| Show I SYDNEY AND ITS HARBOR Coorpircio Jueensland Aliril joi i IV In < aihng down the tut cortt oi AiMlMlm it uill be teenlhatavery imrll indentation In the coast maika the e i trance to Sdney Hitbor A peon n a tew mile < out at 1 MA would never tun pose that ouch n nairow break in thi coast tine caulil possibly be the entrance to tin known and trlich admired J Foil lackon llul to It is I rhe high blulli all the noitli nnd lonlh ol llir liar row enhance are spoken of at Ihe heads I and on the oulh head Is I placed a i 00 crul clectllc light tthich I urn told flashes the Intelligence that 8dney K I near for tcunty miles through tl > darkness dark-ness of night On reachlnn Ihe entrance the tew I slides In tu clcle lo the in tlh head that n p I rwn could throw a lon rum the deck lo the fortifications which arc ominously vlslhl on lie I weatherworn and storm titlien rock li slng on inside Urgei by U I > ecn tu the iikhl unc panslveih et of water sitelcheel away 10 Iho loft while oposlle to Ihe entrance nnd lew than halt a mile in tide the head a wall ot brown und ktonc rock Hands up In dctitnie of thn wue which roll In through the narrow enhance and break at 110 base Very little time Is allowed the new chum tu t uijcctuieaalo which way the vetsel t turn to go lo Sydniy or 00 won a > the ubelli well ini < lc the costt Ilia a iharp turn U I made to the left and a fe mlnuteii itoanitng i lurhcient lu place t In r ulv roast LnoKll 1 the south Head iKUeenlhe ililp and Ihe ocean potter houth I Ihe watcs lash ihcimcltcslnto lonm but n shoil tilt t lance ailcin no inutlun Is l Iranttnitted uomlhcmlo the ship and ke arc very pleasantly made nllIe thut alter btav mg the dangers of the rolling tea wt aic at last aely ctisconred In what Is con Idercd the fines harbor in the world I Sydney people point lo U in praise The lirnt ue llon the new coiner lias lo I answer generally It What do I > ou ihlnl ol the harboi II it cie 110110 beautiful repealed queitiumn might become my tiring and a < it i > per ion often cell inclined lo ink lo ee ome monument InduHry wholly due to the encriy and thillt ot the people to which tney can point with eiiual rrllo idiiey harbor It not so wide M Ihe harbor ol ban Krancisco bunt Is I spacious fur all Him uing lo the depth ol the ua I icr and the tact hal II l about eight mlltt from the IltnJs lo Ihe elly I he lieauty Is partly lound in Ihe clearnisi ol ihe water as there aro no muddy Iresh water rlters 1 empllig into II and In the hills which rise somewhat abruptly from the waleis edge and which In some places are coteretl with erdure and ex tenth forest grow 111 llul to my mind the numerous bat or horseshoe bends all I might call mem with which the ahorct ol the harbor are indented latin ing ragted rocky points or nicely I rounded protections here mid there with shady nooks orlwit between to tug feslKeol lhat tolliiido where one is 1 rust aleine greatly astlit In making ne narbor so a tractive lo the eje At many ol these bal s reside mem hers ol the great nrmyol plhce workers in ilicutt who I find Ilia Ire lo Ilc lio terj exhilarating alter the I heat nnd con iineincnl ol Ihe day in town flio splendid splen-did ucvofllic haibor with Its cIr Chilling scenery shipping crtlt thai Is had hum the rising ground near the ba > s and Ihe opportunity ol having one sown s-own boat an tending a ijulet I tad on Sumlsjs induce some lo nuke their homo Mown the harbor ihildoutl less many appreciate t Ihe e health gulng h i iiu rlhrkni drain me that h i allorded by the i rising ground and the I neirous nature ol UreiucK I sol and thin arrk lo eveape the deatllv disease germ Some ol these pretl > liais are usetl as pleasure resorts and judging by Ihe trowdsilal throng the steamers lhat run to Mich places on rpeclal occasions I iswelUspublle holida the invent nicnt miisi be a good one The colon colo-n c by the way ale IIlc supplied wllh il I ohd > s and also I with the class ol people peo-ple who believe in atailmg llicmseltes I I I ol etcrv oiporlintty of hating Inn whether they can alford it or not Times uro tald lo bo hard Lut theio seemi lo wbc ro 11 iI bever few of I Ihe people who deny themselves or Ihlnk tomorrow One world ut nllme teenit to be the idea i ol many ol Ihe pcoplet as far I as religiout I thought it concerned nnd one day ut n time hcemt to be Ihe lliought ol Ihe ma lorilyofthc peopelntho spending ul their catnlngs The I mollo seemi lo Le lno 110111011 yoh A I u trh p uO In filing up one ol these haibor resorts re-sorts niter Ihe sheltered wellwouded hay Is I obtained l large dancing lull and I relrcbhmcnt icionv an built utioat shed supplied ttnhboiisand a short Her arc alhxed and Ihe place Is ready for business Ill 1 dnoe grow III ot Umber shrubbery from the biich up Ihe lulls is I never disluibed lo any extent I lie Australian outh > eem > to think the hand of man hut man the gills ol nature and hence around these plcaiuru rcsort thu knotty blackbutt and green lice may generally bo seen growing m al 11 their original crookedness and searcit ot leaves be meted over the hills mIY be seen masses ol sandstone iirojcuini above Iho surlnce iiiterspcr ett win clumps 01 undirluihli ma ss ol Lrni namiuiUli vines an < I wild eiirrami making n network ol vines and snriius lhat is very difhcult to move lib ut in 1 XV hen Australian wild cuiranw IIe men tloned the reader tnuil not picture to himself Ihe luge I black cunnnti el I U lah If he imagines something about Ihe si IZ ofaiiumlirthrcc khoi grien in colon and possessing a great dealo I thu acidil ul j lime he w ill nut 1 miss u much Al most ol these resoits I am torn 10 nay Ihe bar sccnn to he ono of the pill cipal attractions and it is no uneon nun llilne lo sei mere boys ol the yeius I larrnklnl1 or hoodlum I pc who 11 th ir liaste to become men as I ley think lake their IIID water with suili an old fish I lOlled and Mdate txprctiion ol countenance counte-nance as to be nearly as mniiblng to It ok ol al it Is mehnchoiy and sad lo I think J raising down the Inihor ihe t mtnr re aches ttlialU called Harden Island I idiout six milen Inside 1 Iho hcidn ami situatiil near the center nl the sutiiin hlchullhispolnlis about Iveo imlvk i run I Ills Island it nuw o ned I i e lnslishgoveinmrnlonj is u > etl m plaiisol tomsL and supplies or Ihi trallyboncn anchorfd I cu m u r In Htue ol war this Ulaud would possibly it lound very vslunble owing to the lose proximity t uhe il I y nnl ih per IoCt comllnd 1 he hun I at ob I hid from lls rtlncMlntx l Knilher dun n we pnne piuly tm known at r1 1 Lave thai I es m tronl I Sidney relit rated In inn at n nd teach th w II known bnf kn11 as hi Ch ulnr < a > ti unuu irrd < k y lilts I bay lu t the lout ol I Stdieva 1 prlmpnlslrrtli vt Ill uitl I let leela Ctotge nut M U ist i id I nil n-il ha clly tuns I Inm ihe qua or oiki < through Ihr wiur ol thr t it > f I o ting a ver > clrciiltout I toult and extends an immrnso distance Into ihr rountr ha I Ing known nuisld Ihe uly and Immediate Imme-diate tuhiirht at lh well macadaniltert arama In roll At r tvhanes hic i He hull arutiti < I l is toy I ur IIY Ihr I iligv and l h g nl < hllnsUsmiTH ol Ihu 1 limI r1 IrnhsuM aut Orltnltl compint thrOnenl coin in > an l ih < 1reneli nid German lines 01 < stcimtis an berihvd n thin ipiat too a line 11 I latt I Yam Y-am eonslanlly ply lo and Im between be-tween Ihe city and what Is now known at North Stunev a pleasantly situated onlb about one mik cios It I c hnrlior j On George hlreei Sylneyt buslst llioroughlair about one and onehall miles ham the iuay the rallrimd dtpol is I titiittec A iton would recognlie it by the at ray ol cabt U nt are spread over theextent of Ihe two ca > l nets near by iih nothing else 1 I > n hs depol or nation 1111 Is call < d 1 lour t cubic tracks are laid iiul lluongh tin > ul urbs a dis lance ol about twelte miles al which place a hnnch runs ofl up the noilh coast tu bj lucrnsland t About one mile I fruu the t dney station a branch orspitr tuns don Ihe south coast let Ihe butler nuking and cheese producing dlstilctt ol Illawaira while atom twenty miles Kill of Ihe ciiylle main llnr divides two branches one running to Mi Ibourne m u w u v Iti lor of New Suvitl U alea In a westtlly dinciicn All 1 the station huutet In Ihe utburbaii distrklt rr vrr > tnt tanllal and ornamental bulldmn lmed it seemed tu me that muin unnee < i < iry expense is lavished on the ruad hd and ttailons and accetsoiles and i ol enough on Ihe rolling suck My Imprenh n u that die machinery < > l Ihe stem ol working the railroads Is 1 tartly miniate ami expensive My idc > has n > wayt ben that the railways ought to b I controlled con-trolled by the government but lilY lailh in goverrmsiilowneiihl > uas cuntlder ably h kin up l > consideration I ot the terilce nnd robing ol Ihe rilroul f s slock e > f the colonlil I goternmenl > onie of the ran Ihtl are used on the suburban subur-ban lines might be lined lor the bench I I I hat unuld ha I nil A Will he I set n lhd jmliijIu lium being < n lrolly locaira and for some tune past Ihe iici I ol hating an underground de > oi at Hyde Park about three loutthi ol a mile nearer the iua > has been mooted hut at Ihr present n n not eten among the probabilities of Ihe near future las > lng by the quai ami 1 rounding Ihe Ierllon kno 1I0w0 Ionl enter the sparlous bay nona Darling haibor In which space ii pretty well ccononned ill Ihe COIMIU lion ol whartet along lIe shore It is I heie where numerous errv boats and 1 coastIng coast-Ing steamers land their lieu Ir and lei their panscngcrs ashore Inliki the qua the ioad to the centre ol low nil I by little narrow utree s some ol them only about iwice Ihe width e1 I Sill Uke sidewalks In paslni one is ciy often subject lo such t fllavla as might he expected ex-pected 11 lu come torn tannery or bone > ard Hut once on Ihehighgiuundund way from Ihe whartes a peon is struck wllh the CMI nest of the streets and sidew ilks Ol u urse a lull wnllh ilreit Is only half us wuk as Ihe mriels ol Dubs capitil md it is I not suiprming Ihertlort f that they are clean nicely ker bed I r dc guttered and slopt ciuilei reiu larlt Cum the centre Ihe > ldcw iU arc ginerMI > flagged withsmootn blocks 1r j 1 ol > tones althouith in tomc places a > phal i tuin is I uud file cheapness and durabihly ol some AiiKtrallan wiwdsis protcrbinl and It in not tuiprining to neite that m paving or blocking Ihe stresti blocks ol led gum or iron bark are used I After the bed I is lomen II 11lIer on II WIIK u enicnt Iliew blmktol wood are pass I e it ilirough hoi la r und laid doui on Hie ement Thc eertalnl make a sn ooth oad and eine that Ui easily clea ed hut Iho otjtcllon is raised thai in rn ny sea uns 1lIly owing le the han mss of he woud Ihey mike a tory hppert ireet and me the cause ol 1 nun Ul hosel 11111 caro t III dOlIlhe tII ror wlJllh SydnoyIII b Sail FlId < o OIlIl1C 0 ncII1 olee Ih 110 111 caK ulIIlnll hleh cullllol vtry w1I bo ulh 01111 I Ih lIarron 01 h Cm InlIl rll II f I I hllo lit I ull ubub unJ un 01 IIle c1I un UI In mI1 olld till 10 b 11 Itrolll < od IIIcu h th IIoad COli In Ihe 11 > I i i H IJlnl bu > on UP i i wn b d streets li en y ex U diyth uueiivi lit trusor tret laisw eh tun lo all the < II i u b fun train Is noihing but a nnuia ure railroa I Ihiutixh ihotiects and then iseon e > l these ililf I englnn anl I a Ie enrols nuabi ol prutluclng has lo be heard to hi aninciatcd Ure U not for Ihe power ol adapla lir n II at Ihe human t > stt in Ins it would le marteloiia llwl n > o ecoudever Sve wllhm a bluck of ont ol tneni R mior al 10 hat it lhat these may be done away with helorelong and cblt ears introduced in their place Hie electric ear have been tried here out they do not nem tu have met with at much faor as Ibe cabin cari In an article thai appeared in II llrisbane paper a st ort lime slnct he wilier alluded allud-ed t i r irolltyor hdi the c r andthr II t ins Ir a ntw la ul i to replace I It n i the ire In an aittmpied Humorous kllC und 1 even went sulir A < tn ay thai they were a souice ti muihamo nee lu tery wet wiuihtr and In dUll leather a thlr aertue wit then anv tiling but Mtltloctory He ill not ray whether the can wen Amnlean nuele or Iron Ihe old cou try hut I am pretty ture they were nut Amerlian r dust and water wciild Usuisll mailers to them juliiii8 iruai the tervice e > lour l own cllY Ihe I cable cars an me Jon one run In brttiey and It looks and easy speed r aie anything the are eeilandy lar I tuperior lu the antiquated looking train In sneaking of vehklss the people1 l tv I standbys must not bu forgotten I he may be seen in long rows at every cabstand cab-stand In the city The under It how they all manage to de nut a living Nearly every suBurlwn railroad slstlon has Its caboand al o a little room built Cur the cabbies la boil tin ir bill I and rem In peace when Ihe lre I is not forth mIK In i the matter ol publ t buildings Sdny It I well up to Ihe Iron The Sydney hospital Is n fine structure It U I buill oC a kind i > f yellow sanditunr rather plain in ttte but ini oslng for alt thai Hit 1011 office building with lu h gh lower and huge cloik aim deienes tpctial 1 1 nu 111011 HI does the lieasur Imilling and the town lull I he otels I Melropulc and Australia ai a credit I lo ihe city us ale alto many wholesale IIOUMS and odlce building tin numerous loliulition The Unikti Males II very well leprcsi ntetl by at lean two line buildlniit Cry cenlially located The are tl e buildings ol the Mutual Lite ol New Yolk snd the I > jhbe Lite of the Untied biules Tie new market now Incouise oftrectiui plum KS to bra rry imposing structure The battmenl will be itrd lur insrkels and Ibe lop llooit lor office It will cover a block and will be try n uceable when completed com-pleted owing to the rise on which It is I built At present Ihe fruit and vegetable arkeis are hrl I In what Is I known at IUymaiket npiarc These muikrl are v t > oldbulldmgsandfoiniareiideivoiu 1 f 111I i rtinln mornings fur all who hate Iruit and egeiablet losell ami those ho want to huy Three days ol the IIIn r kW are C ruitdt sand the omer three le thrdaS when vegetables are sold Iult I raisers gnrdenvra Irom far and near send I or bring in their produce in Ihoc markets and pay one > hilllng Uir 0111 or certain amount e > f span on which Hit pile their slutf ready fur the time when the buters come around which Is I generally between 4 and 7 ain a-in A peiion visiting Ihe markets between be-tween these hours would liuj thint humming oi Ills way will be blocked nt many clnsies ot people ul w honi not a ew are Chinese The incessant clullci i ihise Celestials M 1M rrniark on the ipiahty of Ihe i roduee elfretl ls < ullc in Inieresiing and even ainunng feature tu the new chum ltaiing the in < ldr when much dickering Is I conilmnl I oing on atioul prices we m > y Mini ihe slieeis uroiuil ihe markeis lined wi u two wheeled velncleiul all descilpiiun Now land then a Chinaman may bv s ei cariing out m nrmlui ol parsnip cabuagm turnips ar a case of lull whleh Im ctielnlly deposits In his rail and enters Hit m irk u lur more Wlie 1 i evcrihing is i > light be drives ipi 1 rkl > away to Ihr I nistrui where h expects lo tell them and lei il tin i m ai i mall l piofii U II MAM AKMMRllKl |
