A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ween Belfastand the principal cross-( hannel ports. There are also weekly,bi-wt-ekly, and tri-weekly sailings to many other British ports,besides regular steamers trading to various foreign , which cross the harbour at different points, plyregularly during the day. A range of capacious sheds, for theprotection of cargo waiting shipment or delivery, extendsthe entire length of the steamboat quays, and the differentrailway companies can bring their goods trains along thequays for direct shipment, or vice versa, of good
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ween Belfastand the principal cross-( hannel ports. There are also weekly,bi-wt-ekly, and tri-weekly sailings to many other British ports,besides regular steamers trading to various foreign , which cross the harbour at different points, plyregularly during the day. A range of capacious sheds, for theprotection of cargo waiting shipment or delivery, extendsthe entire length of the steamboat quays, and the differentrailway companies can bring their goods trains along thequays for direct shipment, or vice versa, of goods in transit. The Harbour Comimissioners (Sir James Musgrave,Chairman), who control and regulate all matters connected 6 Guide to Belfast. with the Port and Harbour Trust, have their offices in ahandsome and commodious building, situated near theClarendon Dock. The Custom House and Inland Revenue Office isa substantial building facing the quay, at the foot of HighStreet. On the esplanade in front are two forty-six pounderRussian guns from CUSTOM HOUSE. The first great stimulus to the trade of the port was givenby Lord-Deputy Wentworth in 1637, who purchased fromthe Corporation of Carrickfergus, then the chief town ofUlster, the right of importing certain commodities at one-third of the duties payable at other places. HISTORY OF BELFAST. J~) elfast as a town has no ancient history, and doesV\ not lay claim to a remote origin like so manytowns in Ireland. Its record is simply one ofindustrial progress, dating no farther back than the timeof James I. In later times, however, it has been remarkablealike for its rapid growth in area and population, no lessthan for the commercial enterprise and intelligence of itscitizens. As the capital of the Province of Ulster, and History and Progress. 7 the great manufacturing and commercial centre of Ireland,Belfast occupies the unique position of being the mostprogressive city in the country—possibly in the UnitedKingdom. In 175
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