Identifier: newfoundlandatbe00harv (find matches)
Title: Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Harvey, M. (Moses), 1820-1901
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
Publisher: New York : The South Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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s, the possession of which wehave so often disputed with our foes, and the proud boast ofwhose inhabitants it is that, through all the varying fortunesof Newfoundland, since our first attempt at its colonizationthree centuries ago, the British flag has never ceased to flyhere, if it were only over some small corner of the island wherethe stubborn fisher folk were making their stand against theFrench until assistance should come to them from home. When compared to the stately cities of the rich provinceswe had recently visited, St. Johns is no doubt but a poor littleplace, the capital of a poor island whose resources have yet tobe developed, but its keen and loyal citizens were determinedthat St. Johns should play its proper part and not be outdoneby the cities of other colonies. They spared neither troublenor expense, and their city certainly contributed more than itsshare towards this world-wide welcome to the Duke during hisprogress through the various lands of which he will one day
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NEWFOUNDLAND. 43 be the ruler. The result was admirable ; the triumphal archesand decorations did credit to the people; but the illuminationof the harbor and city by night was, in my opinion, the mosteffective and beautiful display of that description which wehave seen during this tour. This was, of course, largely due tothe configuration of the harbor, with its abrupt shores andsteeply sloping town, enabling one from the anchorage to in-clude in one glance the entire mass of the illuminations, whichformed an amphitheatre of light around one. The inhabitantshad fully availed themselves of these natural advantages. In the first place the city itself was ablaze with light, thetriumphal arches and public buildings with electricity, thewooden houses, terrace above terrace, with festoons of coloredlanterns ; every window in the better buildings had within it amultitude of candles ranged on successive battens, an old-fashioned form of illumination that has welcomed the news ofTrafalgar and

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