Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-12-06

Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington, ID. C.-WNU Service.
r IKE roars from the brass
Threats of giant animals, steam
whistles echo hoarsely over
Hamburg. They are the city's voice,
symbolic of its power.
Railroad engines whistle, hauling
trains here from all over Europe.
Steamers whistle, for all ocean
lanes lead to Hamburg. Factories
whistle, for here industry is prodi-
gious and builds some of the largest
ships that pillow the seas.
Fly over 1t and look down on the
smoking Elbe, its slips and Ravens
crowded with ships and boats Of
every size; look down on the armies
of beaverlike men, moving trucks
and barges of cargo, and you see
that here is, actually, a colossal
warehouse for all Germany.
Sail In from the North sea. and
there Is more proof that a mighty
world port Is near. You a sense
that, as you approach the Elbe's
muddy mouth, by long lines of ships
moving In and out Steer past Cux-
haven, where the Elbe empties fol-
low the beacons and buoys some 65
miles up the S-shaped channel. and
there Is the astonishing skyline of
Hamburg Itself. Seen from the har-
Dor, 1t suggests a jig-saw tumble Of
medieval and modernistic works of
man. That sense of confusion fades,
once ashore. You still see a new
city imposed on an old but there is
genius and bold beauty In this archi-
tectural TRANSPORTATION.
Yet in all Europe there is nothing
built since the World war quite like
these bizarre structures which
amaze every Hamburg visitor. They
are so conspicuous, In contrast with
the old city about them. You easily
imagine that some giant builder took
q big broom and swept away enough
old town to make room for these
monsters.
Consider, for example, the amaz-
Ing Chile house. Its high front
runs to a thin edge, like the sharp
bow of some fantastic ship pillow
ing through Hamburg. It's top floor
even has side galleries like prom
enade decks. No other modern
structure anywhere resembles this
enormous pile: 1t suggests an an
cient civilization, Assyrian In spirit.
Look up at that overwhelming
geometric cube, the Kontorhaus
Sprinkenhof. rising in sheer AFRO
gance above Its neighbors. You q.
not expect such Wolkenkratzer, OF
"cloud-scratchers," In Europe.
Traffic With All the World.
These huge trade temples In them.
selves add nothing to Hamburg'f
power as chief seaport Of Europe. II
Is not their size that counts, but
what goes on In them. The 5000 ten,
ants In Chile house, like workers
on the narrow, cobbled side streets
do their part in Hamburg's enor
nous labors. Yet how unbelievably
diversified those labors arel AmonS
all her infinite activities mons
amazes the visitor more than Ham
burg's ingenious alliance with ths
tropics. Some hooks here, where
tropic nuts oils, or wax are handled
actually smell more like Penang OF
Para than a cold city on the Nortf
sea.
Facetlously, you might say, Ham
burg has imported everything from
the tropics but the equator and tn,
climate. Away up In this northern
latitude, she even boasts the worlds
largest wild-animal mart. When yot
visit H~agenbeck's ~cageless ZOO
where growing tigers seemingl,
roam free In striking reproduc
lions of their jungle habitats, 20,
can close your eyes and imagin,
that even Noah's Ark came up tn,
Elbe ahead of all the whistliny
steamers and landed It's animals
here
The more you explore Hamburg
especially afoot or by steam launch
the more you realize what an inter
national meeting place 1t is; how
the ships and shops serve each othe
and help all Germany to barter witt
the world.
Like rickshas parked before hotel
In japan. rows Of for-hire launche
Lie along Hamburg's harbor front