The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-12-11
MOST VISITED
ENGLISH CITY
Liverpool, However, 10 Least
Known of All by
Travellers.

anu LIVERPOOL SdyS DulAcIAu
from the National Geographic society,
has seen more visiting Americans
than any other English city, while,
1t is safe to say, these Americans saw
less of Liverpool than they did Of any
other place In Europe.
"They know that the city has miles
and miles of docks; that the world in
general unloads upon these docks vast
quantities Of raw materials, no mean
part Of which are the cargoes of grain,
cattle, cotton, tobacco and meats from
the United States. They also know
that the busy factories Of Lancashire,
Yorkshire and the Midlands converge
their wares upon these docks, pouring
out into the world commerce stream
shiploads of woven linen, wooden and
cotton, machinery and metals,
1.-THE flags Of sixty steamship lines
which ply in and out of Liverpool we're
on display at Wembley Two other
features Of the exhibit were horses
and art treasures.
''The Liverpool dray horses are IA
nous Never ending lines Of trucks
drawn by these handsome, massive ami
mails move along Liverpoops streets
between docks and warehouses and
railway stations The trucks are the
type known as 1orries,' which orig
mated in this city.
Annually the city has spring car
nival at which parades Of the horses
form principal attraction. At Wem-
bley one Liverpool horse is reported
to have registered pull Of 81 tons and
then, with a second horse. to have ex-
ceeded the capacity of the register,
which was % tons.
"coal-smoEed Greek Architecture"
"The art treasures were from Liver
POOLS museum, wherein may be found
Q gallery Of paintings, an aquarium and
a public library. The most beautiful
building in the city. however, is not
the museum, but st. Georges hall.
which, even though it has been called
a piece Of 'coal-smoked Greek architec-
ture,' is impressive for It's fine, simple
and dignified lines. It was the con-
ception of a twenty-four-year-old ar
chitect.
"One of the notable collections of
the museum is that Of Joseph Mayer,
a silversmith, and in this collection Is
a box Of silver coins with label bear
ing an interesting story. When the
juvenile Joseph was walking with a
relative In the fields enc day, a plow-
man turned up several coins. The
relative offered the boy reward If he
would decipher the inscriptions. The
boy earned that reward and became
so interested In relics Of that sort
that he became distinguished an
tquary.
Liverpool once was city Of slums
but, even before the World war, the
city corporation had begun tearing
down unsanitary dwellings, and put
ting up low-price tenements for its
workers. There are more than 25,o00
dock workers here and more unskilled
labor and racial strains than in any
other city Of England. 1t has an abun-
dance Of parks and many Of these are
partly given over to the ancient game
of outdoor bowling which flourishes
here as 1t does nowhere else in Eng
land.
"a novel sight, akin to the old-time
curb market In New York, is the spot
known as the Exchange Flags where
port merchants transact much Of their
business during seemingly casual meet
ings. Liverpool also has famous
Institution, the Seaman's orphanage,
known to sea travellers because many
Of the great liners carry an 'orphanage
box to collect funds for this institu-
ton, and some Of them give entertain
ments for its benefit.
Geography played an unmistakable
part In the fate Of Liverpool. 1t is
located three miles from the open sea,
up the Mersey river, which w.dens
from a width Of less than mile into
q three-mile wide basin. King John
founded a town here, but even in the
early Eighteenth century when Its first
dock was built, 1t had only 5000 peo-
pie. It engaged in slave traffic with
the Spanish Main and played a stellar
part In the romantic days of snug
Cling of rum. sugar and tobacco. Its
prosperity really began in 1910, with
the establishment of regular steam
ship service between the Old world
and the New.
Port of Many Immigrants
zone Of Its principal articles Of ex-
port to America, up until the time Of
the World war, were our immigrant
citizens. 1t was pioneer port of
English emigration and, In addition,
many Of the American immigrants
from Spain, France, Russia, Poland
and the Baltic region embarked here.
"There are nearly two score consul
lates In Liverpool; that of the United
States, it will be recalled, was distin-
guished by the service Of Nathaniel
Hawthorne. The Gladstone family
have lived here for generations, VII
liam Ewart Gladstone was born here.
and relatives still are active IN the
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