeman and an employe of the
railways. The officer majesticalIy wavef
vehicles and pedestrians across at inter
walls and, in unison with his arm signals
the street car signal man waves flags of
green or white to move the cars At night
lanterns replace the flags. Pedestrians
must cross these streets at right angles
The law frowns upon jaywalkers in Mel
bourne. Like in all British cities, trafflc
moves on the left-hand side of the street
which Is confusing to those who are used
to the opposite system.
Australians are splendid specimens Of
manhood generally. but In Melbourne the,
seem to have grown taller and heavier