Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
HAVRE PAYS HONOR
TOMYRON HERR|CK
French Seaport Changes
Name of Street as Tribute
to Late Ambassador.

Havre, France. has honored the late
Myron T. Herrick, Ambassador to
France from the United States, by
changing the name Of one Of its streets.
The former Rue st. quentin, which
runs from the Boulevard Francois to
the public gardens in the center Of the
city, will in future be known as Rue
Myron T. Herrick.
"Havre, or, to give it It's proper name,
lie Havre, has been sighted by many
thousands of Americans, yet is known
to few" says q bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society. THE port
is one of the most important doorways
to France for transatlantic travellers,
being the destination of some Of the
largest and fastest ocean liners. But
always, when great passenger ship
has nosed into its berth in one OF
Havres basins, boat train Is standing
near the wharf, steam up. Most of the
passengers climb aboard and are whisk-
ed away to Paris, 142 miles distant,
with only fleeting glimpses Of Havre.
LAS a matter Of fact, there Is little in
Havre that would interest the average
traveller, yet 1t Is Of great interest to
the economist, to the student of COM
merce and to thousands of French and
American business men and factory
owners, for Havre is second only to
Marseille as an entrepot for the COM
merce of the Seven Seas and Is Of par
ticular Importance to many American
shippers because Of its proximity to
Paris.
"The town has had several names.
First it was a tiny fishing village whose
name has been lost. In 1916 Francois
of France ordered his engineers to Gre
ate port at the site Of the village and
1t was named FrancoiSville. During the
fishing village days q chapel had been
built to Notre Dame de Grace. AS the
years passed the new harbor came to
be known as LIE HaWe de Grace (the
Harbor Of Grace because OF the chapel.
For a long time now it has been known
simply as LIE Havre, but its old name
has been perpetuated by being given to
a little town at the mouth Of the Sus-
quehanna River, in Maryland.
"Havre lies on the estuary OF the
Seine, practically at the point of the
peninsula which marks the meeting OF
the river and the sea. The port con-
is a considerable rise and fall OF the
tide. The basins have been carved from
the low land on the north shore Of the
estuary. There are now IA, some of
them quite large. Hundreds of mil
lions of francs have been spent in the
creation or the port since FRANCOIS Or
dered it built and the development still
continues. When the work planned has
been completed Havre will be. in dock
and quay space and in the excellence
of its other habor facilities, among the
worlds greatest ports.
1.-The Harbor' is an appropriate name
for the city at the mouth of the Seine,
for interest is centered in its shipping,
and most of the 10000 inhabitants de-
pend. directly or indirectly, on the har-
Dor for livelihood. The city itself is
modern, progressive and busting with
business, but away from the wharves 1t
Is little different in these respects from
scores Of other thriving cities. The Rue
de Paris, which leads from the quays of
the outer harbor to the public gardens,
Is the busiest street. It crosses the large
Place Gambetta, which Is trimmed with
cafes. Near the port the city is on low
land, but northward it rises to a pla-
teau, on which are the residences of the
wealthy citizens of Havre.
Westward two and a half miles are
high chalk cliffs, on which is situated
ste. Andresse, with its bathing beach
below. When the Belgian government
found it necessary to leave Belgium
during the World War offices were set
up at Ste. Andresse. which thus became
the alien capital Of Belgium. The Bel
gian Parliament met and transacted the
business of its kingdom in the Hotel des
Regates Of this little cliff top resort"