New Britain herald., 1929-10-07
HAVRE PAYS HONOR
 TO MYROV HERRlCK
RenaIDes Street After Former
 Ambassador From ]. s.

Washington, D. C., Oct 7-IIaNrn, France, has honorcd the late Myrou T. lTorrick, ambassador to France from the United States. hy changing the nafnc of one of it's streets. The former Rue Saint Quentin. which runs from inc Boulevard Francois l to in" Public Gardens in the cen- ter of the city, will in the future be lln6wn as Rue Myron T, lIor- rick.
 "Havrc, or to give it its proper name, Le tIayr", has been sighted by many thousnti Of Americans yet it is known tp few" says q bui- lctin from the Washington, D, C., headquarters of inc National Geo graphic society," "'The port is on" of the most important doOrWays 10 France for transatlantic travellers, being the destination of som" of the largest and fast st ocean Iin"rs. But always when great passenger ship has nosed into its berth in one of HaVrc's basins, a bOat-train is standing near the wharf, steam up, Most of the passengers climb aboari and are whishcd away to Paris, 142 miles distant. with only flccting glimDsc$ of Havrc.
 second French Port
 "As q matter of fact, thoro Is lit- tie in Hayre that would interest the average traveller Yet it is of great interest 10 the economist, to the student of commerce, and 10 thou sands of French and American busl- ness men and factory owners. For IIsnre is second only to Marseille aS an cntrcpot for the commerce of the Seven Seas, and is of particular importance 10 many American shippers because of it's proximity to Paris.
 "The town has had several names. First it was a tiny fishing village whose name has been lost. In 1515 Francois I of France ordered his engineers to create q port at tn" site of the village, and it was nam cd Francosvilc During the fishing village days q chapel had been built to Notrc Dame de Grace. As the years passed the new harbor came to be known as I.e Havre de Grace (The Harbor of Grace) because of the chapel. For a long time now it has been known simply as Le Havre. But its old name has been pcrpetuatcd by being given 10 a h nf n quchanna 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 consists largely of enclosed basins, for there 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 14, some of them quite large. Hundreds of millions of francs have been spent in tn" creation of the port since Francois ordered it built, and the develop mcnt still continues. When the work planned has been completed. Havre will be, in dock and quay space and in the excellence of its other harbor facilities, among the worlds greatest ports.
 City Bustlcs With Business
 "The Harbor' is an appropriate name for the city at the mouth of the Seine, for interest is ccntcred n it's shipping, and most Of the lG5,- 900 inhabitants depend directly or indirectly on the harbor for q live lihood. The city itself is modern, progressive and bustling with buSi- ness; but away from the wharves 't 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. IL crosses the large Place Gambctta which is trimmed with cafes. Near