ISBN: 9781152659988

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...is five cents, and the voice of the bell-punch is heard, though I am not certain it is always punched in the presence of the passenger. Little paper tickets are given you, and, to insure your retaining them to the end of your trip, instead of throwing them away, as has been done, the managemeut hit upon the ingenious plan of establishing a small lottery, of which among the tickets are the winning numbers. Hacks and public carriages abound. Those with two horses are two dollars per hour; with one horse, one dollar. The streets are arranged and numbered somewhat like those in New York, but still more like those in Buenos Ayres. A central point is chosen, the southwest corner of the Plaza de Armas, on which stand the National Palace and the cathedral. Avenues run north and south, streets east and west, both being numbered consecutively. Avenues north of the central point I have specified have the word north prefixed to their names; avenues running south of that point have the word south prefixed. The streets are designated as east or west of the avenue (called Sixth Avenue) which runs through the central point. Sixth Avenue, or Calle Real, is the chief business thoroughfare of the city. There are some minor streets generally named from some church or prominent public building situated upon them. Though the city is at present lighted by electricity, the old kerosene-lamp sconces have been allowed to remain attached to the walls. The stores and dwellings are but one story in height. They have large iron-grated windows and huge double doors of wood two or three inches thick and studded with big nails like the gates of a mediaeval castle. A house located at the angle of a street will have its corner windows separated only by a slender sto... Frank Vincent, Books, History, In And Out Of Central America, And Other Sketches And Studies Of Travel Books>History Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890 Subjects: Central America -- Description and travel Indochina -- Description and travel Antilles, Lesser -- Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781152659988

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...is five cents, and the voice of the bell-punch is heard, though I am not certain it is always punched in the presence of the passenger. Little paper tickets are given you, and, to insure your retaining them to the end of your trip, instead of throwing them away, as has been done, the managemeut hit upon the ingenious plan of establishing a small lottery, of which among the tickets are the winning numbers. Hacks and public carriages abound. Those with two horses are two dollars per hour; with one horse, one dollar. The streets are arranged and numbered somewhat like those in New York, but still more like those in Buenos Ayres. A central point is chosen, the southwest corner of the Plaza de Armas, on which stand the National Palace and the cathedral. Avenues run north and south, streets east and west, both being numbered consecutively. Avenues north of the central point I have specified have the word north prefixed to their names; avenues running south of that point have the word south prefixed. The streets are designated as east or west of the avenue (called Sixth Avenue) which runs through the central point. Sixth Avenue, or Calle Real, is the chief business thoroughfare of the city. There are some minor streets generally named from some church or prominent public building situated upon them. Though the city is at present lighted by electricity, the old kerosene-lamp sconces have been allowed to remain attached to the walls. The stores and dwellings are but one story in height. They have large iron-grated windows and huge double doors of wood two or three inches thick and studded with big nails like the gates of a mediaeval castle. A house located at the angle of a street will have its corner windows separated only by a slender sto... Frank Vincent, Books, History, In And Out Of Central America, And Other Sketches And Studies Of Travel Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781152659988

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890Subjects: Central America - Description and travelIndochina - Description and travelAntilles, Lesser - Description and t… Mehr…

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890Subjects: Central America - Description and travelIndochina - Description and travelAntilles, Lesser - Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890Subjects: Central America - Description and travelIndochina - Description and travelAntilles, Lesser - Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. Books, History~~General, In-and-Out-of-Central-America-and-Other-Sketches-and-Studies-of-Travel~~Frank-Vincent, 999999999, In And Out Of Central America, And Other Sketches And Studies Of Travel, Frank Vincent, 1152659987, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781152659988

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890Subjects: Central America - Description and travelIndochina - Description and travelAntilles, Lesser - Description and t… Mehr…

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890Subjects: Central America - Description and travelIndochina - Description and travelAntilles, Lesser - Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. Books History~~General In-and-Out-of-Central-America-and-Other-Sketches-and-Studies-of-Travel~~Frank-Vincent General Books LLC Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1890 Subjects: Central America -- Description and travel Indochina -- Description and travel Antilles, Lesser -- Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 1152659987

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