Rendel, the
original engineer, (the first man of the day as a marine engineer), had not
been overruled by the penny-wise pound-foolish people, but still a very fine
dock. Warehouses much better planned than anything in Liverpool; railways
giving communication with the manufacturing districts; in fact, all the tools
of commerce--gas, water, a park, and sanitary regulations, have not been
neglected.
Some people think Birkenhead will be the rival of Liverpool, we think not: it
will be a dependency or suburb of the greater capital. "Where the carcase
is, there the eagles will be gathered together." Birkenhead is too near to
be a rival; shipping must eventually come to Birkenhead, but the business
will still continue to be done in Liverpool or Manchester, where are vested
interests and established capital.
An hour or two will be enough to see everything worth seeing at Birkenhead.
To those who enjoy the sight of the river and shipping, it is not a bad plan
to stop at one of the hotels there, as boats cross every five minutes,
landing at a splendid iron pontoon, or floating stage, on the Liverpool side,
of large dimensions, constructed with great skill by Mr.
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